ST. GALLEN. St. Gallen liquidates Basel 6-1 with goals of Jérémy Guillemenot (22′), Lukas Görtler (24′), Jordi Quintillà (36′), Emmanuel Latte Lath (52′), Emmanuel Latte Lath (63′) and Willem Geubbels (90′). Talking about the opposition, Basel scored with ​Andi Zeqiri (55′).

The match was played at the Kybunpark stadium in St. Gallen on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Luca Cibelli with the support of Matthias Sbrissa and Claudio dos Santos. The 4th official was Tobias Thies.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. St. Gallen was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Basel that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

St. Gallen was more pushing with 81 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why St. Gallen won the match​.

St. Gallen shot 23 times, 13 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Basel shot 8 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

St. Gallen received 1 yellow card (Willem Geubbels). On the other side, Basel received 2 yellow cards (L. Millar and D. Males).

Standings

After playing this match, St. Gallen will have 40 points to remain in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Basel will stay with 42 points to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, St. Gallen will host Sion on the 29th of May with a 28-20 head to head stats in favor of St. Gallen (10 draws).

Basel will host Grasshopper on the 29th of May with a 34-13 head to head in favor of Basel (18 draws).

St. Gallen – Formation

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

The manager Peter Zeidler decided to play with the following team: Lawrence Ati (6.4), Patrick Sutter (7.4), Leonidas Stergiou (6.6), Matej Maglica (7.3), Michael Kempter (6.8), Lukas Görtler (7.8), Jordi Quintillà (8.4), Christian Witzig (7.1), Julian Von Moos (8.6), Emmanuel Latte Lath (8.4) and Jérémy Guillemenot (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Chadrac Akolo, Ricardo Azevedo Alves, Noha Ndombasi Nlandu (6.3), Isaac Schmidt (6.8), Basil Stillhart, Willem Geubbels (6.5), Gregory Karlen (6.4), Lukas Watkowiak and Fabian Schubert.

St. Gallen could not rely on the presence of Willem Geubbels (injured).

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 5 changes: Emmanuel Latte Lath for Willem Geubbels (68′), J. von Moos for Noha Nlandu (68′), Michael Kempter for I. Schmidt (68′), Jérémy Guillemenot for Gregory Karlen (74′) and Patrick Sutter  for Basil Stillhart (85′).

Best player: Julian Von Moos​

The most impressive player for St. Gallen was Julian Von Moos even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.6) with 18 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 6.

Basel – Formation

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

Heiko Vogel played with: Mirko Salvi (6.9), Michael Lang (6.1), Fabian Frei (6.9), Marvin Akahomen (5.1), Emmanuel Essiam (6.4), Anton Kade (6.5), Darian Males (6.3), Andy Diouf (6.6), Liam Millar (6.8), Bradley Fink (6.2) and Andi Zeqiri (7.6).

These were the players on the bench: Dan Ndoye (6.4), Andy Pelmard (6.7), Adriano Onyegbule (6.3), Hugo Novoa Ramos, Erdin Ismaili, Jean-Kévin Augustin (6.4), Zeki Amdouni (6.8), Leon Avdullahu and Nils De Mol.

Basel could not rely on the presence of Jean-Kévin Augustin (injured).

Substitutions

Basel made 5 changes: Emmanuel Essiam for Andy Pelmard (46′), Anton Kade for Dan Ndoye (46′), Bradley Fink for Mohamed Amdouni (46′), Fabian Frei for Brian Adriano Ogechukwu Onyegbule (60′) and D. Males for Jean-Kévin Augustin (61′).

Best player: Andi Zeqiri​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Basel was Andi Zeqiri.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 15 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Young Boys – Zürich – 1-1
• St. Gallen – Basel – 6-1
• Lugano – Winterthur – 2-1