WINTERTHUR. Winterthur prevailed over St. Gallen to win 2-1. A goal from J. Quintillà was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Winterthur to strike first with a goal of Aldin Turkeš at the 55′. Then Matteo Di Giusto scored again for Winterthur in the 63′ minute. Eventually, Jordi Quintillà reduced the distance for St. Gallen (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. St. Gallen lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadion Schützenwiese stadium in Winterthur on Sunday and it started at 2:15 pm local time. The referee was Luca Cibelli with the assistance of Vital Jobin and Devis Dettamanti. The 4th official was Tobias Thies. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.63 degrees Celsius or 58.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Winterthur

2 - 1

St. Gallen

  • 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
  • 12 Total 19
  • 4 On Target 4
  • 5 Off Target 10
  • 3 Shots blocked 5
  • 75 Attack 107
  • 56 Dangerous attack 86
  • 98 Ball safe 90
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 18 Total 18
  • 8 Yellow Cards 5
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

St. Gallen had a strong ball possession 56% while Winterthur was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Gallen had a more offensive attitude with 86 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Winterthur found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Winterthur shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, St. Gallen shot 19 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Winterthur received 9 yellow cards (Silvan Sidler, Roman Buess, Marvin Keller, Alexandre Jankewitz, Aldin Turkeš, Patrick Rahmen, Tobias Schättin, Souleymane Diaby and Sayfallah Ltaief). On the other side, St. Gallen received 6 yellow cards (Lukas Watkowiak, Albert Vallci, Fabian Schubert, Julian Von Moos, Jozo Stanić and Christian Witzig).

Match Timeline

6'
Christian Witzig- Yellow
Alexandre Jankewitz - Yellow
15'
Silvan Sidler- Yellow
20'
Aldin Turkes- Yellow
35'
46'
Willem Geubbels- sub ->Nikolaj Moller
Aldin Turkes(goal)Luca Zuffi
55'
Sayfallah Ltaief- Yellow
58'
Tobias Schättin - Yellow
58'
56'
J. Stanić- Yellow
58'
Albert Vallci- Yellow
62'
Julian Von Moos- Yellow
Matteo Di Giusto(goal)Sayfallah Ltaief
63'
67'
Chadrac Akolo- sub ->Gregory Karlen
67'
Fabian Schubert- sub ->Julian Von Moos
67'
M. Zanotti- sub ->Patrick Sutter
Roman Buess - sub ->Aldin Turkeš
74'
Nishan Burkart- sub ->Sayfallah Ltaief
74'
S. Diaby- sub ->Tobias Schättin
74'
78'
Fabian Schubert- Yellow
S. Diaby- Yellow
80'
Adrian Gantenbein- sub ->Matteo Di Giusto
81'
82'
Richard van der Venne- sub ->Bastien Toma
Thibault Corbaz- sub ->Randy Schneider
90'
90'
Jordi Quintillà (goal)
M. Keller- Yellow
90'
Roman Buess - Yellow
90'
58'
Lukas Watkowiak- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Young Boys
65
33
Lugano
65
36
Servette
61
36
St. Gallen
54
36
Winterthur
49
36
Zürich
48
33
Luzern
44
33
Lausanne Sport
40
33
Basel
40
33
Yverdon Sport
40
33
Grasshopper
30
33
Stade Lausanne-Ouchy
23
33

After playing this encounter, Winterthur will have 15 points like Lugano and Yverdon Sport to remain in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, St. Gallen will stay with 18 points like Luzern to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Winterthur will play away with Stade Lausanne-Ouchy on the 27th of January with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Winterthur (0 draws).

St. Gallen will play away agasint Lausanne Sport on the 20th of January with a 16-6 head to head stats in favor of St. Gallen (3 draws).

