FC Lugano scored five from eight shots at Getafe

Getafe had more of the ball and more shots, but FC Lugano's finishing carried them to a 5-2 win in the Europa Conference League.

Getafe had 22 shots at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, roughly twice their home average of 10.7, and still ended the night beaten. FC Lugano had only eight, below their away average of 14.8, and still walked away with the points. Expected goals, a rough measure of how clear each chance was, puts Getafe at 2.04 against a home norm of 1.43, so their chances were better than usual, not just more numerous. FC Lugano's 1.75 was also above their away norm of 1.46, so their chances were good as well as few.

Getafe had 57% of the ball, up on their home average of 53%, while FC Lugano had 43%, down on their away figure of 53.7%. Ball share mattered less than it looked, though. Getafe scored first after two minutes through Ivan Azón, and FC Lugano replied inside a minute, so by the 26th minute the visitors led 3-1 and the possession figures had stopped meaning much.

Albian Ajeti decided the first half. He scored at three minutes and again at 26, both goals set up by a teammate, from three shots that all went on target. Yanis Cimignani added a goal at seven minutes in between, and Ajeti's rating of 8.2 reflects how much of the first half ran through him. Getafe had created chances of their own by then, but they had not turned them into goals.

The second half brought more of the same pattern. Uran Bislimi made it 4-1 early on, Borja Mayoral pulled one back for Getafe in the 74th minute, and K. Behrens added a fifth in the 90th. Each goal came at a different point in the game, so the home side never had a stretch in which a comeback looked likely.

The discipline figures tilt the same way. FC Lugano committed 21 fouls to Getafe's six and collected five yellow cards, while Getafe had one, shown to Borja Mayoral in the 23rd minute. Neither side was sent off, so the match was played at eleven against eleven throughout.

Getafe won 12 corners to FC Lugano's two, and their seven shots on target produced two goals and five saves for the visiting goalkeeper. The pressure was real, but the chances it created were turned into goals at a far lower rate than FC Lugano managed with their own. Getafe's attack had the volume, and FC Lugano's had the accuracy.

Before this match, FC Lugano were ninth in the table on three points from one game, and Getafe were 15th on one point from one game.

Player of the matchAlbian Ajeti2 goals8.2

Daniel Dos Santos1 assist7.5

Borja Mayoral1 goal7.3

Uran Bislimi1 goal7.3