GENT. Gent tops Flora 1-0 after G. Bruno scored just 1 goal (51′). Gent was much superior in terms of ball possession (64%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the GHELAMCO-arena stadium in Gent on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Kaspar Sjöberg with the collaboration of Mehmet Culum and Peter Magnusson. The 4th official was Bojan Pandzic. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.5 degrees Celsius or 40.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Gent was in firm control of the ball 64% while Flora was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Gent had a more offensive attitude with 66 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Gent won the match.
Gent shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Flora shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Gent didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Flora received 3 yellow cards (H. Purg, S. Zenjov and K. Vassiljev).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this match, Gent will have 13 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Flora will stay with 5 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
Gent – Formation
Gent
61'
51'
Gent started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck decided to play with the following team: Davy Roef , Andreas Hanche-Olsen , Michael Ngadeu , Bruno Godeau , Alessio Castro-Montes , Julien De Sart , Elisha Owusu , Christopher Operi , Gianni Bruno , Giorgi Chakvetadze and Ilombe Mboyo .
The home team had on the bench: Núrio Fortuna, Darko Lemajić, Tarik Tissoudali , Ibrahima Cissé , Matisse Samoise, Vakoun Issouf Bayo, Rene Vanden Borre, Laurent Depoitre , Roman Bezus , Sinan Bolat and Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe .
Substitutions
Gent made 5 changes: M. Ngadeu-Ngadjui for I. Cisse (61′), J. De Sart for V. Odjidja-Ofoe (61′), I. Mboyo for L. Depoitre (70′), G. Bruno for T. Tissoudali (70′) and G. Chakvetadze for R. Bezus (70′).
Best player: Elisha Owusu
The player that probably impressed the most for Gent was Elisha Owusu even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 71 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 13.
Flora – Formation
Flora
19'
Flora started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Jürgen Henn played with: Matvei Igonen , Marco Lukka , Henrik Purg , Marten Kuusk , Ken Kallaste , Konstantin Vassiljev , Markus Soomets , Markus Poom , Sergei Zenjov , Rauno Alliku and Henrik Ojamaa .
They had on the bench: Markkus Seppik, Kristo Hussar , Ingmar Krister Paplavskis, Danil Kuraksin , Erko Tougjas, Karl-Romet Nomm, Sten Reinkort, Michael Lilander , Martin Miller , Rauno Sappinen, Rocco Robert Shein and Henri Välja.
Substitutions
Flora made 5 changes: K. Kallaste for K. Hussar (46′), M. Poom for M. Miller (57′), R. Alliku for D. Kuraksin (66′), M. Lukka for M. Lilander (77′) and M. Soomets for R. R. Shein (77′).
Best player: Kristo Hussar
The most impressive player for Flora was Kristo Hussar.
His rating is with 18 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa Conference League.
- Omonia Nicosia – Kairat – 0-0
- Basel – Qarabağ – 3-0
- Vitesse – Mura – 3-1
- København – Slovan Bratislava – 2-0
- PAOK – Lincoln Red Imps – 2-0
- FC Union Berlin – Slavia Praha – 1-1
- Feyenoord – Maccabi Haifa – 2-1
- CFR Cluj – Jablonec – 2-0
- AZ – Randers – 1-0
- CSKA Sofia – Roma – 2-3
- Zorya – Bodø / Glimt – 1-1
- Partizan – Anorthosis – 1-1
- Gent – Flora – 1-0
- LASK Linz – HJK – 3-0
- Alashkert – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 1-1
