ZüRICH. St. Gallen succeeded in capture a draw against Zürich with a late goal from F. Schubert scored in the (90′) after Zürich got a lead with a goal from J. Okita (56′).
The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Alessandro Dudic who was helped by Alain Heiniger and . The 4th official was David Huwiler. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.46 degrees Celsius or 70.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 13 Total 14
- 1 On Target 4
- 7 Off Target 5
- 5 Shots blocked 5
- 117 Attack 141
- 41 Dangerous attack 59
- 79 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
Fouls
- 16 Total 13
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
St. Gallen was in firm control of the ball 55% while Zürich was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
St. Gallen was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough St. Gallen to win the encounter.
Zürich shot 13 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, St. Gallen shot 14 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Zürich received 2 yellow cards (Nikola Katić and Rodrigo Conceição). On the other side, St. Gallen received 4 yellow cards (Julian Von Moos, Christian Witzig, Chima Okoroji and Chadrac Akolo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Zürich will have 11 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, St. Gallen will have 8 points like Young Boys and Luzern to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Zürich will play away against Lausanne Sport on the 23rd of September with a 14-4 head to head stats in favor of Zürich (6 draws).
St. Gallen will host Stade Lausanne-Ouchy on the 7th of October with a 0-0 head to head record.
Zürich – Formation
Zürich started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Bo Henriksen decided to play with the following team: Yanick Brecher
, Lindrit Kamberi , Nikola Katić , Fabio Daprelà , Nikola Boranijašević , Ifeanyi Mathew , Cheick Oumar Conde , Adrián Guerrero , Fabian Rohner , Daniel Afriyie and Jonathan Okita .The home team had on the bench: Živko Kostadinović, Silvan Wallner, Bledian Krasniqi, Ivan Santini, Antonio Marchesano
, Marc Hornschuh , Armstrong Oko-Flex, Rodrigo Conceição and Mirlind Kryeziu.Substitutions
Zürich made 3 changes: Jonathan Okita for Marc Hornschuh (90′), Fabian Rohner for Antonio Marchesano (46′) and Daniel Afriyie for Rodrigo Conceição (72′).
Best player: Jonathan Okita
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Zürich was Jonathan Okita.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 25 passes (68% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 3 crosses.St. Gallen – Formation
St. Gallen started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Peter Zeidler played with: Lawrence Ati
, Mattia Zanotti , Albert Vallci , Abdoulaye Diaby , Chima Okoroji , Lukas Görtler , Jordi Quintillà , Betim Fazliji , Christian Witzig , Willem Geubbels and Chadrac Akolo .They had on the bench: Musah Nuhu, Patrick Sutter
, Fabian Schubert , Julian Von Moos , Nikolaj Moller , Lukas Watkowiak, Richard van der Venne, Albin Krasniqi and Mihailo Stevanović .St. Gallen could not rely on the presence of Mihailo Stevanović (injured).
Substitutions
St. Gallen made 5 changes: Chima Okoroji for Patrick Sutter (75′), Chadrac Akolo for Nikolaj Moller (75′), Lukas Görtler for Mihailo Stevanović (75′), Willem Geubbels for Julian Von Moos (59′) and Christian Witzig for Fabian Schubert (88′).
Best player: Fabian Schubert
The most impressive player for St. Gallen was Fabian Schubert.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 1 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 88′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Zürich – St. Gallen – 1-1
- Yverdon Sport – Servette – 4-1