LONDON. Crystal Palace liquidates Lech Poznań 4-0 with goals of Yéremy Pino (10′), Chris Richards (27′), Jørgen Strand Larsen (34′ pen) and Eddie Nketiah (89′).
The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Michal Očenáš with the help of Adam Jekkel and Tobiáš Pacák. The 4th official was Ivan Kružliak. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 16 Total 17
- 6 On Target 6
- 7 Off Target 7
- 3 Shots blocked 4
- 108 Attack 98
- 48 Dangerous attack 55
- 69 Ball safe 67
- 6 Free Kicks 15
- 1 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 5
Fouls
- 11 Total 7
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Crystal Palace was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Lech Poznań that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Lech Poznań was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Crystal Palace was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Crystal Palace shot 16 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lech Poznań shot 17 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Crystal Palace didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Lech Poznań received 1 yellow card (Radosław Murawski).
Match Timeline
Standings
Crystal Palace – Formation
Crystal Palace
74'
27'
Crystal Palace started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Pierre Sage decided to play with the following team: Walter Benítez , Chris Richards , Axel Disasi , Honest Ahanor , Anan Khalaili , Quinten Timber , Adam Wharton , Tyrick Mitchell , Daichi Kamada , Jørgen Strand Larsen and Yéremy Pino .
The home team had on the bench: Jaydee Canvot , Ismaïla Sarr , Eddie Nketiah , Dwight McNeil , Takehiro Tomiyasu, Darío Osorio, Óscar Mingueza , Remi Matthews, Ben Chilwell, Seb Williams and Lucca Benetton.
Substitutions
Crystal Palace made 5 changes: Quinten Timber for Dwight McNeil (62′), Anan Khalaili for Óscar Mingueza (62′), Chris Richards for Jaydee Canvot (74′), Jørgen Strand Larsen for Eddie Nketiah (74′) and Daichi Kamada for Ismaïla Sarr (74′).
Player of the match: Walter Benítez
The most impressive player for Crystal Palace was the goalkeeper: Walter Benítez. His rating is 8.43. He performed 6 saves.
Lech Poznań – Formation
Lech Poznań
76'
Lech Poznań started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Niels Frederiksen played with: Gustav Berggren, Mateusz Lis , Joel Pereira , Wojciech Mońka , Terry Yegbe , Michał Gurgul , Radosław Murawski , Pablo Rodríguez , Patrik Wålemark , Allahyar Sayyadmanesh and Luis Palma , Mikael Ishak .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mateusz Skrzypczak, João Moutinho, Yannick Agnero , Daniel Håkans , Leo Bengtsson , Robert Gumny , Filip Jagiełło , Wiktor Obremski, Mateusz Pruchniewski and Wojciech Szymczak.
Lech Poznań could not rely on the presence of Daniel Håkans (injured).
Substitutions
Lech Poznań made 5 changes: Mikael Ishak for Yannick Agnero (61′), Allahyar Sayyadmanesh for Filip Jagiełło (61′), Patrik Wålemark for Leo Bengtsson (70′), Joel Pereira for Robert Gumny (70′) and Pablo Rodríguez for Daniel Håkans (81′).
Player of the match: Leo Bengtsson
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lech Poznań was Leo Bengtsson.
His rating is with 7 passes (71% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was exceptional also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 70′.
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
