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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion der Stadt Linz - Linz Thursday 26 November 2020 18.55CET (18.55 local time) LASK Group J - Matchday 4 Royal Antwerp FC Last updated 24/11/2020 17:21CET Match background 2 Legend 3 1 LASK - Royal Antwerp FC Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadion der Stadt Linz, Linz Match background LASK and Royal Antwerp are locked together on six points as they go head to head for the second time in UEFA Europa League Group J, with the Austrian side bidding to make it two wins out of two against their Belgian opponents. • Antwerp won their first two matches in the section – 2-1 at Ludogorets and 1-0 at home to Tottenham – but were stopped in their tracks on Matchday 3 as LASK beat them 1-0 in Belgium, with a first European goal from German striker Johannes Eggestein, to form a three-way tie, including Tottenham, at the top of the group table. Previous meetings • LASK's first UEFA contest with Belgian opposition did not occur until last season, when they lost both legs of their UEFA Champions League play-off to Club Brugge (0-1 h, 1-2 a). • Antwerp's record in Austria is W1 L2, the victory coming against Admira Wacker in the second round of their run to the 1992/93 European Cup Winners' Cup final, Alex Czerniatynski scoring a hat-trick in a 4-2 first-leg win. Form guide LASK • Fourth in the 2019/20 Austrian Bundesliga, LASK enjoyed the longest and most successful European run in their history last season, stretching from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League to the UEFA Europa League round of 16. • LASK made their debut in the UEFA Europa League group stage last term, topping a group containing three European stalwarts in Sporting CP, PSV Eindhoven and Rosenborg before overcoming AZ Alkmaar in the round of 32 in what was the club's first experience of springtime European football. Eliminated by Manchester United in the round of 16 (0-5 h, 1-2 a), they are back in the group stage this term following big qualifying wins against DAC Dunajská Streda (7-0 h) and, in the play-offs, Sporting (4-1 a). Both were club record wins in this competition. • The team from the Danube city have won nine of their 11 European home games over the past three seasons, scoring 30 goals in the process. They recorded three home wins out of three in last season's group stage and made it four out of four at this juncture of the competition with a 4-3 victory against Ludogorets on Matchday 2. Antwerp • Antwerp beat champions Club Brugge 1-0 in the 2019/20 Belgian Cup final – the club's first victory in the competition for 28 years – to secure a place in the UEFA Europa League group stage for the first time. • Last season the club returned to European competition for the first time in a quarter of a century but were unable to negotiate their way through UEFA Europa League qualifying, going out in the play-offs to AZ after extra time (1-1 a, 1- 4 h) following an away goals extra-time win in the third qualifying round against Viktoria Plzeň. • The Great Old had not won away in Europe since that 4-2 victory at Admira Wacker in 1992 (D3 L4) until they beat Ludogorets 2-1 in Bulgaria in this season's UEFA Europa League opener. Links and trivia • Antwerp are one of six clubs making their UEFA Europa League group stage debut in 2020/21, the others being CSKA-Sofia (Group A), Granada and Omonoia (E), Leicester City (G) and Sivasspor (I). They are the eighth different Belgian club to appear in the competition proper. 2 LASK - Royal Antwerp FC Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadion der Stadt Linz, Linz Legend Competitions Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com. 3.