LUZERN. Basel defeats Luzern 1-0 after F. Frei scored a penalty (29′).
Sofyan Chader received a red card (77′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Luzern lost the match.
The match was played at the swissporarena stadium in Luzern on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Luca Cibelli who was helped by Matthias Sbrissa and Bastien Lengacher. The 4th official was Maxime Odiet. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.3 degrees Celsius or 37.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Luzern was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Basel that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Luzern had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Basel succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Luzern shot 10 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Basel shot 14 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Luzern received 4 yellow cards (Pascal Loretz, Ismajl Beka, Denis Simani and Sofyan Chader). On the opposite side, Basel received 7 yellow cards (Heiko Vogel, Sergio López, Andy Pelmard, Jean-Kévin Augustin, Andy Diouf, Wouter Burger and Marwin Hitz).
Sofyan Chader (Luzern) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (77′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Luzern will stay with 30 points like Basel and Lugano to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, Basel will have 30 points like Luzern and Lugano to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Luzern will play away with Winterthur on the 10th of April with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Luzern (1 draw).
Basel will play away agasint Zürich on the 8th of April with a 38-12 head to head stats in favor of Basel (16 draws).
Luzern – Formation
Luzern
28'
89'
77'
Luzern started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Mario Frick decided to play with the following team: Pascal Loretz , Pius Dorn , Denis Simani , Ismajl Beka , Martin Frýdek , Mamady Diambou , Ardon Jashari , Nicky Medja Beloko , Max Meyer , Sofyan Chader and Pascal Schürpf .
The home team had on the bench: Luca Jaquez, Lorik Emini, Thibault Klidje, Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka, Severin Ottiger, Dejan Sorgić , Vaso Vasic, Asumah Abubakar and Mohamed Dräger.
Luzern could not rely on the presence of Thibault Klidjé (injured).
Substitutions
Luzern made 4 changes: Pascal Schürpf for Asumah (59′), Mamady Diambou for Dejan Sorgic (59′), Asumah Abubakar for Thibault Klidje (82′) and Max Meyer for Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka (89′).
Best player: Ardon Jashari
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Luzern was Ardon Jashari.
His rating is with 46 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.
Basel – Formation
Basel
29'
Basel started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
Heiko Vogel played with: Marwin Hitz , Kasim Adams , Andy Pelmard , Riccardo Calafiori , Fabian Frei , Liam Millar , Darian Males , Andy Diouf , Sergio López , Andi Zeqiri and Bradley Fink .
These were the players on the bench: Anton Kade , Hugo Novoa Ramos, Jean-Kévin Augustin , Mirko Salvi, Wouter Burger , Emmanuel Essiam, Dan Ndoye and Zeki Amdouni.
Basel could not rely on the presence of Wouter Burger (injured).
Substitutions
Basel made 5 changes: Fabian Frei for Wouter Burger (55′), Bradley Fink for Dan Ndoye (65′), Andi Zeqiri for Jean-Kévin Augustin (65′), Sergio López for Anton Kade (88′) and L. Millar for Hugo Novoa (88′).
Best player: Fabian Frei
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Basel was Fabian Frei.
His rating is with 1 goal, 31 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Winterthur – Young Boys – 1-1
- Luzern – Basel – 0-1
