BASEL. St. Gallen snatched a late win Basel 1-0 after T. Youan scored just 1 goal (87′). Basel lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Urs Schnyder with the help of Stéphane De Almeida and Bekim Zogaj. The 4th official was Mirel Turkes. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.7 degrees Celsius or 47.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 9 Total 22
- 4 On Target 9
- 5 Off Target 13
- 0 Shots blocked 5
- 121 Attack 107
- 67 Dangerous attack 66
- 119 Ball safe 103
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 8
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 5 Total 9
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Basel had a superior ball possession 56% while St. Gallen was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Basel was was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, St. Gallen was able to find the solution to win this match.
Basel shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, St. Gallen shot 22 times, 9 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Basel received 3 yellow cards (L. Millar, D. Ndoye and W. Burger). On the other side, St. Gallen received 2 yellow cards (M. Nuhu and L. Ati-Zigi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Basel will stay with 26 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, St. Gallen will have 15 points like Sion to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Basel will play away with Luzern on the 28th of November with a 38-12 head to head record in favor of Basel (10 draws).
St. Gallen will host Lausanne Sport on the 21st of November with a 13-5 head to head stats in favor of St. Gallen (3 draws).
Basel – Formation
Basel
58'
46'
Basel started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Patrick Rahmen decided to play with the following team: Heinz Lindner , Sergio López , Nasser Djiga , Andy Pelmard , Raoul Petretta , Pajtim Kasami , Fabian Frei , Dan Ndoye , Valentin Stocker , Liam Millar and Arthur Cabral .
The home team had on the bench: Joelson Fernandes, Felix Gebhardt, Tomás Tavares, Darian Males , Michael Lang, Jordi Quintillà, Matías Palacios , Wouter Burger and Eray Cömert.
Substitutions
Basel made 4 changes: V. Stocker for D. Males (58′), F. Frei for W. Burger (58′), D. Ndoye for M. Palacios (82′) and L. Millar for J. Fernandes (88′).
Best player: Heinz Lindner
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Basel was the goalkeeper: Heinz Lindner. His rating is 8.40. He performed 7 saves.
St. Gallen – Formation
St. Gallen
87'
St. Gallen started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
On the other side, Peter Zeidler played with: Lawrence Ati , Euclides Cabral , Musah Nuhu , Basil Stillhart , Boubacar Traorè , Lukas Görtler , Betim Fazliji , Isaac Schmidt , Salifou Diarrassouba , Thody Elie Youan and Kwadwo Duah .
The following players were sitting on the bench: David Jacovic, Patrick Sutter , Fabian Schubert, Alessio Besio , Lukas Watkowiak, Leonhard Munst, Jérémy Guillemenot , Victor Ruiz and Boris Babić.
St. Gallen could not rely on the presence of P. Sutter (injured).
Substitutions
St. Gallen made 4 changes: I. Schmidt for V. Ruiz (61′), K. Duah for J. Guillemenot (68′), S. Diarrassouba for A. Besio (69′) and B. Traore for P. Sutter (87′).
Best player: Musah Nuhu
The player that probably impressed the most for St. Gallen was Musah Nuhu even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 28 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Basel – St. Gallen – 0-1
- Lausanne Sport – Lugano – 0-2
- Servette – Zürich – 1-2
