St. Gallen beats Zürich 1-0 with a goal scored by C. Akolo

ST. GALLEN. St. Gallen tops Zürich 1-0 after C. Akolo scored just 1 goal (39').

December 17, 2023

ST. GALLEN. St. Gallen beats Zürich 1-0 after C. Akolo scored just 1 goal (39′).

The match was played at the Kybunpark stadium in St. Gallen on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Fedayi San with the assistance of Jonas Erni and Benjamin Zürcher. The 4th official was Marijan Drmic. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.65 degrees Celsius or 42.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.

Match Statistics

St. Gallen

1 - 0

Zürich

50 Ball Possession 50

Shots

15 Total 11
6 On Target 7
4 Off Target 3
5 Shots blocked 1

119 Attack 109
83 Dangerous attack 65
76 Ball safe 81

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 3
3 Off Sides 2

Fouls

16 Total 15
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. St. Gallen was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Zürich that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

St. Gallen was putting more pressure with 83 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why St. Gallen won the match.

St. Gallen shot 15 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Zürich shot 11 times, 7 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

St. Gallen received 3 yellow cards (Mattia Zanotti, Lukas Görtler and Jordi Quintillà). Talking about the opposition, Zürich received 1 yellow card (Cheick Oumar Conde).

Match Timeline

Jordi Quintillà - Yellow

24'

30'

Cheick Condé- Yellow

Chadrac Akolo(goal)

39'

46'

Marc Hornschuh- sub ->Silvan Wallner

46'

Antonio Marchesano- sub ->Daniel Afriyie

M. Zanotti- Yellow

50'

63'

Selmin Hodza- sub ->Marc Hornschuh

Grégory Karlen- sub ->Bastien Toma

67'

Chima Okoroji- sub ->Isaac Schmidt

67'

Fabian Schubert- sub ->Willem Geubbels

76'

M. Stevanović- sub ->Chadrac Akolo

76'

83'

Ivan Santini- sub ->Nikola Boranijašević

Lukas Görtler - Yellow

88'

A. Diaby- sub ->Christian Witzig

89'

Nils Reichmuth- sub ->Cheick Oumar Conde

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this contest, St. Gallen has 33 points to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Zürich will stays with 31 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, St. Gallen will play away against Lausanne Sport on the 20th of January with a 16-6 head to head in favor of St. Gallen (3 draws).

Zürich will host Basel on the 20th of January with a 38-13 head to head record in favor of Basel (18 draws).

St. Gallen – Formation

St. Gallen

Lawrence Ati Zigi 1.Ghana

8.8

J. Stanić 4.Croatia

7.8

Albert Vallci 20.Austria

7.3

Isaac Schmidt 33.Switzerland

7.0

67'

M. Zanotti 46.Italy

6.4

50'

Jordi Quintillà 8.Spain

6.7

24'

Lukas Görtler 16.Germany

6.4

88'

Bastien Toma 24.Switzerland

7.3

67'

Christian Witzig 37.Switzerland

8.4

89'

Willem Geubbels 9.France

7.0

76'

Chadrac Akolo 10.DR Congo

7.9

76'

39'

Substitutes

Lukas Watkowiak 25.Germany

Patrick Sutter 6.Switzerland

A. Diaby 15.Mali

7.0

89'

Chima Okoroji 36.Germany

7.1

67'

Grégory Karlen 13.Switzerland

6.8

67'

M. Stevanović 64.Serbia

6.3

76'

Fabian Schubert 7.Austria

7.0

76'

Felix Mambimbi 18.Switzerland

Albin Krasniqi 61.Switzerland

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

The manager Peter Zeidler decided to play with the following team: Lawrence Ati Zigi (8.8), Mattia Zanotti (6.4), Jozo Stanić (7.8), Albert Vallci (7.3), Isaac Schmidt (7.0), Lukas Görtler (6.4), Jordi Quintillà (6.7), Christian Witzig (8.4), Bastien Toma (7.3), Willem Geubbels (7.0) and Chadrac Akolo (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Patrick Sutter, Fabian Schubert (7.0), Gregory Karlen (6.8), Abdoulaye Diaby (7.0), Felix Mambimbi, Lukas Watkowiak, Chima Okoroji (7.1), Albin Krasniqi and Mihailo Stevanović (6.3).

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 5 changes: Bastien Toma for Gregory Karlen (67′), Isaac Schmidt for Chima Okoroji (67′), Willem Geubbels for Fabian Schubert (76′), Chadrac Akolo for Mihailo Stevanović (76′) and Christian Witzig for Abdoulaye Diaby (89′).

Player of the match: Lawrence Ati Zigi

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Gallen was the goalkeeper: Lawrence Ati Zigi. His rating is 8.77. He performed 7 saves.

Zürich – Formation

Zürich

Yanick Brecher 25.Switzerland

7.3

Silvan Wallner 4.Switzerland

6.6

46'

F. Daprelà 5.Switzerland

7.1

Nikola Katic 24.Croatia

8.1

Adrián Guerrero 3.Spain

7.1

Bledian Krasniqi 7.Switzerland

7.8

Jonathan Okita 11.Germany

7.0

Ifeanyi Mathew 12.Nigeria

7.3

Cheick Condé 17.Guinea

7.0

89'

30'

Nikola Boranijasevic 19.Serbia

7.0

83'

D. Afriyie 18.Ghana

6.4

46'

Substitutes

Zivko Kostadinovic 1.Switzerland

Marc Hornschuh 16.Germany

7.0

46'

Mirlind Kryeziu 31.Kosovo

Selmin Hodza 32.Switzerland

6.7

63'

Antonio Marchesano 10.Switzerland

7.0

46'

Fabian Rohner 23.Switzerland

Nils Reichmuth 37.Switzerland

6.4

89'

Ivan Santini 9.Croatia

6.8

83'

A. Oko-Flex 22.England

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

Bo Henriksen played with: Yanick Brecher (7.3), Silvan Wallner (6.6), Nikola Katić (8.1), Fabio Daprelà (7.1), Nikola Boranijašević (7.0), Cheick Oumar Conde (7.0), Ifeanyi Mathew (7.3), Adrián Guerrero (7.1), Bledian Krasniqi (7.8), Jonathan Okita (7.0) and Daniel Afriyie (6.4).

They had on the bench: Živko Kostadinović, Ivan Santini (6.8), Antonio Marchesano (7.0), Marc Hornschuh (7.0), Armstrong Oko-Flex, Fabian Rohner, Mirlind Kryeziu, Selmin Hodza (6.7) and Nils Reichmuth (6.4).

Zürich could not rely on the presence of Selmin Hodza (injured).

Substitutions

Zürich made 5 changes: Silvan Wallner for Marc Hornschuh (46′), Daniel Afriyie for Antonio Marchesano (46′), Marc Hornschuh for Selmin Hodza (63′), Cheick Oumar Conde for Nils Reichmuth (89′) and Nikola Boranijašević for Ivan Santini (83′).