LUZERN. Basel beats Luzern 3-1. Basel was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Arthur (3′), R. Petretta (49′) and M. Palacios (58′). Luzern reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 1′) by N. Cumic, but there was not much to do for them.
The match was played at the swissporarena stadium in Luzern on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Sandro Schärer with the collaboration of Bekim Zogaj and Mirco Bürgi. The 4th official was Mirel Turkes. The weather was snow. The temperature was quite cold at 0.8 degrees Celsius or 33.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Luzern was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Basel that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Luzern was was more aggressive with 88 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. Even so, Basel succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Luzern shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Basel shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Luzern received 2 yellow cards (D. Domgjoni and P. Schurpf). On the other side, Basel received 3 yellow cards (J. Quintilla, A. Pelmard and S. Lopez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Luzern will stay with 10 points to sit in the 10th place. On the other side, Basel will have 29 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Luzern will play away with Zürich on the 4th of December with a 23-19 head to head stats in favor of Luzern (15 draws).
Basel will host Lausanne Sport on the 5th of December with a 19-1 head to head record in favor of Basel (5 draws).
Luzern – Formation
Luzern
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90'Luzern adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Sandro Chieffo decided to play with the following team: Marius Müller , Patrick Farkas , Marco Burch , David Domgjoni , Martin Frýdek , Christian Gentner , Jordy Wehrmann , Varol Tasar , Filip Ugrinic , Pascal Schürpf and Dejan Sorgic .
The home team had on the bench: Tsiy William Ndenge , Yvan Alounga , Simon Grether, Silvan Sidler, Vaso Vasic, Holger Badstuber, Noah Rupp , Nikola Čumić and Lorik Emini.
Substitutions
Luzern made 4 changes: J. Wehrmann for T. Ndenge (62′), D. Sorgic for N. Cumic (66′), F. Ugrinic for N. Rupp (81′) and V. Tasar for Y. Alounga (81′).
Best player: Christian Gentner
The player that probably impressed the most for Luzern was Christian Gentner.
His rating is with 64 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.
Basel – Formation
Basel
Also Basel adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Patrick Rahmen played with: Heinz Lindner , Sergio López , Fabian Frei , Andy Pelmard , Raoul Petretta , Jordi Quintillà , Taulant Xhaka , Edon Zhegrova , Matías Palacios , Darian Males and Arthur Cabral .
These were the players on the bench: Valentin Stocker, Eray Cömert, Wouter Burger , Joelson Fernandes, Liam Millar , Michael Lang, Pajtim Kasami , Felix Gebhardt and Dan Ndoye .
Substitutions
Basel made 5 changes: D. Males for L. Millar (46′), E. Zhegrova for D. Ndoye (59′), J. Quintilla for P. Kasami (59′), T. Xhaka for W. Burger (77′) and M. Palacios for J. Fernandes (86′).
Best player: Edon Zhegrova
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Basel was Edon Zhegrova even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 14 passes (57% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Lausanne Sport – Servette – 0-3
- Luzern – Basel – 1-3
- Zürich – Young Boys – 1-0