Winterthur – Formation

Winterthur
G
M. Keller 33.Switzerland
7.0
90'
D
Tobias Schättin 3.Switzerland
7.0
74' 58'
D
Remo Arnold 16.Switzerland
8.2
D
Silvan Sidler 24.Switzerland
7.0
20'
D
Yannick Schmid 25.Switzerland
7.0
M
Randy Schneider 6.Switzerland
6.4
90'
M
Matteo Di Giusto 10.Switzerland
7.9
81' 63'
M
Alexandre Jankewitz 45.Switzerland
6.6
15'
M
Sayfallah Ltaief 70.Switzerland
7.1
74' 58'
M
Luca Zuffi 77.Switzerland
7.0
F
Aldin Turkes 11.Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.1
74' 35' 55'
Substitutes
G
Markus Kuster 30.Austria
D
S. Diaby 18.Ivory Coast
6.3
74' 80'
D
Adrian Gantenbein 19.Switzerland
6.0
81'
D
Loïc Lüthi 21.Switzerland
M
Samir Ramizi 8.Serbia
M
Thibault Corbaz 14.Switzerland
90'
M
Carmine Chiappetta 20.Switzerland
F
Roman Buess 9.Switzerland
6.4
74' 90'
F
Nishan Burkart 99.Switzerland
6.3
74'

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

The manager Patrick Rahmen decided to play with the following team: Marvin Keller (7.0), Silvan Sidler (7.0), Yannick Schmid (7.0), Remo Arnold (8.2), Tobias Schättin (7.0), Alexandre Jankewitz (6.6), Luca Zuffi (7.0), Randy Schneider (6.4), Matteo Di Giusto (7.9), Sayfallah Ltaief (7.1) and Aldin Turkeš (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Samir Ramizi, Roman Buess (6.4), Thibault Corbaz, Souleymane Diaby (6.3), Adrian Gantenbein (6.0), Carmine Chiappetta, Loïc Lüthi, Markus Kuster and Nishan Burkart (6.3).

Substitutions

Winterthur made 5 changes: Tobias Schättin for Souleymane Diaby (74′), Matteo Di Giusto for Adrian Gantenbein (81′), Randy Schneider for Thibault Corbaz (90′), Aldin Turkeš for Roman Buess (74′) and Sayfallah Ltaief for Nishan Burkart (74′).

Best player: Remo Arnold​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Winterthur was Remo Arnold even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 32 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

St. Gallen – Formation

St. Gallen
G
Lawrence Ati Zigi 1.Ghana
6.8
D
J. Stanić 4.Croatia
7.1
56'
D
Patrick Sutter 6.Switzerland
7.0
67'
D
Albert Vallci 20.Austria
7.3
58'
D
Isaac Schmidt 33.Switzerland
7.0
M
Jordi Quintillà 8.Spain
8.5
90'
M
Grégory Karlen 13.Switzerland
6.4
67'
M
Bastien Toma 24.Switzerland
7.1
82'
F
Julian Von Moos 11.Switzerland
6.7
67' 62'
F
Nikolaj Möller 19.Sweden
7.0
46'
F
Christian Witzig 37.Switzerland
7.5
6'
Substitutes
G
Lukas Watkowiak 25.Germany
58'
D
Justin Janitzek 5.Germany
D
Chima Okoroji 36.Germany
D
M. Zanotti 46.Italy
6.8
67'
M
Richard van der Venne 31.Netherlands
7.1
82'
F
Fabian Schubert 7.Austria
6.3
67' 78'
F
Willem Geubbels 9.France
6.3
46'
F
Chadrac Akolo 10.DR Congo
7.0
67'
F
Albin Krasniqi 61.Switzerland

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

Peter Zeidler played with: Lawrence Ati (6.8), Patrick Sutter (7.0), Albert Vallci (7.3), Jozo Stanić (7.1), Isaac Schmidt (7.0), Gregory Karlen (6.4), Jordi Quintillà (8.5), Bastien Toma (7.1), Julian Von Moos (6.7), Nikolaj Moller (7.0) and Christian Witzig (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Justin Janitzek, Fabian Schubert (6.3), Willem Geubbels (6.3), Chadrac Akolo (7.0), Lukas Watkowiak, Richard van der Venne (7.1), Chima Okoroji, Mattia Zanotti (6.8) and Albin Krasniqi.

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 5 changes: Nikolaj Moller for Willem Geubbels (46′), Bastien Toma for Richard van der Venne (82′), Gregory Karlen for Chadrac Akolo (67′), Patrick Sutter for Mattia Zanotti (67′) and Julian Von Moos for Fabian Schubert (67′).

Best player: Jordi Quintillà​

The most impressive player for St. Gallen was Jordi Quintillà.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 52 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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