ALCOCHETE. Sporting CP was eventually too strong for Sturm Graz with the goal of Viktor Gyökeres (39′), Gonçalo Inácio (60′) and Gonçalo Inácio (70′). Sporting CP was truly better in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira stadium in Alcochete on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was William Collum with the assistance of Francis Connor and David McGeachie. The 4th official was Kevin Clancy. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 14.16 degrees Celsius or 57.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
- ! 71 Ball Possession 29
Shots
- 14 Total 4
- 5 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 135 Attack 88
- 51 Dangerous attack 30
- 64 Ball safe 54
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 11
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Sporting CP had a superior ball possession 71% while Sturm Graz was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sporting CP was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting CP won the match.
Sporting CP shot 14 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Sturm Graz shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Sporting CP didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Sturm Graz received 1 yellow card (Jon Gorenc Stankovic).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Sporting CP has 11 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Sturm Graz will stays with 4 points like Raków Częstochowa to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Sporting CP – Formation
Sporting CP
46'
39'
Sporting CP started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim decided to play with the following team: Geny Catamo , Franco Israel , Luís Neto , Sebastián Coates , Matheus Reis , Ricardo Esgaio , Morten Hjulmand , Daniel Bragança , Nuno Santos , Francisco Trincão , Paulinho and Viktor Gyökeres .
The home team had on the bench: Antonio Adán, Hidemasa Morita , Pedro Gonçalves , Marcus Edwards , Gonçalo Inácio , Ousmane Diomande, Francisco Silva, Eduardo Quaresma and Dário Essugo .
Substitutions
Sporting CP made 5 changes: Matheus Reis for Gonçalo Inácio (46′), Viktor Gyökeres for Marcus Edwards (46′), Morten Hjulmand for Hidemasa Morita (46′), Ricardo Esgaio for Dário Essugo (56′) and Nuno Santos for Pedro Gonçalves (75′).
Player of the match: Gonçalo Inácio
The most impressive player for Sporting CP was Gonçalo Inácio.
His rating is with 2 goals, 70 passes (96% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 5.
His performance was fantastic also because he commenced the encounter from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Sturm Graz – Formation
Sturm Graz
75'
Sturm Graz started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Christian Ilzer played with: Kjell Scherpen , Jusuf Gazibegovic , David Affengruber , Dimitri Lavalėe , David Schnegg , Tomi Horvat , Jon Gorenc Stankovic , Alexander Prass , Manprit Sarkaria , Otar Kiteishvili , Seedy Jatta .
These were the players on the bench: Max Johnston, Alexandar Borković, Szymon Włodarczyk , Javier Serrano , William Bøving , Bryan Silva Teixeira, Stefan Hierländer , Mohammed Fuseini, Luka Marić, Niklas Geyrhofer, Amadou Dante and Christoph Wiener-Pucher.
Substitutions
Sturm Graz made 4 changes: Seedy Jatta for William Bøving (57′), Manprit Sarkaria for Szymon Włodarczyk (82′), Tomi Horvat for Stefan Hierländer (83′) and Otar Kiteishvili for Javier Serrano (75′).
Player of the match: Otar Kiteishvili
The most impressive player for Sturm Graz was Otar Kiteishvili.
His rating is with 20 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 13.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Liverpool – 2-1
- LASK Linz – Toulouse – 1-2
- Rennes – Villarreal – 2-3
- Panathinaikos – Maccabi Haifa – 1-2
- Roma – Sheriff – 3-0
- Slavia Praha – Servette – 4-0
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Molde – 5-1
- Qarabağ – Häcken – 2-1
- West Ham United – SC Freiburg – 2-0
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Bačka Topola – 5-2
- Ajax – AEK Athens – 3-1
- Brighton & Hove Albion – Olympique Marseille – 1-0
- Real Betis – Rangers – 2-3
- Aris Limassol – Sparta Praha – 1-3
- Sporting CP – Sturm Graz – 3-0
- Raków Częstochowa – Atalanta – 0-4
