BASEL. Luzern conquers Basel with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Sorgic (71′) and a goal from L. Johannes (89′).
The match was played at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel on Sunday and it started at 2:15 pm local time. The referee was Sven Wolfensberger with the support of Pascal Hirzel and Remy Zgraggen. The 4th official was Anojen Kanagasingam. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.2 degrees Celsius or 68.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Basel was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Luzern that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Luzern was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Luzern won the contest.
Basel shot 4 times, 0 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Luzern shot 10 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Basel received 3 yellow cards (Jean-Kévin Augustin, Taulant Xhaka and D. Males). Regarding the opposition, Luzern received 4 yellow cards (Ismajl Beka, Severin Ottiger, Pascal Schürpf and Martin Frydek ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Basel will stay with 36 points like St. Gallen to remain in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Luzern will have 42 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Basel will host Lugano on the 21st of May with a 15-6 head to head record in favor of Basel (10 draws).
Luzern will host St. Gallen on the 20th of May with a 26-18 head to head statistic in favor of Luzern (15 draws).
Basel – Formation
Basel started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
The manager Heiko Vogel decided to play with the following team: Marwin Hitz
, Michael Lang , Andy Pelmard , Riccardo Calafiori , Taulant Xhaka , Hugo Novoa Ramos , Darian Males , Anton Kade , Sergio López , Jean-Kévin Augustin and Zeki Amdouni .The home team had on the bench: Andi Zeqiri
, Bradley Fink, Kasim Adams Nuhu, Dan Ndoye , Mirko Salvi, Wouter Burger , Andy Diouf and Emmanuel Essiam.Substitutions
Basel made 4 changes: Anton Kade for Wouter Burger (57′), Hugo Novoa for Dan Ndoye (57′), Jean-Kévin Augustin for Andi Zeqiri (66′) and D. Males for A. Diouf (81′).
Best player: Marwin Hitz
The most impressive player for Basel was the goalkeeper: Marwin Hitz. His rating is 7.13. He performed 3 saves.
Luzern – Formation
Luzern started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Mario Frick played with: Marius Müller
, Severin Ottiger , Ismajl Beka , Marco Burch , Martin Frýdek , Pius Dorn , Ardon Jashari , Nicky Medja Beloko , Max Meyer , Pascal Schürpf and Dejan Sorgić .They had on the bench: Luuk Breedijk, Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka, Mauricio Willimann Rangel, Pascal David Loretz, Mohamed Dräger
, Leny Remo Meyer, Asumah Abubakar-Ankra, Lars Villiger and Mamady Diambou.Substitutions
Luzern made 4 changes: Severin Ottiger for Mohamed Dräger (64′), Max Meyer for Vars Villiger (81′), Pascal Schürpf for Luuk Johannes Christianus Breedijk (86′) and Dejan Sorgic for Mamady Diambou (86′).
Best player: Martin Frýdek
The player that probably impressed the most for Luzern was Martin Frýdek even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 45 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 3 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.