İSTANBUL. Fenerbahçe manages to recover against Antwerp with a goal on the M. Samatta 2′ and a goal on the P. Gerkens 62′. Antwerp was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)
E. Valencia missed a decisive penalty (37′). That would have allowed Fenerbahçe to win the match.
E. Valencia missed 1 penalty (37′) for Fenerbahçe.
The match was played at the Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi stadium in İstanbul on Thursday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was Sergey Ivanov who was helped by Roman Usachev and Valeri Danchenko. The 4th official was Kirill Levnikov. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.4 degrees Celsius or 57.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 16 Total 10
- 4 On Target 3
- 12 Off Target 7
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 101 Attack 114
- 53 Dangerous attack 31
- 71 Ball safe 89
- 2 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 14
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Antwerp had a strong ball possession 56% while Fenerbahçe was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fenerbahçe was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Fenerbahçe to win the match.
Fenerbahçe shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Antwerp shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Fenerbahçe received 3 yellow cards (A. Szalai, F. Kadioglu and M. Zajc). On the opposite side, Antwerp received 4 yellow cards (R. De Laet, B. Priske, V. Fischer and P. Gerkens).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Fenerbahçe will have 2 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Antwerp will have 1 points to stay in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Europa League, Fenerbahçe will host Eintracht Frankfurt on the 9th of December with a 0-0 head to head record.
Antwerp will host Olympiakos Piraeus on the 9th of December with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (0 draws).
Fenerbahçe – Formation
Fenerbahçe
87'
59'
21', 45'
Fenerbahçe started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira decided to play with the following team: Altay Bayındır , Marcel Tisserand , Min-jae Kim , Attila Szalai , Bright Osayi-Samuel , José Sosa , Luiz Gustavo , Ferdi Kadıoğlu , Mesut Özil , Mergim Berisha and Enner Valencia .
The home team had on the bench: Miha Zajc , Berke Özer, Osman Ertugrul Cetin, Ruhan Arda Aksoy, Filip Novák , Diego Rossi , Dimitrios Pelkas , Muhammed Gümüşkaya, Arda Güler, Max Meyer and Nazım Sangaré .
Substitutions
Fenerbahçe made 5 changes: M. Ozil for D. Pelkas (66′), M. Berisha for D. Rossi (66′), J. Sosa for M. Zajc (67′), F. Kadioglu for N. Sangare (67′) and A. Szalai for F. Novak (87′).
Best player: Enner Valencia
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fenerbahçe was Enner Valencia.
His rating is with 2 goals, 12 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 16. He performed 3 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Antwerp – Formation
Antwerp
Antwerp started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Regarding the opposition, Brian Priske Pedersen played with: Jean Butez , Jelle Bataille , Dinis Almeida , Ritchie De Laet , Sam Vines , Pieter Gerkens , Birger Verstraete , Alhassan Yusuf , Mbwana Ally Samatta , Michael Frey and Viktor Fischer .
These were the players on the bench: Manuel Benson , Johannes Eggestein, Ortwin De Wolf, Björn Engels, Dorian Dessoleil, Pierre Dwomoh , Michel Ange Balikwisha and Robbe Quirynen.
Substitutions
Antwerp made 3 changes: V. Fischer for M. Balikwisha (46′), A. Yusuf for P. Dwomoh (63′) and M. Frey for M. Benson (70′).
Best player: Mbwana Ally Samatta
The player that probably impressed the most for Antwerp was Mbwana Ally Samatta.
His rating is with 1 goal, 16 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- West Ham United – Genk – 3-0
- Lokomotiv Moskva – Galatasaray – 0-1
- Eintracht Frankfurt – Olympiakos Piraeus – 3-1
- Napoli – Legia Warszawa – 3-0
- Sturm Graz – Real Sociedad – 0-1
- PSV – Monaco – 1-2
- Rangers – Brøndby – 2-0
- Sparta Praha – Olympique Lyonnais – 3-4
- Rapid Vienna – Dinamo Zagreb – 2-1
- Real Betis – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-1
- Lazio – Olympique Marseille – 0-0
- Midtjylland – Crvena Zvezda – 1-1
- Ludogorets – Sporting Braga – 0-1
- Fenerbahçe – Antwerp – 2-2
