LUGANO. Lugano prevails over Luzern 1-0 after H. Mahmoud scored just 1 goal (50′).

The match was played at the Stadio di Cornaredo stadium in Lugano on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. In front of 2,905 spectators.​ The referee was Stefan Horisberger with the collaboration of Benjamin Zürcher and Devis Dettamanti. The 4th official was . The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.16 degrees Celsius or 41.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Lugano was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Luzern that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Luzern had a more offensive attitude with 88 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Lugano succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Lugano shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Luzern shot 22 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Lugano received 3 yellow cards (, Jonathan Sabbatini and Hicham Mahou ). Regarding the opposition, Luzern received 1 yellow card (Martin Frydek).

Standings

After playing this contest, Lugano has 22 points to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Luzern will stays with 24 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Lugano will host Stade Lausanne-Ouchy on the 20th of January with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Lugano (0 draws).

Luzern will play away against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy on the 30th of January with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Luzern (0 draws).

Lugano – Formation

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

The manager Mattia Croci-Torti decided to play with the following team: Amir Saipi (8.4), Allan Arigoni (6.7), Lukas Mai  (7.5), Albian Hajdari (8.4), Yanis Cimignani (7.3), Hadj Mahmoud (8.4), Jonathan Sabbatini (7.0), Hicham Mahou  (7.0), Renato Steffen (7.1), Uran Bislimi (7.5) and Shkelqim Vladi (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Jhon Espinoza (6.4), Roman Macek (6.8), Adrian Durrer  (6.7), Zan Celar  (6.4), Ayman El Wafi, Johan Nkama, Boris Babic (6.8), Romeo Morandi and Steven Deana.

Substitutions

Lugano made 5 changes: Shkelqim Vladi for Zan Celar  (68′), Uran Bislimi for Roman Macek (68′), Hicham Mahou  for Jhon Espinoza (72′), Renato Steffen for Boris Babic (82′) and Hadj Mahmoud for Adrian Durrer  (82′).

Player of the match: Amir Saipi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lugano was the goalkeeper: Amir Saipi. His rating is 8.36. He performed 6 saves.

Luzern – Formation

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

Mario Frick played with: Pascal Loretz (6.8), Severin Ottiger (6.7), Luca Jaquez (7.0), Denis Simani (7.0), Martin Frydek (6.7), Pius Dorn (6.7), Ardon Jashari (7.5), Nicky Beloko (8.5), Max Meyer (7.0), Sofyan Chader (7.0) and Asumah Abubakar (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jakub Kadak (6.7), Thibault Klidjé  (6.8), Dario Ulrich, Mauricio Willimann, Mile Vukelic, Nicolas Haas, Noah Rupp, Sascha Meyer and Vaso Vasic.

Substitutions

Luzern made 2 changes: Max Meyer for Jakub Kadak (62′) and Sofyan Chader for Thibault Klidjé  (62′).

Player of the match: Nicky Beloko​

The most impressive player for Luzern was Nicky Beloko.

His rating is (8.5) with 55 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

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• Lugano – Luzern – 1-0