FC St. Gallen 2:1 Benfica: Match Result

UEFA Europa League

FC St. Gallen WLLLLW

2:1

Finished

Kick-off was 23 Jul, 19:00

Benfica WWWWWW

Venue: Sitterstadion (Kybunpark) City: St. Gallen

Key numbers

Possession, % 39 – 61

Shots on target 6 – 4

Shots off target 8 – 6

Expected goals 1.74 – 1.32

🟨 30' L. Gortler — Yellow card ⚽ 37' A. Balde — Goal ⚽ 44' Rafa Silva — Goal 🟨 62' J. Stanic — Yellow card 🟨 65' V. Pavlidis — Yellow card ⇄ 66' J. Kaminski — Substitution ⇄ 66' M. Figueiredo — Substitution ⇄ 72' A. Balde — Substitution ⇄ 72' C. Boukhalfa — Substitution ⇄ 72' C. Witzig — Substitution ⇄ 76' V. Pavlidis — Substitution ⚽ 80' T. Gaal — Goal ⇄ 84' Manu — Substitution ⇄ 90+3' J. Stanic — Substitution 🟨 90+4' T. Gaal — Yellow card

Match events

30' 0:0 FC St. Gallen Yellow card L. Gortler
37' 1:0 FC St. Gallen Goal A. Balde assist: L. Gortler
44' 1:1 Benfica Goal Rafa Silva assist: V. Pavlidis
62' 1:1 FC St. Gallen Yellow card J. Stanic
65' 1:1 Benfica Yellow card V. Pavlidis
66' 1:1 Benfica Substitution J. Kaminski off: T. Gouveia
66' 1:1 Benfica Substitution M. Figueiredo off: E. Barrenechea
72' 1:1 FC St. Gallen Substitution A. Balde off: D. Besio
72' 1:1 FC St. Gallen Substitution C. Boukhalfa off: L. Frokaj
72' 1:1 FC St. Gallen Substitution C. Witzig off: A. Hunziker
76' 1:1 Benfica Substitution V. Pavlidis off: F. Ivanovic
80' 2:1 FC St. Gallen Goal T. Gaal assist: L. Daschner
84' 2:1 Benfica Substitution Manu off: J. Rego
90+3' 2:1 FC St. Gallen Substitution J. Stanic off: J. Ruiz
90+4' 2:1 FC St. Gallen Yellow card T. Gaal

Statistics

39 Possession, % 61

6 Shots on target 4

8 Shots off target 6

1.74 Expected goals 1.32

4 Big chances 1

107 Attacks 79

6 Corners 5

15 Fouls 13

13 Free kicks 15

1 Offsides 0

3 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 11

28 Throw-ins 18

All statistics

42 Aerial duels 42

39 Backward passes 59

3 Blocked shots 4

20 Clearances 31

21 Crosses 9

12 Dribbles 15

1.16 Expected assists 0.61

89 Failed passes 85

3 Goalkeeper saves 4

9 Interceptions 7

14 Key passes 10

52 Long passes 54

66 Passes into the final third 86

209 Passes in the opposition half 217

96 Passes in own half 271

0.35 Shot accuracy 0.29

14 Shots inside the box 10

19 Aerial duels won 23

7 Successful crosses 3

4 Successful dribbles 3

19 Successful long passes 27

15 Successful tackles 11

195 Successful passes 394

24 Tackles 16

284 Total passes 479

Line-ups

FC St. Gallen

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Lawrence Ati Zigi	1
4	Jozo Stanić	4
26	Tom Gaal	26
7	Christian Witzig	7
10	Lukas Stephan Horst Daschner	10
11	Carlo Gregor Boukhalfa	11
16	Lukas Maria Görtler	16
28	Hugo Vandermersch	28
36	Chima Okoroji	36
64	Mihailo Stevanovic	64
14	Aliou Badara Balde	14

Substitutes
#	Player	number
25	Lukas Watkowiak	25
68	Mustafa Heidari	68
74	Joel Ruiz	74
20	Leon Frokaj	20
23	Betim Fazliji	23
63	Korsin Konieczke	63
9	Andrin Hunziker	9
31	Diego Besio	31
47	Enoch Owusu	47

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Benfica

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Anatoliy Trubin	1
2	Clément Lenglet	2
4	António João Pereira de Albuquerque Tavares	4
6	Alexander Hartmann Bah	6
26	Samuel Dahl	26
10	Heorhii Sudakov	10
13	Jakub Kamiński	13
16	Manu Silva	16
27	Rafa Silva	27
73	Miguel Figueiredo	73
14	Vangelis Pavlidis	14

Substitutes
#	Player	number
24	Samuel Soares	24
17	Amar Dedić	17
44	Tomás Lemos Araújo	44
58	Daniel Banjaqui	58
62	J. Neto	62
94	Rui Silva	94
5	Enzo Barrenechea	5
77	Gonçalo Moreira	77
9	Franjo Ivanović	9
47	Tiago Gouveia	47
72	Anisio	72
84	João Pedro Seno Luís Rêgo	84