Zürich overcomes St. Gallen 2-1

ST. GALLEN. Zürich topped St. Gallen to win 2-1.

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Zürich overcomes St. Gallen 2-1

ST. GALLEN. Zürich beat St. Gallen to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was Zürich to strike first with a goal of K. Mets at the 10′. Then it was a goal in the 37′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Maglica gave the win to Zürich in the 43′ minute with an own goal. St. Gallen lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Kybunpark stadium in St. Gallen on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 18,861 spectators.​ The referee was Lukas Fähndrich with the support of Sladan Josipovic and Devis Dettamanti. The 4th official was Nico Gianforte.

Match Statistics​

Team 1

St. Gallen

1 - 2

Team 1

Zürich

  • 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
  • 22 Total 12
  • 3 On Target 6
  • 19 Off Target 6
  • 9 Shots blocked 2
  • 112 Attack 90
  • 100 Dangerous attack 60
  • 91 Ball safe 101
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 10 Corners 5
  • 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 15 Total 13
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

St. Gallen was in firm control of the ball 57% while Zürich was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Gallen was putting more pressure with 100 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Zürich was able to find the solution to win this match.​

St. Gallen shot 22 times, 3 on target, 19 off target. Talking about the opposition, Zürich shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

St. Gallen received 2 yellow cards (I. Schmidt and L. Stergiou). Talking about the opposition, Zürich received 3 yellow cards (B. Krasniqi, F. Aliti and M. Kryeziu).

Match Timeline

10'
35'
Bledian Krasniqi- Yellow
36'
Jordi Quintillà (goal)
37'
43'
46'
46'
Silvan Wallner- sub ->N. Boranijasevic
59'
Marc Hornschuh- sub ->B. Krasniqi
Bastien Toma- sub ->C. Lungoyi
62'
Julian Von Moos- sub ->V. Ruiz
62'
62'
64'
Mirlind Kryeziu- sub ->F. Aliti
64'
Mirlind Kryeziu- Yellow
75'
Isaac Schmidt- Yellow
77'
81'
85'
87'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Zürich
76
36
Basel
62
36
Young Boys
60
36
Lugano
54
36
St. Gallen
50
36
Servette
44
36
Sion
41
36
Grasshopper
40
36
Luzern
40
36
Lausanne Sport
22
36

After this match, St. Gallen will stay with 47 points to remain in the 5th place. On the other side, Zürich will have 75 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, St. Gallen will play away with Young Boys on the 10th of May with a 35-6 head to head in favor of Young Boys (17 draws).

Zürich will host Lausanne Sport on the 12th of May with a 14-4 head to head statistic in favor of Zürich (5 draws).

St. Gallen – Formation

St. Gallen
G
Lawrence Ati Zigi 1.Ghana
7.1
D
Leonidas Stergiou 4.Switzerland
7.0
85'
D
E. Cabral 15.Portugal
6.1
D
Matej Maglica 14.Croatia
7.0
D
Isaac Schmidt 33.Switzerland
6.8
77'
M
Jordi Quintillà  8.Spain
8.1
Goals37'
M
Betim Fazliji  23.Kosovo
6.6
87'
M
Víctor Ruiz 10.Spain
6.9
62'
F
Kwadwo Duah 11.Switzerland
6.5
62'
F
Jérémy Guillemenot 9.Switzerland
6.8
75'
F
Christopher Lungoyi 28.Switzerland
6.6
62'
Substitutes
G
Lukas Watkowiak 25.Germany
D
Musah Nuhu 3.Ghana
D
Nicolas Lüchinger 50.Switzerland
D
Michael Kempter  24.Philippines
M
Alexandre Jankewitz  45.Switzerland
6.7
75'
M
Bastien Toma 72.Switzerland
7.1
62'
F
Alessio Besio 31.Switzerland
6.7
62'
F
Julian Von Moos 19.Switzerland
6.4
62'
F
Boris Babic 34.Switzerland
6.5
87'

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

The manager Peter Zeidler decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 5 changes: C. Lungoyi for B. Toma (62′), V. Ruiz for J. Von Moos (62′), K. Duah for A. Besio (62′), J. Guillemenot for A. Jankewitz (75′) and B. Fazliji for B. Babic (87′).

Zürich – Formation

Zürich
G
Yanick Brecher  25.Switzerland
6.4
D
Karol Mets 28.Estonia
8.5
Goals10'
D
Fidan Aliti 6.Kosovo
6.6
64' 36'
D
Lindrit Kamberi 2.Switzerland
6.9
M
Nikola Boranijasevic 19.Serbia
6.6
46'
M
Adrián Guerrero 3.Spain
6.6
M
Ante Coric 24.Croatia
7.4
81'
M
S. Seiler 33.Switzerland
7.8
M
Bledian Krasniqi 7.Switzerland
6.4
59' 35'
F
Assan Ceesay 9.Gambia
6.7
F
Aiyegun Tosin 15.Benin
6.4
46'
Substitutes
G
Zivko Kostadinovic 1.Switzerland
D
Mirlind Kryeziu 31.Kosovo
7.1
64' 64'
D
Marc Hornschuh 16.Germany
7.1
59'
D
Fabian Rohner 23.Switzerland
D
Silvan Wallner 5.Switzerland
7.0
46'
M
Akaki Gogia 39.Germany
6.8
81'
M
Antonio Marchesano 10.Switzerland
M
Salim Khelifi 26.Tunisia
F
W. Gnonto 22.Italy
6.5
46'

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

André Breitenreiter played with: .

Zürich could not rely on the presence of M. Hornschuh (injured).

Substitutions

Zürich made 5 changes: T. Aiyegun for D. Gnonto (46′), N. Boranijasevic for S. Wallner (46′), B. Krasniqi for M. Hornschuh (59′), F. Aliti for M. Kryeziu (64′) and A. Coric for A. Gogia (81′).

Results of the day

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