Servette and St. Gallen draw 1-1 on Saturday

PETIT-LANCY. St. Gallen and Servette draw 1-1. C. Witzig scored the first goal (28') for St. Gallen. C. Bedia settled the score (41') with a penalty.

David Brown

April 30, 2023

PETIT-LANCY. St. Gallen and Servette draw 1-1. C. Witzig scored the first goal (28′) for St. Gallen. C. Bedia settled the score (41′) with a penalty. Servette was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the Stade du Bois-de-la-Bâtie-Terrain annexe stadium in Petit-Lancy on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Sandro Schärer who had the assistance of Bekim Zogaj and Claudio dos Santos. The 4th official was David Huwiler. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.2 degrees Celsius or 57.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.

Match Statistics

Servette

1 - 1

St. Gallen

59 Ball Possession 41

Shots

18 Total 12
3 On Target 4
10 Off Target 5
5 Shots blocked 3

111 Attack 85
79 Dangerous attack 66
106 Ball safe 87

1 Penalties 0
9 Corners 3
2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

11 Total 12
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Servette had a strong ball possession 58% while St. Gallen was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Servette was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Servette to win the match.

Servette shot 18 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, St. Gallen shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Servette received 3 yellow cards (Kevin Mbabu, Gaël Clichy and Samba Lélé Diba). On the opposite side, St. Gallen received 2 yellow cards (Christian Witzig and Lukas Görtler).

Match Timeline

23'

Christian Witzig- Yellow

26'

28'

Christian Witzig(goal)

Miroslav Stevanovic(var)

39'

41'

46'

Albert Vallci- sub ->Jordi Quintillà

46'

58'

62'

Grégory Karlen- sub ->J. von Moos

62'

Chadrac Akolo- sub ->Emmanuel Latte Lath

Alexis Antunes- sub ->Patrick Pflücke

65'

Ronny Rodelin- sub ->Dereck Kutesa

65'

88'

Lukas Görtler - Yellow

Samba Diba- Yellow

90'

Samba Diba- sub ->Timothé Cognat

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this encounter, Servette will have 45 points like Luzern to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, St. Gallen will have 37 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Servette will host Basel on the 25th of May with a 12-4 head to head in favor of Basel (7 draws).

St. Gallen will play away agasint Grasshopper on the 25th of May with a 28-17 head to head in favor of Grasshopper (10 draws).

Servette – Formation

Servette

Jérémy Frick 32.Switzerland

6.6

Anthony Baron 34.Guadeloupe

7.0

Steve Rouiller 4.Switzerland

7.3

Kevin Mbabu 43.Switzerland

6.8

26'

Nicolas Vouilloz 33.Switzerland

6.6

Gaël Clichy 3.France

6.4

58'

Miroslav Stevanovic 9.Bosnia and Herzegovina

7.3

Timothé Cognat 8.France

7.1

90'

Patrick Pflücke 7.Germany

7.4

65'

Dereck Kutesa 17.Switzerland

6.5

65'

Chris Bedia 29.Ivory Coast

7.4

65'

41'

Substitutes

Edin Omeragic 40.Switzerland

Yoan Severin 19.France

Moussa Diallo 2.France

Théo Valls 15.France

Samba Diba 30.Senegal

90'

Alexis Antunes 10.Switzerland

6.8

65'

Boubacar Fofana 11.France

Ronny Rodelin 23.France

6.8

65'

Hussayn Touati 45.France

6.8

65'

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

The manager Alain Geiger decided to play with the following team: Jeremy Frick (6.6), Kevin Mbabu (6.8), Nicolas Vouilloz (6.6), Steve Rouiller (7.3), Anthony Baron (7.0), Timothé Cognat (7.1), Gaël Clichy (6.4), Miroslav Stevanović (7.3), Dereck Kutesa (6.5), Patrick Pflücke (7.4) and Chris Bedia (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Theo Valls, Samba Diba, Yoan Severin, Moussa Diallo, Alexis Antunes (6.8), Ronny Rodelin (6.8), Edin Omeragic, Hussayn Touati (6.8) and Boubacar Fofana.

Substitutions

Servette made 5 changes: Patrick Pflücke for Alexis Antunes (65′), Chris Bedia for Hussayn Touati (65′), Dereck Kutesa for Ronny Rodelin (65′), Timothé Cognat for Samba Lélé Diba (90′) and Christian Witzig for Ricardo Azevedo (90′).

Best player: Patrick Pflücke

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Servette was Patrick Pflücke.

His rating is (7.4) with 22 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 5 crosses.

St. Gallen – Formation

St. Gallen

Lawrence Ati Zigi 1.Ghana

6.8

Leonidas Stergiou 4.Switzerland

6.9

Matej Maglica 5.Croatia

7.4

Basil Stillhart 6.Switzerland

6.3

Isaac Schmidt 33.Switzerland

6.6

46'

Jordi Quintillà 8.Spain

6.4

46'

Lukas Görtler 16.Germany

6.2

88'

Christian Witzig 37.Switzerland

7.4

90'

23'

28'

Julian Von Moos 11.Switzerland

6.3

62'

Jérémy Guillemenot 9.Switzerland

6.8

Emmanuel Latte Lath 22.Ivory Coast

6.8

62'

Substitutes

Lukas Watkowiak 25.Germany

Albert Vallci 20.Austria

6.8

46'

Michael Kempter 24.Philippines

6.8

46'

Patrick Sutter 30.Switzerland

Randy Schneider 27.Switzerland

Ricardo Alves 28.Switzerland

90'

Grégory Karlen 23.Switzerland

6.2

62'

Chadrac Akolo 10.DR Congo

6.8

62'

N. Ndombasi 93.France

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

Peter Zeidler played with: Lawrence Ati (6.8), Basil Stillhart (6.3), Leonidas Stergiou (6.9), Matej Maglica (7.4), Isaac Schmidt (6.6), Julian Von Moos (6.3), Jordi Quintillà (6.4), Christian Witzig (7.4), Lukas Görtler (6.2), Jérémy Guillemenot (6.8) and Emmanuel Latte Lath (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Chadrac Akolo (6.8), Randy Schneider, Albert Vallci (6.8), Noha Ndombasi Nlandu, Michael Kempter (6.8), Ricardo Azevedo Alves, Gregory Karlen (6.2), Lukas Watkowiak and Patrick Sutter.

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 5 changes: Jordi Quintillà for Albert Vallci (46′), Isaac Schmidt for Michael Kempter (46′), J. von Moos for Gregory Karlen (62′), Emmanuel Latte Lath for Chadrac Akolo (62′) and Christian Witzig for Ricardo Azevedo (90′).