Goals and Highlights: Eintracht Frankfurt vs Royal Antwerp (2-2)

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Royal Antwerp vs Olympiacos Piraeus - Bosuilstadion, in Antwerp, Belgium.

Fenerbahçe vs Eintracht Frankfurt - Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi, in Istanbul, Turkey.

- Both games are scheduled to December 9th, 2021, at 12:45 PM ET.

1. Frankfurt - 11
2. Olympiacos - 9
3. Fenerbahçe - 5
4. Antwerp - 2

Olympiacos 1-0 Fenerbahçe

Frankfurt 2-2 Antwerp

Game over.

90+3' Kostić comes forward on the left and crosses for Gonçalo Paciência to head the ball into Butez's left corner. All equal again! What a match!

90' Five minutes to go.

89' Jakić out, Rode in.

89' Kamada out, Gonçalo Paciência in.

88' Samatta opens the play with Alhassan Yussuf, the midfielder comes forward on the right and gives it back to the striker to finish in the box past Trapp.

82' Frey, Royal Antwerp forward. Disagreement to referee.

81' Eggestein crosses from the right, Jakić lets the ball pass, and Kostić gets the ball on the left. The midfielder makes room for the ball and shoots wide.

77' Lindstrøm out, Hauge in.

75' Fischer out, Eggestein in.

71' Fischer takes a free kick from the left, Laet wins a challenge at the second post and diverts it to give the Belgians the lead. After a video review, Laet is ruled offside, and the score remains level at 1-1.

68' Borré out, Lammers in.

66' Dwomoh out, Alhassan Yussuf in.

64' Kostić is sent forward on the left side of the pitch and shoots from outside the box. The ball goes over the goal in relative danger.

59' Chandler gets on the right side from Lindstrøm, brings it into the middle of the pitch and shoots from the edge of the box to the left corner. Butez drops to make the save.

58' Dessoleil, Royal Antwerp defender. Borré is fouled.

54' Game with little movement. No shots on goal in the second half.

50' Chandler takes a strong shot, but misses the target.

The second half is under way.

Teams are back on the field.

End of the first half.

45' One-minute to halftime.

39' Kamada crosses low from the left. Lindstrøm is alone in the middle of the box.

37' Verstraete takes a free kick and Trapp jumps to make the save.

33' Kamada's shot is blocked by Dinis Almeida. Jakić is left with a chance from the edge of the box, but it goes over the goal.

32' Fischer takes a corner from the left wing and Nainggolan gets a first-time shot away. The ball deflects off N'Dicka and prevents goalkeeper Trapp from making a save. Germany equalized.

31' Fischer comes forward down the middle and opens up Samatta on the left. Fischer crosses the ball, and Fischer tries to finish with a heel kick, but Jakić makes the cut.

27' Lindstrøm is on the right side of the penalty area. The ball is close but goes out of bounds.

23' Chandler receives a cross from Kamada on the right side of the box, but Butez is unable to clear.

22' Chandler crosses from the right wing, Dinis Almeida deflects, and Kostić is free on the edge of the box.

15' Fischer takes a corner from the left and crosses it into the box. Dessoleil tries to shoot, but Hasebe blocks. Frey gets the ball on the edge of the penalty area and shoots to Trapp's save.

12' Tuta recovers the ball in midfield and opens with Chandler on the right. Kamada crossed for Kamada to put the home side in front.

10' Dwomoh receives from Frey on the right side and makes a cross in the box in the hands of Trapp.

8' Lots of aerial ball, little build-up, and no dangerous shots. Efficient defenses.

4' Nainggolan takes a free kick from the left with a cross into the box straight into the hands of goalkeeper Trapp.

The match begins.

The match will start in a few minutes.

Referees and players are on the pitch.

Referee - Paul Tierney (ENG)

Assistant referees - Constantine Katzidakis (ENG) and Neil Davies (ENG)

Fourth official - Robert Jones (ENG)

VAR - Peter Bankes (ENG)

AVAR - Ricardo de Burgos (SPA)

Ortwin de Wolf; Quirynen, Alhassan Yussuf, Benson, Genkens, Johannes Eggestein, Balikwisha.

HC: Brian Priske.

Ramaj; Almamy Touré, Danny da Costa, Durm, Ilsanker, Hrustic, Rode, Hauge, Barkok, Lammers, Gonçalo Paciência.

Técnico: Oliver Glasner.

Butez; Vines, Almeida, Dessoleil, Ritchie de Laet; Dwomoh, Nainggolan e Verstraete; Fischer, Frey, Samatta.

HC: Brian Priske.

Trapp; Tuta, Hasebe, N’Dicka; Chandler, Jakić, Sow, Kostić; Lindstrøm, Borré, Kamada.

HC: Oliver Glasner.

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1. Frankfurt – 10
2. Olympiacos – 6
3. Fenerbahçe – 5
4. Antwerp – 1

- Royal Antwerp finished third in Belgium’s topflight last season, nine points behind champions Club Brugge, and are competing in the UEFA Europa League group stage for the second successive season thanks to a penalty shoot-out victory over Omonoia in the play-offs, the club’s first European tie under new Danish coach Brian Priske.

- Belgium’s oldest club had gone 25 years between European participations (1994-95 to 2019-20) and last season played UEFA group stage football for the first time, finishing second in their section below Tottenham and above LASK and Ludogorets before going out to Rangers in the highest-scoring UEFA Europa League knockout phase tie of all time (5-9 on aggregate) in the round of 32.

