LUGANO. Lugano succeeded in turn the table against Servette to win 2-1. It was Servette to strike first with a goal of K. Imeri at the 16′. Then it was a penalty in the 29′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. Sabbatini gave the win to Lugano in the 78′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Stadio di Cornaredo stadium in Lugano on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 4,338 spectators. The referee was Adrien Jaccottet with the assistance of Jean-Yves Wicht and Mirco Bürgi. The 4th official was Tobias Thies. The weather was drizzle. The temperature was cold at 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 98%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was similar. Lugano was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Servette that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Servette was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, Lugano was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Lugano shot 10 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Servette shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Lugano received 2 yellow cards (M. Maric and F. Daprela). Talking about the opposition, Servette received 2 yellow cards (Y. Severin and V. Sasso).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Lugano will have 17 points like Grasshopper to stay in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Servette will stay with 12 points like St. Gallen and Sion to stay in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Lugano will play away with Lausanne Sport on the 7th of November with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Lugano (2 draws).
Servette will host Zürich on the 7th of November with a 9-5 head to head in favor of Servette (3 draws).
Lugano – Formation
Lugano
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78'
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Lugano started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Mattia Croci-Torti decided to play with the following team: Amir Saipi , Numa Lavanchy , Mijat Marić , Fabio Daprelà , Reto Ziegler , Jonathan Sabbatini , Sandi Lovrić , Asumah Abubakar , Mattia Bottani , Christophe Lungoyi and Žan Celar .
The home team had on the bench: Kévin Monzialo, Mickaël Facchinetti , Olivier Custodio , Kreshnik Hajrizi, Nikolas Muci, Mohamed El Amine Amoura , Mohamed Haj Mahmoud, Noam Baumann and Yuri.
Substitutions
Lugano made 4 changes: M. Bottani for M. Amoura (57′), C. Lungoyi for O. Custodio (57′), A. Abubakar for M. Facchinetti (73′) and Z. Celar for K. Hajrizi (90′).
Best player: Amir Saipi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lugano was the goalkeeper: Amir Saipi. His rating is 7.84. He performed 6 saves.
Servette – Formation
Servette
Servette started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Alain Geiger played with: Jeremy Frick , Steve Rouiller , Vincent Sasso , Yoan Severin , Gaël Clichy , Kastriot Imeri , David Douline , Theo Valls , Miroslav Stevanović , Grejohn Kyei and Alex Schalk .
They had on the bench: Papu Mendes , Ronny Rodelin , Nicolas Vouilloz, Roggerio Nyakossi , Malik Sawadogo, Ricardo Azevedo, Alexis Antunes and Edin Omeragic.
Substitutions
Servette made 5 changes: T. Valls for R. Rodelin (62′), D. Douline for R. Nyakossi (70′), A. Schalk for P. Mendes (86′), K. Imeri for A. Antunes (86′) and S. Rouiller for Ricky (86′).
Best player: Theo Valls
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Servette was Theo Valls.
His rating is with 29 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Lausanne Sport – Luzern – 1-1
- Lugano – Servette – 2-1
- Sion – Grasshopper – 1-3
