CAROUGE. Zürich overcomes Servette 1-0 after A. Dante scored just 1 goal (45′). Servette lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade de Genève stadium in Carouge on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 12,677 spectators.​ The referee was Anojen Kanagasingam who had the assistance of Stéphane De Almeida and Bekim Zogaj. The 4th official was . The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.62 degrees Celsius or 69.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Servette had a more offensive attitude with 91 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 1 were on target. Notwithstanding, Zürich was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Servette shot 21 times, 1 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, Zürich shot 14 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Servette received 1 yellow card (Bradley Mazikou). Regarding the opposition, Zürich received 4 yellow cards (Fabian Rohner, Yanick Brecher , Mirlind Kryeziu and Nikola Boranijasevic).

Standings

After this match, Servette stays with 54 points to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Zürich will has 48 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

Servette – Formation

Servette started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager René Weiler decided to play with the following team: Joël Mall (8.4), Keigo Tsunemoto (7.1), Steve Rouiller  (7.0), Yoan Severin (6.7), Bradley Mazikou (7.0), Miroslav Stevanovic (7.7), Timothé Cognat (7.0), Gaël Ondoua (6.8), Alexis Antunes (6.8), Jérémy Guillemenot (6.7) and E. Crivelli (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Takuma Nishimura (6.4), Dereck Kutesa (7.5), T. Magnin, Dylan Bronn, David Douline (7.0), Jérémy Frick and Bendegúz Bolla (6.8).

Servette could not rely on the presence of Dereck Kutesa (injured).

Substitutions

Servette made 4 changes: Jérémy Guillemenot for Takuma Nishimura (61′), Alexis Antunes for Dereck Kutesa (35′), Gaël Ondoua for Bendegúz Bolla (82′) and Timothé Cognat for David Douline (82′).

Player of the match: Joël Mall​

The player that probably impressed the most for Servette was the goalkeeper: Joël Mall. His rating is 8.36. He performed 7 saves.

Zürich – Formation

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

Bo Henriksen played with: Yanick Brecher  (7.5), Lindrit Kamberi (7.3), Nikola Katic (7.7), Mirlind Kryeziu (6.8), Amadou Dante (7.9), Cheick Condé (8.1), Ifeanyi Mathew (7.5), Nikola Boranijasevic (6.7), Bledian Krasniqi (7.1), Jonathan Okita (7.0) and Antonio Marchesano (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Zivko Kostadinovic, Adrián Guerrero (6.7), Silvan Wallner (6.4), F. Daprelà (7.0), Marc Hornschuh, D. Afriyie (6.7), C. Ligue, A. Oko-Flex and Fabian Rohner (7.1).

Substitutions

Zürich made 5 changes: Mirlind Kryeziu for F. Daprelà (46′), Nikola Boranijasevic for D. Afriyie (64′), Jonathan Okita for Fabian Rohner (64′), Amadou Dante for Adrián Guerrero (75′) and Bledian Krasniqi for Silvan Wallner (88′).

Player of the match: Cheick Condé​

The most impressive player for Zürich was Cheick Condé even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 40 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 12 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

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

• Stade Lausanne-Ouchy – Basel – 0-2
• Winterthur – Lugano – 2-2
• Servette – Zürich – 0-1