ST. GALLEN. Lugano bounces back against Basel with a goal on the D. Males 74′ and a goal on the M. Lang 83′. Basel was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%)

The match was played at the Kybunpark stadium in St. Gallen on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Sven Wolfensberger with the assistance of Pascal Hirzel and Didier Dubrit. The 4th official was Marijan Drmic.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Basel was in firm control of the ball 59% while Lugano was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lugano had a more offensive attitude with 52 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Lugano to win the match​.

Lugano shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Basel shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Lugano received 2 yellow cards (Albian Hajdari  and Kreshnik Hajrizi). On the opposite side, Basel received 5 yellow cards (Hugo Vogel, Taulant Xhaka, Wouter Burger, Bradley Fink and Michael Lang).

Standings

After this contest, Lugano will have 30 points like Luzern to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, Basel will have 27 points to sit in the 6th 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 stats in favor of Lugano (6 draws).

Basel will play away agasint Zürich on the 8th of April with a 38-12 head to head statistic in favor of Basel (16 draws).

Lugano – Formation

Lugano started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Mattia Croci-Torti decided to play with the following team: Amir Saipi (6.8), Ousmane Doumbia (6.1), Kreshnik Hajrizi (6.4), Albian Hajdari (6.8), Roman Macek (8.2), Jonathan Sabbatini (6.3), Uran Bislimi (6.5), Milton Valenzuela (6.4), Renato Steffen (7.8), Žan Celar (7.3) and Ignacio Aliseda (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Mohamed El Amine Amoura, Boris Babić (6.6), Chinwendu Johan Nkama, Sebastian Osigwe, Lars Lukas Mai, Jhon Espinoza, Mattia Bottani (6.8) and Mickaël Facchinetti.

Substitutions

Lugano made 4 changes: Zan Celar for Boris Babic (46′), Ignacio Aliseda  for Mattia Bottani (70′), Roman Macek for Jhon Espinoza (84′) and Uran Bislimi for Lars Lukas Mai (84′).

Best player: Roman Macek​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lugano was Roman Macek.

His rating is (8.2) with 17 passes (64% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Basel – Formation

Basel started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Heiko Vogel played with: Marwin Hitz (6.1), Sergio López (6.8), Andy Pelmard (7.1), Wouter Burger (6.5), Hugo Vogel (6.3), Taulant Xhaka (6.1), Darian Males (8.2), Andy Diouf (6.7), Zeki Amdouni (6.2), Dan Ndoye (6.4) and Bradley Fink (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Riccardo Calafiori (6.9), Emmanuel Essiam, Mirko Salvi, Andi Zeqiri (6.6), Hugo Novoa Ramos (7.1), Anton Kade (7.1), Liam Millar and Michael Lang (7.2).

Substitutions

Basel made 5 changes: Hugo Vogel for Michael Lang (46′), Andy Diouf for Riccardo Calafiori (46′), Zeki Amdouni for Hugo Novoa (69′), D. Ndoye for Anton Kade (69′) and Bradley Fink for Andi Zeqiri (69′).

Best player: Darian Males​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Basel was Darian Males.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 30 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Servette – Winterthur – 1-1
• Luzern – Grasshopper – 1-0
• Lugano – Basel – 2-2