ST. GALLEN. Luzern and Lugano draw 1-1. A. Abubakar scored the first goal (16′) for Luzern. Z. Celar equalized (37′) with a penalty.
The match was played at the Kybunpark stadium in St. Gallen on Sunday and it started at 2:15 pm local time. The referee was Anojen Kanagasingam with the collaboration of Matthias Sbrissa and Bastien Lengacher. The 4th official was Sven Wolfensberger. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.9 degrees Celsius or 60.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Lugano was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Luzern that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Luzern was putting more pressure with 90 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Luzern to win the match.
Lugano shot 17 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Luzern shot 14 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Lugano received 3 yellow cards (Hadj Mahmoud, Albian Hajdari and Milton Valenzuela ). On the opposite side, Luzern received 4 yellow cards (Pascal Schürpf, Mohamed Dräger, Pius Dorn and Thibault Klidjé).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Lugano will have 28 points like St. Gallen to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Luzern will have 26 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Lugano will host St. Gallen on the 10th of April with a 14-10 head to head record in favor of Lugano (6 draws).
Luzern will play away agasint Winterthur on the 10th of April with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Luzern (1 draw).
Lugano – Formation
Lugano
73'
68'
37'
Lugano adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Mattia Croci-Torti decided to play with the following team: Sebastian Osigwe , Milton Valenzuela , Kreshnik Hajrizi , Fabio Daprelà , Albian Hajdari , Mohamed Haj Mahmoud , Ousmane Doumbia , Renato Steffen , Jonathan Sabbatini , Ignacio Aliseda and Žan Celar .
The home team had on the bench: Jhon Espinoza, Roman Macek , Boris Babić , Mickaël Facchinetti, Chinwendu Johan Nkama, Uran Bislimi , Mohamed El Amine Amoura , Amir Saipi and Hicham Mahou.
Substitutions
Lugano made 4 changes: Hadj Mahmoud for Uran Bislimi (68′), Renato Steffen for M. Amoura (68′), Ignacio Aliseda for Roman Macek (79′) and Jonathan Sabbatini for Hicham Mahou (89′).
Best player: Ousmane Doumbia
The most impressive player for Lugano was Ousmane Doumbia.
His rating is with 39 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.
Luzern – Formation
Luzern
Also Luzern adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Mario Frick played with: Pascal Loretz , Mohamed Dräger , Denis Simani , Ismajl Beka , Martin Frýdek , Ardon Jashari , Nicky Medja Beloko , Pius Dorn , Max Meyer , Pascal Schürpf and Asumah Abubakar .
They had on the bench: Lorik Emini, Luuk Breedijk, Mamady Diambou , Diego Heller, Severin Ottiger, Leny Meyer, Luca Jaquez, Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka and Thibault Klidje .
Substitutions
Luzern made 4 changes: Pascal Schürpf for Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka (46′), Pius Dorn for Mamady Diambou (75′), Asumah Abubakar for Thibault Klidje (75′) and Pius Dorn for Boris Babic (79′).
Best player: Pascal Loretz
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Luzern was the goalkeeper: Pascal Loretz. His rating is 7.43. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Zürich – Winterthur – 1-1
- Young Boys – St. Gallen – 5-1
- Lugano – Luzern – 1-1
