LISBOA. Sporting CP and Young Boys draw 1-1. V. Gyökeres scored the first goal (13′) for Sporting CP. S. Ganvoula made it even (84′) with a penalty. Sporting CP was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (64%)
Viktor Gyökeres squandered a decisive penalty (57′). That would have allowed Sporting CP to win the match.
The match was played at the Estádio José Alvalade stadium in Lisboa on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Ivan Kružliak with the assistance of Branislav Hancko and Ján Pozor. The 4th official was Peter Kralovic. The weather was light intensity drizzle. The temperature was pleasant at 17.16 degrees Celsius or 62.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 16 Total 8
- 7 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 98 Attack 95
- 50 Dangerous attack 33
- 109 Ball safe 93
- 1 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 0
- 3 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 10 Total 20
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Sporting CP had a superior ball possession 64% while Young Boys was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sporting CP had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Sporting CP to win the match.
Sporting CP shot 16 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Young Boys shot 8 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Sporting CP didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Young Boys received 2 yellow cards (Fabian Lustenberger and Aurèle Amenda).
Match Timeline
Standings
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Sporting CP – Formation
Sporting CP
46'
13'
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: Antonio Adán , Eduardo Quaresma , Ousmane Diomande , Gonçalo Inácio , Ricardo Esgaio , Morten Hjulmand , Daniel Bragança , Matheus Reis , Marcus Edwards , Viktor Gyökeres and Francisco Trincão .
The home team had on the bench: Jeremiah St. Juste, Franco Israel, Luís Neto , Iván Fresneda , Rafael Pontelo, Koba Koindredi , Rafael Nel, Sebastián Coates, Geny Catamo , Hidemasa Morita, Nuno Santos and Pedro Gonçalves .
Substitutions
Sporting CP made 5 changes: Gonçalo Inácio for Nuno Santos (46′), Morten Hjulmand for Koba Koindredi (63′), Francisco Trincão for Pedro Gonçalves (63′), Eduardo Quaresma for Luís Neto (80′) and Ricardo Esgaio for Iván Fresneda (85′).
Player of the match: Viktor Gyökeres
The most impressive player for Sporting CP was Viktor Gyökeres.
His rating is with 1 goal, 35 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 9.
Young Boys – Formation
Young Boys
87'
Young Boys started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Raphaël Wicky played with: David von Ballmoos , Saidy Janko , Aurèle Amenda , Fabian Lustenberger , Jaouen Hadjam , Sandro Lauper , Cheikh Niasse , Joël Monteiro , Darian Males , Meschack Elia and Cedric Itten .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Anthony Racioppi, Ebrima Colley, Noah Persson , Silvere Ganvoula , Dario Marzino, Malik Deme, Mats Seiler, Lewin Blum , Lukasz Lakomy and Joel Mugisha Mvuka .
Substitutions
Young Boys made 5 changes: Meschack Elia for Joel Mugisha Mvuka (67′), Jaouen Hadjam for Noah Persson (61′), Cedric Itten for Silvere Ganvoula (61′), Saidy Janko for Lewin Blum (61′) and Sandro Lauper for Lukasz Lakomy (78′).
Player of the match: David von Ballmoos
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Young Boys was the goalkeeper: David von Ballmoos . His rating is 8.16. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Rennes – Milan – 3-2
- SC Freiburg – Lens – 3-2
- Toulouse – Benfica – 0-0
- Qarabağ – Sporting Braga – 2-3
- Roma – Feyenoord – 1-1
- Sporting CP – Young Boys – 1-1
- Sparta Praha – Galatasaray – 4-1
- Olympique Marseille – Shakhtar Donetsk – 3-1
