YVERDON-LES-BAINS. Yverdon Sport was eventually too strong for Zürich with the goal of William Le Pogam  (8′), Kevin Carlos (83′) and Kevin Carlos (88′). Zürich lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade Municipal stadium in Yverdon-les-Bains on Sunday and it started at 2:15 pm local time. The referee was Luca Cibelli who was helped by Stéphane De Almeida and Pascal Hirzel. The 4th official was . The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.68 degrees Celsius or 53.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Zürich was in firm control of the ball 56% while Yverdon Sport was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Zürich had a more offensive attitude with 75 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Yverdon Sport found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Yverdon Sport shot 8 times, 5 on target, 0 off target. Talking about the opposition, Zürich shot 15 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Yverdon Sport received 5 yellow cards (Varol Tasar, Dario Del Fabro, Vladan Vidaković, Aimen Mahious and Liziero). Regarding the opposition, Zürich received 2 yellow cards (Lindrit Kamberi and Yanick Brecher).

Also, Zürich didn’t end the match with 11 players after Cheick Oumar Conde (Zürich) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (45′).

Standings

After playing this match, Yverdon Sport has 27 points to hold in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Zürich will stays with 33 points like Lugano to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

Yverdon Sport – Formation

Yverdon Sport adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Alessandro Mangiarratti decided to play with the following team: Paul Bernardoni (8.1), Anthony Sauthier (8.4), Dario Del Fabro (7.7), Mohamed Tijani (7.3), William Le Pogam  (7.8), Mathias Olesen (6.3), Boris Céspedes (7.0), Liziero (7.0), Varol Tasar (6.6), Aimen Mahious (6.0) and Marley Aké (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Mauro Rodrigues, Dominic Corness, Kevin Carlos (8.5), Haithem Loucif, Kevin Martin, Niklas Gunnarsson (6.8), Christian Marques , Vladan Vidaković (6.8) and Christopher Lungoyi (7.0).

Substitutions

Yverdon Sport made 4 changes: Varol Tasar for Christopher Lungoyi (62′), Mathias Olesen for Kevin Carlos (67′), Liziero for Vladan Vidaković (67′) and Marley Aké for Niklas Gunnarsson (86′).

Player of the match: Kevin Carlos​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Yverdon Sport was Kevin Carlos.

His rating is 8.5 with 2 goals, 5 passes (40% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was extraordinary also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 67′.

Zürich – Formation

Also Zürich adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Bo Henriksen played with: Yanick Brecher (6.6), Nikola Boranijašević (7.1), Nikola Katić (6.3), Lindrit Kamberi (7.0), Adrián Guerrero (7.3), Ifeanyi Mathew (7.0), Cheick Oumar Conde (5.7), Bledian Krasniqi (7.5), Rodrigo Conceição (6.7), Antonio Marchesano (6.0) and Jonathan Okita (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Živko Kostadinović, Fabio Daprelà, Ivan Santini (6.4), Marc Hornschuh, Daniel Afriyie (7.0), Calixte Paul Ligue (6.7), Armstrong Oko-Flex (7.0), Mirlind Kryeziu and Nils Reichmuth.

Substitutions

Zürich made 4 changes: Jonathan Okita for Daniel Afriyie (46′), Antonio Marchesano for Calixte Paul Ligue (80′), Ifeanyi Mathew for Armstrong Oko-Flex (86′) and Nikola Boranijašević for Ivan Santini (86′).

Player of the match: Bledian Krasniqi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Zürich was Bledian Krasniqi.

His rating is 7.5 with 40 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 14. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Servette – Stade Lausanne-Ouchy – 3-1
• Yverdon Sport – Zürich – 3-0
• Luzern – St. Gallen – 1-0