ZüRICH. Zürich defeats St. Gallen 1-0 after J. Okita scored a penalty (57′).

L. Dajaku received a red card (85′)​. This red card was one of the reason why St. Gallen lost the match.

The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Urs Schnyder with the collaboration of Mirco Bürgi and Nicolas Müller. The 4th official was Mirel Turkes. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.2 degrees Celsius or 59.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Zürich was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. St. Gallen that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Zürich had a more offensive attitude with 76 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Zürich won the match​.

Zürich shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, St. Gallen shot 16 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Zürich received 1 yellow card (Mirlind Kryeziu ). Talking about the opposition, St. Gallen received 2 yellow cards (Albert Vallci and Jordi Quintillà).

Also, St. Gallen didn’t end the match with 11 players after L. Dajaku (St. Gallen) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (85′).

Standings

After this match, Zürich will have 33 points to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, St. Gallen will stay with 36 points like Basel to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Zürich will host Grasshopper on the 21st of May with a 30-17 head to head record in favor of Zürich (12 draws).

St. Gallen will play away agasint Luzern on the 20th of May with a 26-18 head to head stats in favor of Luzern (15 draws).

Zürich – Formation

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

The manager Bo Henriksen decided to play with the following team: Yanick Brecher (6.9), Bećir Omeragić (7.1), Mirlind Kryeziu (7.2), Fidan Aliti (6.7), Cheick Oumar Conde (7.4), Nikola Boranijašević (7.3), Blerim Džemaili (6.4), Ifeanyi Mathew (7.8), Adrián Guerrero (7.4), Antonio Marchesano (6.7) and Jonathan Okita (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Selmin Hodza (6.5), Živko Kostadinović, Lindrit Kamberi, Nikola Katić, Calixte Paul Ligue, Ole Kristian Selnæs, Bledian Krasniqi (6.8), Roko Šimić and Marc Hornschuh.

Zürich could not rely on the presence of Selmin Hodza (injured).

Substitutions

Zürich made 3 changes: Blerim Dzemaili for Bledian Krasniqi (74′), Nikola Boranijasevic for Selmin Hodža (74′) and Jonathan Okita for Roko Šimić (84′).

Best player: Ifeanyi Mathew​

The most impressive player for Zürich was Ifeanyi Mathew even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 33 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

St. Gallen – Formation

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

Peter Zeidler played with: Lawrence Ati (6.9), Patrick Sutter (6.2), Leonidas Stergiou (6.8), Albert Vallci (7.0), Isaac Schmidt (6.2), Gregory Karlen (6.6), Jordi Quintillà (6.9), Christian Witzig (6.3), Chadrac Akolo (6.8), Emmanuel Latte Lath (6.6) and Jérémy Guillemenot (6.1).

These were the players on the bench: Matej Maglica (6.8), Randy Schneider, Willem Geubbels, Lukas Watkowiak, Alessio Besio, Basil Stillhart, Julian Von Moos (6.9), Leon Dajaku (6.5) and Alessandro Kräuchi.

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 5 changes: Chadrac Akolo for Willem Geubbels (46′), Emmanuel Latte Lath for Julian Vonmoos (46′), Albert Vallci for Matej Maglica (46′), Willem Geubbels for Leon Dajaku (57′) and Christian Witzig for Alessio Besio (84′).

Best player: Albert Vallci​

The player that probably impressed the most for St. Gallen was Albert Vallci.

His rating is (7.0) with 27 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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

• Zürich – St. Gallen – 1-0
• Lugano – Sion – 2-0
• Basel – Luzern – 0-2