İSTANBUL. Union Saint-Gilloise overcomes Fenerbahçe 1-0 after M. Rasmussen scored just 1 goal (68′).
The match was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium stadium in İstanbul on Thursday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Nikola Dabanović who was helped by Vladan Todorović and Srđan Jovanović. The 4th official was Miloš Bošković. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.95 degrees Celsius or 55.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 8 Total 12
- 1 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 5
- 97 Attack 132
- 35 Dangerous attack 48
- 103 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 12
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Fenerbahçe was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Union Saint-Gilloise that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Union Saint-Gilloise was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Union Saint-Gilloise won the contest.
Fenerbahçe shot 8 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Union Saint-Gilloise shot 12 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Fenerbahçe received 2 yellow cards (Irfan Can Egribayat and İsmail Yüksek). Regarding the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise received 1 yellow card (Dennis Eckert Ayensa).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Fenerbahçe stays with 12 points like Ludogorets to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Union Saint-Gilloise will has points to remain in the 0th place.
Next matches
Fenerbahçe – Formation
Fenerbahçe started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager İsmail Kartal decided to play with the following team: Serdar Aziz, Irfan Can Egribayat
, Bright Osayi-Samuel , Alexander Djiku , Jayden Oosterwolde , Ferdi Kadıoğlu , İsmail Yüksek , Fred , İrfan Can Kahveci , Sebastian Szymanski , Ryan Kent and Michy Batshuayi .The home team had on the bench: Mert Hakan Yandas
, Edin Dzeko , Miha Zajc , Ahmet Necat Aydin, Muhammet İmre, Muhammet Doğukan Demir, Muhammet Zeki Dursun, Cagri Fedai, Yusuf Akcicek, Dominik Livakovic, Cengiz Ünder and Dusan Tadic .Fenerbahçe could not rely on the presence of Muhammet Zeki Dursun (injured).
Substitutions
Fenerbahçe made 4 changes: İrfan Can Kahveci for Dusan Tadic (62′), Fred for Miha Zajc (62′), Michy Batshuayi for Edin Dzeko (75′) and Ryan Kent for Mert Hakan Yandas (75′).
Player of the match: Alexander Djiku
The most impressive player for Fenerbahçe was Alexander Djiku .
His rating is
with 72 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 15.Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation
Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Alexander Blessin played with: Mohamed Amoura , Heinz Lindner
, Alessio Castro-Montes , Charles Vanhoutte , Koki Machida , Casper Terho , Lazare Amani , Noah Sadiki , Mathias Rasmussen , Loïc Lapoussin , Gustaf Nilsson and Dennis Eckert Ayensa .The following players were sitting on the bench: Joachim Imbrechts, Nathan Huygevelde
, Daniel Mpoyi Tshilanda Kabongo , Anthony Moris, Ross Sykes, Cameron Puertas and Henok Teklab .Substitutions
Union Saint-Gilloise made 3 changes: Lazare Amani for Cameron Puertas (67′), Gustaf Nilsson for Henok Teklab (66′) and Dennis Eckert Ayensa for Nathan Huygevelde (89′).
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, 57 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa Conference League.
- Viktoria Plzeň – Servette – 0-0
- Fenerbahçe – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-1
- PAOK – Dinamo Zagreb – 5-1
- Fiorentina – Maccabi Haifa – 1-1
- Aston Villa – Ajax – 4-0
- Club Brugge – Molde – 3-0
- LOSC Lille – Sturm Graz – 1-1
- Maccabi Tel Aviv – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-6