LUGANO. Lugano bested Winterthur to win 2-1. A goal from S. Ballet was decisive in the 90min. It was Lugano to strike first with a goal of Renato Steffen at the 39′. Then Zan Celar scored again for Lugano in the 83′ minute. Eventually, Samuel Ballet reduced the distance for Winterthur (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Stadio di Cornaredo stadium in Lugano on Sunday and it started at 2:15 pm local time. The referee was Sven Wolfensberger with the assistance of Pascal Hirzel and Didier Dubrit. The 4th official was David Schärli. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.91 degrees Celsius or 51.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Lugano has 25 points like Luzern to sit in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Winterthur will stays with 16 points to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Lugano will play away against Servette on the 16th of December with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of Lugano (9 draws).
Winterthur will host Lausanne Sport on the 16th of December with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Winterthur (0 draws).
Lugano – Formation
Lugano
90'
58'
39'
Lugano started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Mattia Croci-Torti decided to play with the following team: Amir Saipi , Jhon Espinoza , Lukas Mai , Kreshnik Hajrizi , Albian Hajdari , Hadj Mahmoud , Jonathan Sabbatini , Roman Macek , Renato Steffen , Yanis Cimignani and Shkelqim Vladi .
The home team had on the bench: Adrian Durrer , Zan Celar , Hicham Mahou , Ayman El Wafi, Uran Bislimi , Boris Babic , Allan Arigoni , Romeo Morandi and Steven Deana.
Substitutions
Lugano made 5 changes: Yanis Cimignani for Hicham Mahou (57′), Albian Hajdari for Allan Arigoni (58′), Shkelqim Vladi for Zan Celar (64′), Roman Macek for Uran Bislimi (64′) and Renato Steffen for Boris Babic (87′).
Player of the match: Renato Steffen
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lugano was Renato Steffen.
His rating is with 1 goal, 25 passes (64% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.
Winterthur – Formation
Winterthur
Winterthur started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Patrick Rahmen played with: Marvin Keller , Adrian Gantenbein , Loïc Lüthi , Remo Arnold , Tobias Schättin , Thibault Corbaz , Luca Zuffi , Randy Schneider , Matteo Di Giusto , Sayfallah Ltaief and Roman Buess .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Samir Ramizi , Aldin Turkeš , Samuel Ballet , Souleymane Diaby , Noe Holenstein, Silvan Sidler, Yannick Schmid, Markus Kuster and Nishan Burkart .
Substitutions
Winterthur made 5 changes: Sayfallah Ltaief for Nishan Burkart (46′), Matteo Di Giusto for Samuel Ballet (63′), Randy Schneider for Samir Ramizi (74′), Roman Buess for Aldin Turkeš (74′) and Tobias Schättin for Souleymane Diaby (87′).
Player of the match: Adrian Gantenbein
The most impressive player for Winterthur was Adrian Gantenbein.
His rating is with 51 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Yverdon Sport – Stade Lausanne-Ouchy – 2-1
- Zürich – Luzern – 1-1
- Lugano – Winterthur – 2-1
