PLZEň. Union Saint-Gilloise was in the end too much to handle for Viktoria Plzeň with the goal of Relebohile Mofokeng (17′), Mateo Biondic (43′) and Ondrej Kricfalusi (59′).
The match was played at the Doosan Aréna stadium in Plzeň on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Igal Frid assisted by Roei Hassan and Tuval Rahamim Koltunoff. The 4th official was Gal Levi. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 14 Total 22
- 5 On Target 13
- 5 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 132 Attack 119
- 43 Dangerous attack 43
- 87 Ball safe 69
- 11 Free Kicks 13
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Viktoria Plzeň was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Union Saint-Gilloise that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Viktoria Plzeň was more pushing with 43 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Union Saint-Gilloise found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Viktoria Plzeň shot 14 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Union Saint-Gilloise shot 22 times, 13 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Viktoria Plzeň received 2 yellow cards (Patrik Hrosovsky and Stefan Pirgic). On the opposite side, Union Saint-Gilloise received 3 yellow cards (Mateo Biondic, Ondrej Kricfalusi and Mateo Biondic).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Viktoria Plzeň stays with 0 points to occupy the 34th place in the table. On the opposite side, Union Saint-Gilloise has 3 points (5th).
Viktoria Plzeň – Formation
Viktoria Plzeň
46'
45'
Viktoria Plzeň started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Radoslav Kováč decided to play with the following team: Florian Wiegele , Tobias Paliscak , Denis Vavro , Karel Spacil , Amar Memić , Stefan Pirgic , Patrik Hrosovsky , Cheick Souaré , Alexandr Sojka , Denis Visinsky and Prince Adu .
The home team had on the bench: Lukas Cerv , Merchas Doski, Tomas Ladra, Adam Gabriel , Sampson Dweh , Salim Fago Lawal , Mohamed Touré, Jiri Panos, Baboucarr Faal , Christophe Kabongo, Viktor Baier and Filip Prebsl.
Substitutions
Viktoria Plzeň made 5 changes: Karel Spacil for Sampson Dweh (46′), Denis Visinsky for Salim Fago Lawal (46′), Prince Adu for Baboucarr Faal (64′), Amar Memić for Adam Gabriel (64′) and Patrik Hrosovsky for Lukas Cerv (72′).
Player of the match: Florian Wiegele
The player that probably impressed the most for Viktoria Plzeň was the goalkeeper: Florian Wiegele. His rating is 8.32. He performed 10 saves.
Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation
Union Saint-Gilloise
59'
Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
David Hubert played with: Kevin Mac Allister, Kamiel Van De Perre, Relebohile Mofokeng, Hervé Koffi , Nikki Havenaar , Massiré Sylla , Ondrej Kricfalusi , Rob Schoofs , Louis Patris , Besfort Zeneli and Darius Olaru , Guilherme Smith , Relebohile Mofokeng , Mateo Biondic .
These were the players on the bench: Vic Chambaere, Nohim Chibani , Kevin Rodríguez , Giorgi Kavlashvili, Dylan Aquino , Denzel De Roeve , Ilan Hurtevent , Sekou Abrahame Keita, Youssef Hamoutahar and Daniel Tshilanda Kabongo.
Substitutions
Union Saint-Gilloise made 5 changes: Relebohile Mofokeng for Ilan Hurtevent (63′), Mateo Biondic for Kevin Rodríguez (63′), Guilherme Smith for Denzel De Roeve (63′), Ondrej Kricfalusi for Nohim Chibani (75′) and Darius Olaru for Dylan Aquino (82′).
Player of the match: Massiré Sylla
The most impressive player for Union Saint-Gilloise was Massiré Sylla even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 75 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 1 duel out of 2.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Levski Sofia – Salzburg – 0-1
- OFI – TSG Hoffenheim – 2-0
- Viktoria Plzeň – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-3
- Crystal Palace – Lech Poznań – 4-0
- Lillestrøm – Torreense – 1-2
- Celtic – Ferencvárosi – 1-3
- Juventus – NEC Nijmegen – 5-0
- Beşiktaş – Olympique Marseille – 4-1
- Real Sociedad – AFC Bournemouth – 1-2
