St. Gallen overcomes Young Boys 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

ST. GALLEN. St. Gallen defeats Young Boys 3-1.

October 31, 2021

ST. GALLEN. St. Gallen beats Young Boys 3-1. St. Gallen was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with T. Youan (4′), G. Faivre (47′) and O. Diakite (76′). Young Boys reduced the distance with an own goal (82′) by B. Stillhart, but there was not much to do for them. Young Boys lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Kybunpark stadium in St. Gallen on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Fedayi San with the assistance of Matthias Sbrissa and Benjamin Zürcher. The 4th official was Marijan Drmic.

Match Statistics

St. Gallen

3 - 1

Young Boys

41 Ball Possession 59

Shots

5 Total 12
3 On Target 7
2 Off Target 5
1 Shots blocked 0

92 Attack 96
61 Dangerous attack 79
102 Ball safe 113

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 6

Fouls

11 Total 6
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Young Boys was in firm control of the ball 59% while St. Gallen was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Young Boys was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, St. Gallen was capable to find the solution to win this match.

St. Gallen shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Young Boys shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

St. Gallen received 2 yellow cards (L. Gortler and A. Besio). Talking about the opposition, Young Boys received 1 yellow card (M. Elia).

Match Timeline

Lukas Görtler - Yellow

37'

46'

49'

Víctor Ruiz- sub ->I. Schmidt

57'

67'

73'

76'

82'

Patrick Sutter- sub ->B. Fazliji

83'

Felix Mambimbi - sub ->S. Hefti

86'

87'

90'

Meschack Elia- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this contest, St. Gallen will have 12 points like Servette and Sion to stay in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Young Boys will stay with 21 points to stay in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, St. Gallen will play away with Basel on the 7th of November with a 33-13 head to head stats in favor of Basel (11 draws).

Young Boys will play away agasint Grasshopper on the 6th of November with a 28-18 head to head stats in favor of Young Boys (11 draws).

St. Gallen – Formation

St. Gallen

Lawrence Ati Zigi 1.Ghana

7.2

Musah Nuhu 3.Ghana

7.3

E. Cabral 15.Portugal

6.2

Basil Stillhart 6.Switzerland

6.4

B. Traorè 25.Senegal

7.2

Lukas Görtler 16.Germany

6.8

37'

Salifou Diarrassouba 55.Burkina Faso

6.5

46'

Betim Fazliji 23.Kosovo

6.6

83'

Isaac Schmidt 33.Switzerland

6.9

57'

Kwadwo Duah 11.Switzerland

6.6

73'

Élie Youan 20.France

6.9

73'

Substitutes

Lukas Watkowiak 18.Germany

Leonhard Munst 13.Germany

O. Diakité 8.Mali

7.1

46'

76'

Jérémy Guillemenot 9.Switzerland

6.8

73'

Alessio Besio 31.Switzerland

6.6

73'

87'

Patrick Sutter 30.Switzerland

6.2

83'

Fabian Schubert 7.Austria

Víctor Ruiz 10.Spain

6.8

57'

Boris Babic 34.Switzerland

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

The manager Peter Zeidler decided to play with the following team: Lawrence Ati (7.2), Euclides Cabral (6.2), Musah Nuhu (7.3), Basil Stillhart (6.4), Boubacar Traorè (7.2), Lukas Görtler (6.8), Betim Fazliji (6.6), Isaac Schmidt (6.9), Salifou Diarrassouba (6.5), Thody Elie Youan (6.9) and Kwadwo Duah (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Jérémy Guillemenot (6.8), Lukas Watkowiak, Alessio Besio (6.6), Patrick Sutter (6.2), Fabian Schubert, Victor Ruiz (6.8), Leonhard Munst, Boris Babić and Ousmane Diakité (7.1).

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 5 changes: S. Diarrassouba for O. Diakite (46′), I. Schmidt for V. Ruiz (57′), T. Youan for J. Guillemenot (73′), K. Duah for A. Besio (73′) and B. Fazliji for P. Sutter (83′).

Best player: Musah Nuhu

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Gallen was Musah Nuhu even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.3) with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Young Boys – Formation

Young Boys

G. Faivre 91.Switzerland

5.6

Ulisses Garcia 21.Switzerland

6.4

Silvan Hefti 36.Switzerland

6.1

86'

Mohamed Camara 4.Guinea

6.2

49'

Sandro Lauper 30.Switzerland

6.8

Christopher Martins Pereira 35.Luxembourg

6.1

46'

M. Ngamaleu 13.Cameroon

6.2

67'

Christian Fassnacht 16.Switzerland

6.6

Michel Aebischer 20.Switzerland

7.0

67'

Jordan Siebatcheu 17.France

6.6

Meschack Elia 15.DR Congo

6.7

90'

Substitutes

Abdullah Laidani 68.Switzerland

Quentin Maceiras 24.Switzerland

Nicolas Bürgy 14.Switzerland

6.3

49'

Jordan Lefort 25.France

7.3

67'

Fabian Rieder 32.Switzerland

6.8

46'

Vincent Sierro 8.Switzerland

Alexandre Jankewitz 11.Switzerland

5.2

67'

M. Sulejmani 10.Serbia

Felix Mambimbi 19.Switzerland

6.8

86'

Young Boys started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Talking about the opposition, David Wagner played with: Guillaume Faivre (5.6), Silvan Hefti (6.1), Mohamed Camara (6.2), Sandro Lauper (6.8), Ulisses Garcia (6.4), Christian Fassnacht (6.6), Michel Aebischer (7.0), Christopher Martins Pereira (6.1), Nicolas Ngamaleu (6.2), Meschack Elia (6.7) and Jordan Siebatcheu (6.6).

They had on the bench: Fabian Rieder (6.8), Quentin Maceiras, Vincent Sierro, Alexandre Jankewitz (5.2), Nicolas Bürgy (6.3), Felix Mambimbi (6.8), Abdullah Laidani, Miralem Sulejmani and Jordan Lefort (7.3).

Young Boys could not rely on the presence of N. Burgy (injured).

Substitutions

Young Boys made 5 changes: C. Martins Pereira for F. Rieder (46′), M. Camara for N. Burgy (49′), M. Aebischer for A. Jankewitz (67′), N. Moumi Ngamaleu for J. Lefort (67′) and S. Hefti for F. Mambimbi (86′).