UEFA Europa League · 2nd Qualifying Round · Jul 23

FC ST. Gallen - Benfica

FC ST. Gallen beat Benfica 2-1 in UEFA Europa League (2nd Qualifying Round). Goals: A. Balde 37'; T. Gaal 80'; Rafa Silva 44'.

FC ST. GallenHOME

2 - 1

BenficaAWAY

A. Balde 37'T. Gaal 80'

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Rafa Silva 44'

🏟 Kybunpark 👤 Referee: Luca Pairetto, Italy

Key events

30' 🟨 L. GortlerYellow card FC ST. Galle

37' ⚽ A. Balde(1 - 0) · Assist: L. Gortler FC ST. Galle

44' ⚽ Rafa Silva(1 - 1) · Assist: V. Pavlidis Benfica

62' 🟨 J. StanicYellow card FC ST. Galle

65' 🟨 V. PavlidisYellow card Benfica

80' ⚽ T. Gaal(2 - 1) · Assist: L. Daschner FC ST. Galle

90+4' 🟨 T. GaalYellow card FC ST. Galle

Quick stats

1.10Expected goals (xG)1.02

2Yellow cards1

Match timeline

First half

L. GortlerYellow card🟨

30'

A. Balde(1 - 0) · Assist: L. Gortler⚽

37'

44'

⚽Rafa Silva(1 - 1) · Assist: V. Pavlidis

HT 1 - 1

J. StanicYellow card🟨

62'

65'

🟨V. PavlidisYellow card

66'

🔁J. Kaminski ↔ T. GouveiaSubstitution

66'

🔁M. Figueiredo ↔ E. BarrenecheaSubstitution

A. Balde ↔ D. BesioSubstitution🔁

72'

C. Boukhalfa ↔ L. FrokajSubstitution🔁

72'

C. Witzig ↔ A. HunzikerSubstitution🔁

72'

76'

🔁V. Pavlidis ↔ F. IvanovicSubstitution

T. Gaal(2 - 1) · Assist: L. Daschner⚽

80'

84'

🔁Manu ↔ J. RegoSubstitution

J. Stanic ↔ J. RuizSubstitution🔁

90+3'

T. GaalYellow card🟨

90+4'

FT 2 - 1

Match statsFC ST. Gallen · Benfica

Key stats

1.10Expected goals (xG)1.02

Cards

2Yellow cards1

LineupsFC ST. Gallen 4-3-3Benfica 4-2-3-1

1Zigi 36Okoroji 4Stanić 26Gaal 28Vandermersch 64Stevanović 10Daschner 16Görtler 7Witzig 14Balde 11Boukhalfa 1Trubin 26Dahl 2Lenglet 4Silva 6Bah 16Silva 73Figueiredo 13Kamiński 10Sudakov 27Silva 14Pavlidis

FC ST. Gallen · Bench

63Corsin Konietzke

68Mostafa Heydari

31Diego Besio

9Andrin Hunziker

47Enoch Owusu

20Leon Frokaj

23Betim Fazliji

74Joel Ruiz

25Lukas Watkowiak

Coach: Enrico Maassen

Benfica · Bench

24Samuel Soares

84João Rêgo

72Anísio Cabral

47Tiago Gouveia

9Franjo Ivanović

5Enzo Barrenechea

77Gonçalo Moreira

94Rui Silva

62José Neto

Coach: Marco Silva

Head to head

0Wins

0Draws

1Wins

Jul 30 Benfica 5-0 FC ST. Gallen

xG difference & finishing

FC ST. Gallen2 gol · 1.10 xG +0.90

Benfica1 gol · 1.02 xG -0.02

+ = scored above expectation, − = below

Win probabilityModel: 1 (%54) ✓

FC ST. Gallen %54 Draw %14 Benfica %32

1.76FC ST. Gallen xPuan

1.10Benfica xPuan

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