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Salzburg 1-0 Sevilla: conquers 1-0 with a goal scored by N. Okafor

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WALS-SIEZENHEIM. Salzburg overcomes Sevilla 1-0 after N. Okafor scored just 1 goal (50').

WALS-SIEZENHEIM. Salzburg beats Sevilla 1-0 after N. Okafor scored just 1 goal (50′). Sevilla lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

J. Jordan received a red card (65′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Sevilla lost the match.

The match was played at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Wals-Siezenheim on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Slavko Vinčić who was helped by Tomaž Klančnik and Andraž Kovačič. The 4th official was David Smajc.

Match Statistics

Sevilla was in firm control of the ball 60% while Salzburg was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Sevilla was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Salzburg found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Salzburg shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Sevilla shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Salzburg received 2 yellow cards (J. Onguene and A. Ulmer). On the opposite side, Sevilla received 3 yellow cards (L. Augustinsson, J. Jordan and L. Ocampos).

Also, Sevilla didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after J. Jordan (Sevilla) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (65′).

After this contest, Salzburg will have 7 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Sevilla will stay with 6 points to stay in the 3rd place.

Match Events

  • 17'
    17'

    L. Augustinsson

  • 37'
    37'

    J. Onguene

  • 50'
    50'

    N. Okafor

    K. Adeyemi

  • 53'
    53'

    R. Mir

    L. Augustinsson

  • 56'
    56'

    J. Jordan

  • 65'
    65'

    J. Jordan

  • 67'
    67'

    B. Sesko

    K. Adeyemi

  • 68'
    68'

    O. Torres

    I. Rakitic

  • 69'
    69'

    K. Rekik

    G. Montiel

  • 69'
    69'

    O. Rodriguez

    Papu Gomez

  • 69'
    69'

    A. Ulmer

  • 75'
    75'

    N. Capaldo

    L. Sucic

  • 81'
    81'

    L. Ocampos

  • 84'
    84'

    C. Adamu

    N. Okafor

Next match

Salzburg: Formation and Lineups

Salzburg started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Matthias Jaissle chose to play with the following team: Philipp Köhn (6.5), Rasmus Kristensen (6.8), Jérôme Onguene (7.1), Oumar Solet (6.7), Andreas Ulmer (6.6), Luka Sučić (6.5), Mohamed Camara (6.6), Nicolas Seiwald (6.8), Brenden Aaronson (7.0), Karim Adeyemi (7.2) and Noah Okafor (7.1).

Substitutes

Salzburg made 3 changes: K. Adeyemi for B. Sesko (67′), L. Sucic for N. Capaldo (75′) and N. Okafor for C. Adamu (84′).

Top player: Karim Adeyemi

The player who no doubt impressed Salzburg the most was Karim Adeyemi even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.2) with 11 passes (36% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Sevilla: Formation and Lineups

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

On the other side, Julen Lopetegui Argote played with: Bono (6.8), Gonzalo Montiel (6.8), Jules Koundé (7.4), Diego Carlos (7.3), Ludwig Augustinsson (6.8), Joan Jordán (6.9), Fernando (6.8), Ivan Rakitić (7.5), Lucas Ocampos (7.0), Munir El Haddadi (6.7) and Alejandro Gómez (7.1).

Substitutes

Sevilla made 4 changes: L. Augustinsson for R. Mir (53′), I. Rakitic for O. Torres (68′), G. Montiel for K. Rekik (69′) and Papu Gomez for O. Rodriguez (69′).

Top player: Ivan Rakitić

The player who no doubt impressed Sevilla the most was Ivan Rakitić.

His rating is (7.5) with 30 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Champions League

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