2024-10-02 01:53:55
Qarabag lost, conceding three unanswered goals in the first match of the UEFA Europa League stage. However, the statistics of the game did not correspond to this result at all.
İdman.biz reviewed the statistical indicators of the match.
“Garabagh” was not inferior to its opponent in many respects. Although the club played most of the game in the majority, the team nevertheless lost with a large score. But in some moments “Garabagh” even distinguished itself.
Despite the huge difference in the quality of the teams, their players, the level of the championships in which they participate, the finances of the clubs and the fact that the match took place in London, Tottenham had a slight advantage in possession – 53 to 47 percent.
The opponent responded to 39 attacks by Gurban Gurbanov’s team with 37.
Both teams made 5 shots on target. However, the more effective British managed to score three times, while Qarabag failed to hit the target.
In general, the advantage of the Agdam team in the number of shots on goal was noticeable – 14:10. If the number of long-range shots was 4 on both sides, then the opponent responded 6 times to 10 shots from our players from outside the penalty area. While our team hit the goal post with two goals, this did not happen in the home team’s attacks. One shot of “Garabagh” was blocked, and 3 shots of the opponent were blocked by our defenders. Mateusz Kochalski was able to make 2 saves, and Guglielmo Vicario, the man of the match who significantly influenced the outcome of the game, made 6.
419 out of 490 passes from Qarabag were accurate versus 413 out of 468 from Tottenham. In percentage terms, Londoners are slightly ahead – 88.2 versus 85.5. Qarabag significantly outnumbered their opponents in the number of crosses. Of the 24 crosses from the Agdam club, 8 were successful, 3 out of 10 crosses were successful for the home team. In percentage terms, Qarabag has a slight advantage – 33.3 to 30. In long passes, the visiting team was accurate in 27 out of 45 (60%), while for the hosts this figure was low – 13 out of 28 (46%).
The Azerbaijani club is ahead 29:11 in ball interceptions, 14:13 in direct interceptions. Our team is behind in terms of clearance rate – 8:22. The opponent had minimal success in penalty kicks – 13:12. While Qarabag took 9 corners in the game, Postecoglou’s team was only able to do so three times. The home team was offside 2 times, the guests 6 times.
Azerbaijani football players won 65 percent of one-on-one fights (45 out of 69). And in the game in the air, the representatives of English football were at their best – 85% (11 out of 13).
Vugar Mamedov
İdman.biz