BASEL. Basel was in the end too strong for Lausanne Sport with the goal of M. Lang (50′), A. Szalai (65′) and N. Katterbach (89′). Basel was vastly better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
F. Frei didn’t score a penalty (58′) for Basel.
The match was played at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 20,285 spectators. The referee was Alessandro Dudic with the assistance of Jan Köbeli and Bastien Lengacher. The 4th official was David Huwiler. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 4.9 degrees Celsius or 40.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 14 Total 3
- 4 On Target 2
- 10 Off Target 1
- 5 Shots blocked 0
- 119 Attack 65
- 87 Dangerous attack 22
- 89 Ball safe 87
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Basel had a strong ball possession 65% while Lausanne Sport was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Basel had a more offensive attitude with 87 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Basel won the match.
Basel shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lausanne Sport shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Basel received 3 yellow cards (F. Frei, S. Pavlovic and ). On the opposite side, Lausanne Sport received 2 yellow cards (T. Suzuki and M. Amdouni).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Basel will have 40 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Lausanne Sport will stay with 12 points to remain in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Basel will play away with Zürich on the 27th of February with a 37-10 head to head in favor of Basel (15 draws).
Lausanne Sport will host Luzern on the 27th of February with a 11-10 head to head stats in favor of Lausanne Sport (6 draws).
Basel – Formation
Basel started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Patrick Rahmen decided to play with the following team: Heinz Lindner , Michael Lang , Andy Pelmard , Strahinja Pavlović , Noah Katterbach , Fabian Frei , Dan Ndoye , Valentin Stocker , Darian Males , Liam Millar and Fedor Chalov .
The home team had on the bench: Felix Gebhardt, Albian Hajdari, Sergio López , Liam Chipperfield, Pajtim Kasami, Matías Palacios , Taulant Xhaka, Joelson Fernandes and Ádám Szalai .
Substitutions
Basel made 5 changes: D. Males for A. Szalai (46′), M. Lang for S. Lopez (70′), F. Chalov for J. Fernandes (81′), D. Ndoye for M. Palacios (81′) and V. Stocker for L. Chipperfield (90′).
Best player: Noah Katterbach
The player that probably impressed the most for Basel was Noah Katterbach.
His rating is with 1 goal, 56 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Lausanne Sport – Formation
Lausanne Sport started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Alain Casanova played with: Mory Diaw , Armel Zohouri , Simone Grippo , Elton Monteiro , Fouad Chafik , Stjepan Kukuruzović , Trazie Thomas Zai , Toichi Suzuki , Hicham Mahou , Zeki Amdouni and Marvin Spielmann .
These were the players on the bench: Melvin Mastil, Thomas Castella, Abdou Karim Sow, Maxime Poundjé , Nassim Zoukit, Jean N’Guessan , Brahima Ouattara , Trae Coyle and Rodrigo Pollero.
Substitutions
Lausanne Sport made 4 changes: M. Spielmann for T. Coyle (52′), T. Thomas for M. Poundje (60′), H. Mahou for B. Ouattara (81′) and T. Suzuki for J. K. Nguessan (81′).
Best player: Stjepan Kukuruzović
The most impressive player for Lausanne Sport was Stjepan Kukuruzović.
His rating is with 41 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Basel – Lausanne Sport – 3-0
- Lugano – St. Gallen – 0-2