BRUSSELS. Union Saint-Gilloise manages to recover against Eintracht Frankfurt with a goal on the F. Chaïbi 3′ and a goal on the S. Kalajdzic 10′.
The match was played at the Lotto Park stadium in Brussels on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Craig Pawson with the assistance of Lee Betts and Ian Hussin. The 4th official was Simon Hooper. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 13.76 degrees Celsius or 56.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 14 Total 12
- 6 On Target 6
- 3 Off Target 2
- 5 Shots blocked 5
- 110 Attack 87
- 68 Dangerous attack 39
- 71 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 10
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Union Saint-Gilloise was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Eintracht Frankfurt that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Union Saint-Gilloise had a more offensive attitude with 68 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Union Saint-Gilloise to win the match.
Union Saint-Gilloise shot 14 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Eintracht Frankfurt shot 12 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Union Saint-Gilloise received 3 yellow cards (Heinz Lindner, Charles Vanhoutte and Christian Burgess). On the opposite side, Eintracht Frankfurt received 3 yellow cards (Farès Chaïbi, Aurélio Buta and Tuta).
Match Timeline
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Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation
Union Saint-Gilloise
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87'
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Union Saint-Gilloise started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Alexander Blessin decided to play with the following team: Anthony Moris, Heinz Lindner , Kevin Mac Allister , Christian Burgess , Koki Machida , Alessio Castro-Montes , Mathias Rasmussen , Charles Vanhoutte , Loïc Lapoussin , Cameron Puertas , Gustaf Nilsson and Mohamed Amoura .
The home team had on the bench: Dennis Eckert Ayensa , Henok Teklab , Joachim Imbrechts, Casper Terho, Ross Sykes and Nathan Huygevelde.
Union Saint-Gilloise could not rely on the presence of Henok Teklab (injured).
Substitutions
Union Saint-Gilloise made 3 changes: Gustaf Nilsson for Dennis Eckert Ayensa (81′), Kevin Mac Allister for Henok Teklab (87′) and Mohamed Amoura for Ross Sykes (87′).
Player of the match: Mathias Rasmussen
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Union Saint-Gilloise was Mathias Rasmussen.
His rating is with 1 goal, 34 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.
Eintracht Frankfurt – Formation
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Dino Toppmöller played with: Kevin Trapp , Tuta , Robin Koch , Willian Pacho , Niels Nkounkou , Aurélio Buta , Ellyes Skhiri , Mario Götze , Farès Chaïbi , Omar Marmoush , Sasa Kalajdzic .
These were the players on the bench: Hugo Ekitiké , Hany Abdallah, Jens Grahl, Ansgar Knauff , Hrvoje Smolcic, Sebastian Rode , Makoto Hasebe, Timothy Chandler, Junior Dina Ebimbe and Luke Gauer.
Substitutions
Eintracht Frankfurt made 5 changes: Sasa Kalajdzic for Hugo Ekitiké (65′), Mario Götze for Sebastian Rode (65′), Tuta for Ansgar Knauff (46′), Omar Marmoush for Junior Dina Ebimbe (79′) and Niels Nkounkou for Philipp Max (90′).
Player of the match: Farès Chaïbi
The most impressive player for Eintracht Frankfurt was Farès Chaïbi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (65% accurate) and 3 key passes. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa Conference League.
- Sturm Graz – Slovan Bratislava – 4-1
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Eintracht Frankfurt – 2-2
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Ferencváros – 1-0
- Molde – Legia Warszawa – 3-2
- Maccabi Haifa – Gent – 1-0
- Servette – Ludogorets – 0-0
- Real Betis – Dinamo Zagreb – 0-1
- Ajax – Bodø / Glimt – 2-2
