HAIFA. Maccabi Haifa beats Gent 1-0 after F. Pierrot scored just 1 goal (65′). Gent lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Sammy Ofer Stadium stadium in Haifa on Thursday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was William Collum who had the assistance of Francis Connor and David McGeachie. The 4th official was David Dickinson. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.37 degrees Celsius or 59.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 6 Total 20
- 3 On Target 3
- 2 Off Target 10
- 1 Shots blocked 7
- 87 Attack 145
- 25 Dangerous attack 96
- 116 Ball safe 83
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 8
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Gent had a strong ball possession 57% while Maccabi Haifa was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Gent was more aggressive with 96 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Maccabi Haifa found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Maccabi Haifa shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Gent shot 20 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Maccabi Haifa received 2 yellow cards (Ilay Feingold and Maor Kandil). On the opposite side, Gent received 1 yellow card (Julien De Sart).
Match Timeline
Standings
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Maccabi Haifa – Formation
Maccabi Haifa
76'
64'
65'
Maccabi Haifa started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Messay Dego decided to play with the following team: Shon Goldberg, Shareef Keouf, Dean David, Shareef Keouf , Ilay Feingold , Abdoulaye Seck , Rami Gershon , Suf Podgoreanu , Maor Kandil , Ali Mohamed , Show , Daniil Lesovoy , Gadi Kinda and Frantzdy Pierrot .
The home team had on the bench: Itamar Nitzan, Goni Naor , Ziv Ben Shimol, Omer David Dahan, Yarin Levi, Roei Fuchs, Daniel Sundgren , Lorenco Šimić , Kenny Saief , Lior Refaelov and Anan Khalaili.
Substitutions
Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: Gadi Kinda for Lior Refaelov (64′), Maor Kandil for Lorenco Šimić (74′), Ali Mohamed for Daniel Sundgren (64′), Daniil Lesovoy for Kenny Saief (64′) and Show for Goni Naor (84′).
Player of the match: Rami Gershon
The player that probably impressed the most for Maccabi Haifa was Rami Gershon even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 49 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8.
Gent – Formation
Gent
Gent started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Hein Vanhaezebrouck played with: Davy Roef , Ismael Kandouss , Tsuyoshi Watanabe , Stefan Mitrović , Matisse Samoise , Pieter Gerkens , Julien De Sart , Archie Brown , Omri Gendelman , Tarik Tissoudali , M. Sonko .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Noah Fadiga , Brian Agbor, Louis Fortin, Matias Fernandez, Tibe De Vlieger, Robbie Van Hauter, Daniel Schmidt, Hyun-seok Hong and Laurent Depoitre .
Substitutions
Gent made 3 changes: Pieter Gerkens for Hyun-seok Hong (69′), M. Sonko for Laurent Depoitre (46′) and Matisse Samoise for Noah Fadiga (81′).
Player of the match: Julien De Sart
The player that probably impressed the most for Gent was Julien De Sart.
His rating is with 81 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 6 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
