FRANKFURT AM MAIN. Union Saint-Gilloise bested Eintracht Frankfurt to win 2-1. A goal from J. Dina was decisive in the 87min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Union Saint-Gilloise to strike first with a goal of Cameron Puertas at the 47′. Then Dennis Eckert Ayensa scored again for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 80′ minute. Eventually, Junior Dina Ebimbe reduced the distance for Eintracht Frankfurt (87′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Commerzbank-Arena stadium in Frankfurt am Main on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Espen Eskås who had the assistance of Isaak Bashevkin and Anders Olav Dale. The 4th official was Rohit Saggi. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.8 degrees Celsius or 51.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 10 Total 10
- 3 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 111 Attack 110
- 38 Dangerous attack 48
- 99 Ball safe 91
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 10
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Eintracht Frankfurt was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Union Saint-Gilloise that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Union Saint-Gilloise was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Union Saint-Gilloise won the contest.
Eintracht Frankfurt shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise shot 10 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Eintracht Frankfurt received 6 yellow cards (Junior Dina Ebimbe, Dino Toppmöller, Timothy Chandler, Dino Toppmöller, Kevin Trapp and Aurélio Buta). Regarding the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise received 2 yellow cards (Koki Machida and Mohamed Amoura ).
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Eintracht Frankfurt – Formation
Eintracht Frankfurt
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Eintracht Frankfurt started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Dino Toppmöller decided to play with the following team: Kevin Trapp , Tuta , Robin Koch , Willian Pacho , Aurélio Buta , Ellyes Skhiri , Mario Götze , Niels Nkounkou , Farès Chaïbi , Ansgar Knauff and Omar Marmoush .
The home team had on the bench: Hrvoje Smolcic, Hugo Ekitiké , Sebastian Rode , Makoto Hasebe, Timothy Chandler , Junior Dina Ebimbe , Hany Abdallah, Jens Grahl, Luke Gauer and Elias Baum.
Substitutions
Eintracht Frankfurt made 4 changes: Mario Götze for Hugo Ekitiké (62′), Ansgar Knauff for Sebastian Rode (71′), Niels Nkounkou for Timothy Chandler (81′) and Aurélio Buta for Junior Dina Ebimbe (62′).
Player of the match: Farès Chaïbi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Eintracht Frankfurt was Farès Chaïbi.
His rating is with 18 passes (56% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 11 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation
Union Saint-Gilloise
Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Alexander Blessin played with: Anthony Moris , Kevin Mac Allister , Christian Burgess , Koki Machida , Alessio Castro-Montes , Cameron Puertas , Noah Sadiki , Mathias Rasmussen , Loïc Lapoussin , Mohamed Amoura and Gustaf Nilsson .
They had on the bench: Jean Thierry Lazare Amani, Dennis Eckert Ayensa , Joachim Imbrechts, Casper Terho, Nathan Huygevelde, Heinz Lindner, Ross Sykes and Henok Teklab.
Substitutions
Union Saint-Gilloise made 3 changes: Gustaf Nilsson for Dennis Eckert Ayensa (76′), Loïc Lapoussin for Henok Teklab (90′) and Mohamed Amoura for Ross Sykes (90′).
Player of the match: Mohamed Amoura
The player that probably impressed the most for Union Saint-Gilloise was Mohamed Amoura even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 24 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa Conference League.
- Ludogorets – Servette – 0-1
- Dinamo Zagreb – Real Betis – 1-1
- Bodø / Glimt – Ajax – 1-2
- Slovan Bratislava – Sturm Graz – 0-1
- Eintracht Frankfurt – Union Saint-Gilloise – 1-2
- Ferencváros – Olympiakos Piraeus – 0-1
- Legia Warszawa – Molde – 0-3
