Basel conquers Servette 2-1

BASEL. Basel beat Servette to win 2-1.

By
Mark Hall
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Basel conquers Servette 2-1

BASEL. Basel defeated Servette to win 2-1. It was Basel to strike first with a goal of Anton Kade at the 43′. Then Thierno Barry scored again for Basel in the 45′ minute. Eventually, Steve Rouiller  reduced the distance for Servette (58′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Servette lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel on Sunday and it started at 2:15 pm local time. In front of 25,655 spectators.​ The referee was Urs Schnyder with the collaboration of Benjamin Zürcher and Nicolas Müller. The 4th official was . The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 24.91 degrees Celsius or 76.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Basel

2 - 1

Team 1

Servette

  • 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
  • 9 Total 14
  • 4 On Target 2
  • 4 Off Target 8
  • 1 Shots blocked 4
  • 106 Attack 149
  • 39 Dangerous attack 74
  • 79 Ball safe 90
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 7
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 5 Total 5
  • 1 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Servette had a superior ball possession 60% while Basel was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Servette was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Basel was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Basel shot 9 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Servette shot 14 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Basel received 1 yellow card (Thierno Barry). Talking about the opposition, Servette didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

8'
Takuma Nishimura- sub ->E. Crivelli
Kevin Rüegg(VAR)
20'
Thierno Barry- Yellow
34'
Anton Kade(goal)
43'
Thierno Barry(goal)Anton Kade
45'
58'
Steve Rouiller (goal)Miroslav Stevanovic
64'
Anthony Baron- sub ->Gaël Ondoua
Gabriel Sigua - sub ->Taulant Xhaka
66'
74'
Bendegúz Bolla- sub ->Dereck Kutesa
74'
Jérémy Guillemenot- sub ->Alexis Antunes
Dion Kacuri- sub ->Fabian Frei 
75'
R. Beney- sub ->Anton Kade
84'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Young Boys
65
0
Lugano
59
33
Servette
57
0
St. Gallen
50
0
Winterthur
49
0
Zürich
48
33
Luzern
44
33
Lausanne Sport
40
33
Basel
40
33
Yverdon Sport
40
33
Grasshopper
30
33
Stade Lausanne-Ouchy
23
33

After playing this contest, Basel has 39 points to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Servette will stays with 54 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

Basel – Formation

Basel
G
Marwin Hitz 1.Switzerland
6.4
D
Nicolas Vouilloz 3.Switzerland
6.3
D
Finn van Breemen 25.Netherlands
7.3
D
J. Adjetey 32.Ghana
7.3
M
Fabian Frei  20.Switzerland
7.0
75'
M
Kevin Rüegg 27.Switzerland
6.4
M
Dominik Schmid 31.Switzerland
6.7
M
Taulant Xhaka 34.Albania
6.6
66'
M
L. Avdullahu 37.Switzerland
7.0
F
Thierno Barry 9.France
7.3
34' Goals45'
F
Anton Kade 30.Germany
8.7
84' Goals43'
Substitutes
G
Mirko Salvi 13.Switzerland
D
Arnau Comas  4.Spain
D
Michael Lang 5.Switzerland
D
M. Dräger 6.Tunisia
M
Gabriel Sigua  21.Georgia
6.4
66'
M
Dion Kacuri 28.Switzerland
6.8
75'
F
Maurice Malone 11.Germany
F
J. Gauto 33.Argentina
F
R. Beney 35.Switzerland
6.8
84'

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

The manager Fabio Celestini decided to play with the following team: Marwin Hitz (6.4), Nicolas Vouilloz (6.3), J. Adjetey (7.3), Finn van Breemen (7.3), Kevin Rüegg (6.4), L. Avdullahu (7.0), Taulant Xhaka (6.6), Dominik Schmid (6.7), Fabian Frei  (7.0), Anton Kade (8.7) and Thierno Barry (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Arnau Comas , Michael Lang, M. Dräger, Maurice Malone, Mirko Salvi, Gabriel Sigua  (6.4), Dion Kacuri (6.8), J. Gauto and R. Beney (6.8).

Substitutions

Basel made 3 changes: Taulant Xhaka for Gabriel Sigua  (66′), Fabian Frei  for Dion Kacuri (75′) and Anton Kade for R. Beney (84′).

Player of the match: Anton Kade​

The most impressive player for Basel was Anton Kade.

His rating is 8.7 with 1 goal, 12 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.

Servette – Formation

Servette
G
Joël Mall 1.Cyprus
6.6
D
Keigo Tsunemoto 3.Japan
7.3
D
Steve Rouiller  4.Switzerland
8.1
Goals58'
D
Bradley Mazikou 18.France
7.1
D
Yoan Severin 19.France
6.8
M
Gaël Ondoua 5.Cameroon
6.8
64'
M
Timothé Cognat 8.France
7.7
M
Miroslav Stevanovic 9.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.0
M
Alexis Antunes 10.Switzerland
6.7
74'
M
Dereck Kutesa 17.Switzerland
7.3
74'
F
E. Crivelli 27.France
6.6
8'
Substitutes
G
Léo Besson 44.Kosovo
D
Anthony Baron 6.Guadeloupe
6.8
64'
D
T. Magnin 20.Switzerland
D
Dylan Bronn 25.Tunisia
D
Bendegúz Bolla 77.Hungary
6.4
74'
M
David Douline 28.France
F
Takuma Nishimura 7.Japan
6.7
8'
F
Jérémy Guillemenot 21.Switzerland
6.7
74'

Servette started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

René Weiler played with: Joël Mall (6.6), Keigo Tsunemoto (7.3), Steve Rouiller  (8.1), Yoan Severin (6.8), Bradley Mazikou (7.1), Miroslav Stevanovic (7.0), Timothé Cognat (7.7), Gaël Ondoua (6.8), Dereck Kutesa (7.3), Alexis Antunes (6.7) and E. Crivelli (6.6).

They had on the bench: Anthony Baron (6.8), Takuma Nishimura (6.7), T. Magnin, Jérémy Guillemenot (6.7), Dylan Bronn, David Douline, Léo Besson and Bendegúz Bolla (6.4).

Servette could not rely on the presence of Takuma Nishimura (injured).

Substitutions

Servette made 4 changes: Dereck Kutesa for Bendegúz Bolla (74′), Alexis Antunes for Jérémy Guillemenot (74′), Gaël Ondoua for Anthony Baron (64′) and E. Crivelli for Takuma Nishimura (8′).

Player of the match: Steve Rouiller ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Servette was Steve Rouiller .

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 65 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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