- European Cup Winners’ Cup runners-up to Parma in 1992-93, Antwerp’s last five continental away fixtures have failed to produce a victory, four defeats preceding the recent 2-2 draw at Fenerbahçe.

- Several Royal Antwerp players have experience of German football:

Birger Verstraete – Köln 2019-20

Viktor Fischer – Mainz 2017-18

Johannes Eggestein – Wolfsburg 2013-20

Michael Frey – Nürnberg 2019-20

- Having been absent from Europe in 2020-21, Eintracht Frankfurt are back for a third UEFA Europa League group stage campaign in four seasons – and fourth in all – thanks to their fifth-place finish in the Bundesliga. They have since replaced coach Adi Hütter with another Austrian, Oliver Glasner, who oversaw fourth-placed Wolfsburg last term.

- Eintracht Frankfurt have now qualified for the knockout phase on all their group stage appearances, notably reaching the semi-finals in 2018-19, when they were denied a place in the final by a penalty shoot-out defeat against eventual winners Chelsea. They won all six of their group games that season – the only German club ever to achieve the feat – but despite accumulating just half as many points the following season still went through to the round of 32, where they overcame Salzburg to 6-3 on aggregate before going out to Basel for 0-4 on aggregate.

- The 1980 UEFA Cup winners claimed maximum points from their first six home games in the UEFA Europa League group stage but have won just two of the last five, beyond one draw and two losses. Their home record in the competition, including qualifying, is now 15 wins, four draws and three losses, the defeats having all come in the last seven matches.

- Brazilian defender Tuta spent 2019-20 on loan at Belgian club Kortrjik from Eintracht Frankfurt.

- While there are no former UEFA Europa League winners in this season’s group stage, five clubs are involved to have lifted the trophy in its former guise as the UEFA Cup: PSV Eindhoven in Group B, Napoli in Group C, Eintracht Frankfurt in Group D, and fellow German side Bayer Leverkusen in Group G.

- After three successive victories in UEFA Europa League Group D, Eintracht Frankfurt have ten points and are already through to the knockout phase of the competition. A fourth straight victory, at home to bottom-placed Royal Antwerp, will seal their qualification for the round of 16 as group winners.

- Irrespective of their own result Eintracht Frankfurt will also be sure of the place with a game to spare if Olympiacos and Fenerbahçe draw in the group’s other Matchday 5.

- The German club did the double over Olympiacos, winning 3-1 at home and 2-1 – after being a goal down – in Piraeus with Japanese midfielder Daichi Kamada on target in both games, to take control of the section. They now lead by four points, with the Greek champions in second place and Turkish side Fenerbahçe, who won 3-0 at Antwerp last time out, a point behind in third. The Belgian club’s only point came in a 2-2 draw in Istanbul on Matchday 3.

- Royal Antwerp must win to stay in contention to finish second or third. They will still be able to finish second only if they win and the other game is drawn.

- A 91st-minute Gonçalo Paciência penalty earned Frankfurt all three points away to Antwerp in the clubs’ first ever UEFA encounter on Matchday 2.

- That win was only Frankfurt’s second in seven games against Belgian clubs, being two draws and three losses, the first having come two seasons ago when they beat Standard Liège 2-1 at home in the UEFA Europa League group stage. Those were the first goals they had managed in three games against Belgian visitors.

- Royal Antwerp had not faced German opposition for over 30 years until Matchday 2, Köln have knocked them out of successive UEFA Cups in 1988-89 and 1989-90 with an aggregate victory over Stuttgart in between. The Great Old have never won in Germany. In three games, the Belgian team drawn one game and lost two matches

Goalkeepers – Jean Butez, Ortwin de Wolf, Mathis van Gils, Thiam Chevaughn.

Defenders – Ritchie de Laet, Björn Engels, Aurélio Buta, Robbe Quirynen, Sam Vines, Dorian Dessoleil, Zeno van den Bosch, Jelle Bataille, Dries Ceulemans, Japhet Muanza, Dinis Almeida.

Midfielders – Radja Nainggolan, Birger Verstraete, Viktor Fischer, Alhassan Yussuf, Manuel Benson, Pieter Gerkens, Koji Miyoshi, Edon Murataj, Kenneth Boakye, Laurit Krasniqi, Lucas Lendfers, Gilles Jehin, Pierre Dwomoh.

Forwards – Johannes Eggestein, Michel-Ange Balikwisha, Abdel Malik Aziz, Pieter van Hees, Ally Mbwana Samatta, Michael Frey.

Head coach – Brian Priske.

Goalkeepers – Kevin Trapp, Diant Ramaj, Jannik Horz.

Defenders – Evan N’Dicka, Martin Hinteregger, Almamy Touré, Timothy Chandler, Danny da Costa, Christopher Lenz, Tuta, Erik Durm, Jan Schröder.

Midfielders – Stefan Ilsanker, Kristijan Jakić, Ajdin Hrustic, Djibril Sow, Filip Kostić, Daichi Kamada, Sebastian Rode, Makoto Hasebe, Jens Petter Hauge, Aymen Barkok, Jesper Lindstrøm.

Forwards – Sam Lammers, Rafael Borré, Gonçalo Paciência, Martin Pečar, Giorgios Pontikou, Gianluca Schäfer.

Head coach – Oliver Glasner.

The Eintracht Frankfurt vs Royal Antwerp match will be played at the Deutsche Bank Park Stadium, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The sports venue has the capacity to receive 51,500 fans.

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