FIRENZE. Maccabi Haifa managed to clinch a draw against Fiorentina with a late goal from A. Khalaili scored in the (88′) after Fiorentina got a lead with a goal from A. Barak (59′). Fiorentina was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%)

The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Irfan Peljto assisted by Senad Ibrišimbegović and Davor Beljo. The 4th official was Miloš Gigović. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 16.68 degrees Celsius or 62.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fiorentina had a strong ball possession 57% while Maccabi Haifa was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Fiorentina to win the match​.

Fiorentina shot 17 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Maccabi Haifa shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Fiorentina received 1 yellow card (Andrea Belotti). Talking about the opposition, Maccabi Haifa received 2 yellow cards (Lorenco Šimić and Pierre Cornud).

Standings

After this contest, Fiorentina has 12 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, Maccabi Haifa will has points to remain in the 0th place.

Next matches

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Nikola Milenković, Pietro Terracciano (6.6), Davide Faraoni (7.1), Lucas Martínez Quarta (7.3), Luca Ranieri (6.8), Cristiano Biraghi (7.7), Giacomo Bonaventura (7.5), Antonin Barak (8.1), Rolando Mandragora (7.3), Nicolás González (7.3), Andrea Belotti (7.1) and Riccardo Sottil (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Dodô (6.7), Arthur, Maxime López (7.0), Gino Infantino, Tommaso Martinelli, Alfred Duncan, Pietro Comuzzo, Fabiano Parisi (6.6), Michael Kayode, Jonathan Ikoné (6.4), Lucas Beltrán (6.8) and M’Bala Nzola.

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: Giacomo Bonaventura for Maxime López (76′), Antonin Barak for Lucas Beltrán (82′), Cristiano Biraghi for Fabiano Parisi (82′), Riccardo Sottil for Jonathan Ikoné (76′) and Davide Faraoni for Dodô (71′).

Player of the match: Antonin Barak​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Antonin Barak.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 28 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.

Maccabi Haifa – Formation

Maccabi Haifa started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Messay Dego played with: Shareef Keouf (7.0), Ilay Feingold (6.8), Abdoulaye Seck (6.1), Lorenco Šimić (7.0), Shon Goldberg (7.8), Pierre Cornud (6.8), Ali Mohamed (6.4), Daniel Sundgren (7.0), Lior Refaelov (6.7), Frantzdy Pierrot (6.4), Suf Podgoreanu (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kenny Saief (6.4), Itamar Nitzan, Ziv Ben Shimol, Omer David Dahan, Yarin Levi, Roei Fuchs, Maor Kandil (6.4), Rami Gershon, Gadi Kinda (6.4), Goni Naor (6.8) and Anan Khalaili (7.7).

Substitutions

Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: Frantzdy Pierrot for Kenny Saief (63′), Ali Mohamed for Goni Naor (72′), Abdoulaye Seck for Maor Kandil (72′), Pierre Cornud for Anan Khalaili (63′) and Lior Refaelov for Gadi Kinda (63′).

Player of the match: Shon Goldberg​

The most impressive player for Maccabi Haifa was Shon Goldberg.

His rating is 7.8 with 65 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 10.

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