GRAZ. Raków Częstochowa prevails over Sturm Graz 1-0 after J. Yeboah scored just 1 goal (81′). Raków Częstochowa took advantage of its better ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Merkur Arena stadium in Graz on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Filip Glova with the collaboration of Daniel Poláček and Peter Bednár. The 4th official was Boris Marhefka. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 3.32 degrees Celsius or 37.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 13 Total 15
- 5 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 7
- 5 Shots blocked 4
- 99 Attack 102
- 36 Dangerous attack 51
- 62 Ball safe 78
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 7
- 2 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Raków Częstochowa was in firm control of the ball 60% while Sturm Graz was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Raków Częstochowa was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Raków Częstochowa won the encounter.
Sturm Graz shot 13 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Raków Częstochowa shot 15 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Sturm Graz received 2 yellow cards (David Affengruber and Manprit Sarkaria). On the opposite side, Raków Częstochowa received 2 yellow cards (Fran Tudor and Srđan Plavšić).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Sturm Graz will stay with 4 points like Raków Częstochowa to remain in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Raków Częstochowa will have 4 points like Sturm Graz to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
Sturm Graz – Formation
Sturm Graz
72'
89'
Sturm Graz started with a 2-3-2-1-2 line-up (2-3-2-1-2).
The manager Christian Ilzer decided to play with the following team: Kjell Scherpen , Jusuf Gazibegovic , David Affengruber , Alexandar Borković , David Schnegg , Tomi Horvat , Jon Gorenc Stankovic , Dimitri Lavalėe , Alexander Prass , Manprit Sarkaria and Szymon Włodarczyk .
The home team had on the bench: Gregory Wüthrich, William Bøving , Max Johnston, Otar Kiteishvili , Javier Serrano, Stefan Hierländer , Mohammed Fuseini, Luka Marić, Niklas Geyrhofer, Leon Grgic , Amadou Dante and Christoph Wiener-Pucher.
Substitutions
Sturm Graz made 5 changes: Szymon Włodarczyk for William Bøving (61′), Alexandar Borković for Stefan Hierländer (72′), Tomi Horvat for Otar Kiteishvili (72′), Alexander Prass for Leon Grgic (87′) and Jusuf Gazibegovic for Max Johnston (88′).
Player of the match: Jon Gorenc Stankovic
The most impressive player for Sturm Graz was Jon Gorenc Stankovic.
His rating is with 29 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 16.
Raków Częstochowa – Formation
Raków Częstochowa
81'
Raków Częstochowa started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Dawid Szwarga played with: Vladan Kovačević , Fran Tudor , Adnan Kovacevic , Milan Rundić , Deian Sorescu , Gustav Berggren , Vladyslav Kocherhin , Jean Carlos , Marcin Cebula , Bartosz Nowak and Ante Crnac .
These were the players on the bench: John Yeboah , Srđan Plavšić, Ben Lederman , Łukasz Zwoliński, Antonis Tsiftsis, Tobiasz Mras, Nenad Mijailovic and Fabian Piasecki .
Raków Częstochowa could not rely on the presence of Ben Lederman (injured) and Fabian Piasecki (injured).
Substitutions
Raków Częstochowa made 5 changes: Marcin Cebula for John Yeboah (75′), Adnan Kovacevic for Ben Lederman (75′), Ante Crnac for Fabian Piasecki (75′), Bartosz Nowak for Nenad Mijailovic (76′) and Deian Sorescu for Srđan Plavšić (90′).
Player of the match: Vladan Kovačević
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Raków Częstochowa was the goalkeeper: Vladan Kovačević. His rating is 8.36. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- SC Freiburg – Olympiakos Piraeus – 5-0
- Bačka Topola – West Ham United – 0-1
- AEK Athens – Brighton & Hove Albion – 0-1
- Sparta Praha – Real Betis – 1-0
- Atalanta – Sporting CP – 1-1
- Sturm Graz – Raków Częstochowa – 0-1
- Maccabi Haifa – Rennes – 0-3
- Olympique Marseille – Ajax – 4-3
- Rangers – Aris Limassol – 1-1
- Liverpool – LASK Linz – 4-0
- Toulouse – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-0
- Villarreal – Panathinaikos – 3-2
- Servette – Roma – 1-1
- Sheriff – Slavia Praha – 2-3
- Molde – Qarabağ – 2-2
- Häcken – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 0-2
