LUGANO. Lugano defeats Servette with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by Z. Celar (44′) and a goal from I. Aliseda (90′). Servette 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 Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 2,098 spectators.​ The referee was Esther Staubli with the assistance of Vital Jobin and Bastien Lengacher. The 4th official was Mirel Turkes. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.9 degrees Celsius or 42.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Servette was in firm control of the ball 56% while Lugano was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Servette had a more offensive attitude with 96 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Lugano was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Lugano shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Servette shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Lugano received 2 yellow cards (O. Custodio and A. Saipi). Talking about the opposition, Servette received 2 yellow cards (J. Frick and V. Sasso).

Standings

After this encounter, Lugano will have 36 points to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Servette will stay with 29 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Lugano will play away against Grasshopper on the 3rd of March with a 9-5 head to head statistic in favor of Lugano (5 draws).

Servette will host Young Boys on the 1st of March with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Servette (5 draws).

Lugano – Formation

Lugano started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Mattia Croci-Torti decided to play with the following team: Amir Saipi (7.2), Fabio Daprelà (7.1), Mijat Marić (7.1), Reto Ziegler (7.3), Kevin Ruegg (7.0), Olivier Custodio (6.8), Jonathan Sabbatini (7.4), Sandi Lovrić (7.5), Mickaël Facchinetti (7.2), Žan Celar (6.8) and Mattia Bottani (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Haj Mahmoud, Maren Haile-Selassie (7.1), Nikolas Muci, Ignacio Aliseda (7.2), Kreshnik Hajrizi, Yuri (6.2), Milton Valenzuela, Sebastian Osigwe and Adrian Durrer (6.6).

Substitutions

Lugano made 5 changes: Z. Celar for I. Aliseda (66′), M. Facchinetti for M. Haile-Selassie (66′), M. Bottani for Yuri (80′), O. Custodio for A. Durrer (80′) and S. Lovric for K. Hajrizi (90′).

Best player: Sandi Lovrić​

The most impressive player for Lugano was Sandi Lovrić even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 42 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Servette – Formation

Servette started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Alain Geiger played with: Jeremy Frick (5.8), Moussa Diallo (6.2), Steve Rouiller (7.1), Vincent Sasso (6.3), Gaël Clichy (6.7), Timothé Cognat (6.2), David Douline (7.4), Theo Valls (6.8), Miroslav Stevanović (7.6), Chris Bedia (7.2) and Alex Schalk (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Yoan Severin, Dimitri Oberlin (6.2), Nicolas Vouilloz, Boris Cespedes (7.2), Edin Omeragic, Alexis Antunes (7.0), Ronny Rodelin (7.1), Moritz Bauer (6.1) and Kastriot Imeri.

Substitutions

Servette made 5 changes: T. Valls for R. Rodelin (61′), A. Schalk for D. Oberlin (61′), C. Bedia for A. Antunes (61′), D. Douline for B. Cespedes (80′) and M. Diallo for M. Bauer (80′).

Best player: Miroslav Stevanović​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Servette was Miroslav Stevanović.

His rating is (7.6) with 25 passes (80% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 10 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Lugano – Servette – 2-0
• Young Boys – Sion – 3-1