LUGANO. Lugano beats Zürich with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by S. Vladi (25′) and a goal from Z. Celar (68′). Zürich lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stadio di Cornaredo stadium in Lugano on Sunday and it started at 2:15 pm local time. In front of 4,151 spectators. The referee was Alessandro Dudic who had the assistance of Marco Zürcher and Alain Heiniger. The 4th official was . The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.25 degrees Celsius or 43.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Zürich had a strong ball possession 56% while Lugano was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Zürich had a more offensive attitude with 76 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Lugano was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Lugano shot 11 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Zürich shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Lugano received 2 yellow cards (Hicham Mahou and Hadj Mahmoud). On the other side, Zürich received 3 yellow cards (Mirlind Kryeziu, Cheveyo Tsawa and Rodrigo Conceição).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Lugano has 37 points like Luzern to hold in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Zürich will stays with 39 points to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
Lugano – Formation
Lugano
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82'
25'
Lugano started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Mattia Croci-Torti decided to play with the following team: Amir Saipi , Jhon Espinoza , Lukas Mai , Albian Hajdari , Milton Valenzuela , Roman Macek , Uran Bislimi , Hadj Mahmoud , Hicham Mahou , Shkelqim Vladi and Mattia Bottani .
The home team had on the bench: Zan Celar , Serif Berbic, Jonathan Sabbatini , Yanis Cimignani , Ayman El Wafi , Johan Nkama and Kacper Przybyłko.
Lugano could not rely on the presence of Jonathan Sabbatini (injured).
Substitutions
Lugano made 5 changes: Uran Bislimi for Jonathan Sabbatini (14′), Shkelqim Vladi for Zan Celar (61′), Mattia Bottani for Yanis Cimignani (61′), Hadj Mahmoud for Johan Nkama (83′) and Hicham Mahou for Ayman El Wafi (84′).
Player of the match: Yanis Cimignani
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lugano was Yanis Cimignani even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 12 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was sensational also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 61′.
Zürich – Formation
Zürich
Zürich started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Bo Henriksen played with: Yanick Brecher , Rodrigo Conceição , Lindrit Kamberi , Mirlind Kryeziu , Amadou Dante , Ifeanyi Mathew , Cheveyo Tsawa , Nils Reichmuth , Antonio Marchesano , Armstrong Oko-Flex and Calixte Paul Ligue .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Živko Kostadinović, Silvan Wallner, Fabio Daprelà, Ivan Santini, Jonathan Okita , Daniel Afriyie , Nikola Boranijašević , Fabian Rohner and Nevio Emanuele Di Giusto .
Substitutions
Zürich made 4 changes: Armstrong Oko-Flex for Jonathan Okita (46′), Calixte Paul Ligue for Daniel Afriyie (72′), Nils Reichmuth for Nikola Boranijašević (64′) and Rodrigo Conceição for Fabian Rohner (90′).
Player of the match: Jonathan Okita
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Zürich was Jonathan Okita.
His rating is with 21 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.
His performance was exceptional also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Lugano – Zürich – 2-0
- Lausanne Sport – Winterthur – 1-1
- Young Boys – Servette – 0-1
