ST. GALLEN. Luzern bested Lugano to win 2-1. It was Luzern to strike first with a goal of P. Dorn at the 32′. Then it was a goal in the 75′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, N. Beloko gave the win to Luzern in the 84′ minute with a goal.

Z. Celar missed a decisive penalty (50′). That would have allowed Lugano to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Kybunpark stadium in St. Gallen on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Alain Bieri with the assistance of Jan Köbeli and Mirco Bürgi. The 4th official was David Huwiler. The weather was rainy. The temperature was hot at 29.2 degrees Celsius or 84.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Lugano was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Luzern that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Luzern was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Luzern won the match.​

Lugano shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Luzern shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Lugano received 1 yellow card (Z. Celar). Regarding the opposition, Luzern received 4 yellow cards (M. Muller, L. Emini, D. Simani and M. Frydek).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Lugano will host Servette on the 2nd of October with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Lugano (6 draws).

Luzern will host Young Boys on the 2nd of October with a 36-11 head to head record in favor of Young Boys (16 draws).

Lugano – Formation

Lugano started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

The manager Mattia Croci-Torti decided to play with the following team: Amir Saipi (6.2), Adrian Durrer (6.2), Lars Lukas Mai (7.5), Reto Ziegler (7.2), Allan Arigoni (6.2), Mohamed Haj Mahmoud (6.9), Jonathan Sabbatini (7.0), Ousmane Doumbia (6.7), Milton Valenzuela (7.1), Mattia Bottani (7.2) and Žan Celar (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Albian Hajdari (7.1), Leonid Srdic, Alessandro Casciato, Sebastian Osigwe, Hicham Mahou (7.0), Attilio Morosoli, Boris Babić (6.6), Mohamed El Amine Amoura (6.5) and Maren Haile-Selassie (6.9).

Substitutions

Lugano made 5 changes: A. Arigoni for H. Mahou (46′), A. Durrer for A. Hajdari (62′), Z. Celar for E. A. Amoura M. (62′), O. Doumbia for M. Haile-Selassie (62′) and M. Bottani for B. Babic (76′).

Best player: Lars Lukas Mai​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lugano was Lars Lukas Mai.

His rating is (7.5) with 52 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Luzern – Formation

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

Mario Frick played with: Marius Müller (7.2), Mohamed Dräger (6.2), Marco Burch (7.1), Denis Simani (7.0), Martin Frýdek (6.4), Lorik Emini (6.6), Nicky Medja Beloko (8.8), Pius Dorn (7.3), Jakub Kadák (6.1), Asumah Abubakar (6.7) and Joaquín Ardaiz (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Samuel Alabi, Vaso Vasic, Luca Jaquez, Ibrahima Ndiaye (6.9), Dejan Sorgic (6.8), Christian Gentner (6.4), Samuele Campo (6.6), Leny Meyer and Varol Tasar (6.5).

Substitutions

Luzern made 5 changes: A. Abubakar for I. Ndiaye (57′), L. Emini for C. Gentner (57′), J. Ardaiz for D. Sorgic (68′), J. Kadak for S. Campo (84′) and M. Drager for V. Tasar (84′).

Best player: Nicky Medja Beloko​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Luzern was Nicky Medja Beloko.

His rating is (8.8) with 1 goal, 31 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Lugano – Luzern – 1-2
• Basel – Young Boys – 0-0
• Zürich – Sion – 0-3