Union St. Gilloise draw 1-1 with Real Sociedad in Europa League

Union St. Gilloise drew 1-1 with visitors Real Sociedad of Spain, in the match that brought the two sides together in the second round of the league phase of the Europa League, held at 19:45 Damascus time.

Beñat Turrientes opened the scoring for Real Sociedad in the 46th minute, before Sekou Abrahame Keita equalised for Union St. Gilloise in the 88th minute of the match.

Beñat Turrientes was named player of the match after scoring a goal in the 45 minutes he played, receiving a rating of 7.75.

Statistically, Real Sociedad had 56 per cent possession compared to 44 per cent for Union St. Gilloise, while the home side recorded 16 shots compared to 5 for their visitors, with 5 of them on target for Union St. Gilloise compared to one shot on target for Real Sociedad. The expected goals tally stood at 2.09 for Union St. Gilloise compared to 0.65 for Real Sociedad.

Union St. Gilloise won 4 corner kicks compared to 2 for Real Sociedad, and committed 15 fouls compared to 13 for the Spanish side, while referee Guga Kekatsishvili showed two yellow cards to Union St. Gilloise and one yellow card to Real Sociedad, with no red cards in the match.

With this draw, Union St. Gilloise raised their tally to 3 points from one match won, placing them fifth after scoring 3 goals without conceding, while Real Sociedad remained without points after losing their only match, placing them 22nd with one goal scored and two goals conceded.