WINTERTHUR. Winterthur beats Lugano 1-0 after M. Di scored just 1 goal (45′). Lugano lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

Mattia Bottani received a red card (90′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Lugano lost the match.

The match was played at the Stadion Schützenwiese stadium in Winterthur on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. In front of 7,500 spectators.​ The referee was Nico Gianforte who was helped by Marco Zürcher and Guillaume Maire. The 4th official was David Huwiler. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.6 degrees Celsius or 36.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lugano was in firm control of the ball 60% while Winterthur was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lugano was more aggressive with 81 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, Winterthur was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Winterthur shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Lugano shot 16 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Winterthur received 3 yellow cards (Remo Arnold, Nishan Burkart and S. Diaby). On the opposite side, Lugano received 2 yellow cards (Mattia Bottani and J. Espinoza).

Also, Lugano didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Mattia Bottani (Lugano) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Winterthur will have 19 points like Zürich to hold in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Lugano will stay with 27 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Winterthur will host Luzern on the 10th of April with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Luzern (1 draw).

Lugano will host St. Gallen on the 10th of April with a 14-10 head to head in favor of Lugano (6 draws).

Winterthur – Formation

Winterthur started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Bruno Berner decided to play with the following team: Markus Kuster (8.3), Michael Gonçalves (6.8), Yannick Schmid (7.1), Granit Lekaj (7.3), Souleymane Diaby (7.1), Samir Ramizi (6.7), Remo Arnold (7.0), Nishan Burkart (6.8), Matteo Di Giusto (8.0), Joaquín Ardaiz (7.3) and Roman Buess (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Armin Abaz, Thibault Corbaz, Roy Gelmi, Sayfallah Ltaief (6.3), Tobias Schättin, Samuel Ballet (6.5), Hekuran Kryeziu (6.7), Eris Abedini (6.2) and Francisco Jose Rodriguez.

Substitutions

Winterthur made 5 changes: Nishan Burkart for Samuel Ballet (67′), Roman Buess for Hekuran Kryeziu (67′), Remo Arnold for Eris Abedini (80′), Samir Ramizi for S. Ltaief (80′) and Matteo Di Giusto for Francisco Jose Rodriguez (87′).

Best player: Markus Kuster​

The most impressive player for Winterthur was the goalkeeper: Markus Kuster. His rating is 8.34. He performed 6 saves.

Lugano – Formation

Lugano started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mattia Croci-Torti played with: Sebastian Osigwe (6.3), Jhon Espinoza (6.4), Kreshnik Hajrizi (6.8), Fabio Daprelà (6.8), Milton Valenzuela (6.7), Ousmane Doumbia (7.3), Jonathan Sabbatini (7.0), Roman Macek (6.9), Mattia Bottani (7.0), Ignacio Aliseda (6.8) and Žan Celar (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Boris Babić (6.8), Noah De Queiroz Pacheco, Mohamed Haj Mahmoud (7.0), Mickaël Facchinetti (6.2), Uran Bislimi, Renato Steffen (6.5), S. Berbic and Mohamed El Amine Amoura (7.1).

Substitutions

Lugano made 5 changes: Ignacio Aliseda  for Renato Steffen (67′), Roman Macek for M. Amoura (59′), Zan Celar for Boris Babic (68′), J. Espinoza for Mickael Facchinetti (78′) and Jonathan Sabbatini for Mohamed Belhaj Mahmoud (78′).

Best player: Ousmane Doumbia​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lugano was Ousmane Doumbia.

His rating is (7.3) with 48 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​

• Winterthur – Lugano – 1-0
• Sion – Zürich – 0-1
• Luzern – Young Boys – 1-1