ST. GALLEN. St. Gallen obliterates Luzern 4-1 with goals of E. Latte Lath (2′), D. Simani (51′ own), L. Gortler (56′) and C. Akolo (69′). Regarding the opposition, Luzern scored with ​S. Chader (60′). St. Gallen was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Kybunpark stadium in St. Gallen on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Urs Schnyder who was helped by Marco Zürcher and Leroy Hartmann. The 4th official was Mirel Turkes.

Match Statistics​

St. Gallen

4 - 1

Luzern

  • ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
  • 22 Total 1
  • 15 On Target 1
  • 7 Off Target 0
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 130 Attack 86
  • 102 Dangerous attack 46
  • 72 Ball safe 74
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 3
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 9 Total 14
  • 0 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

St. Gallen had a superior ball possession 61% while Luzern was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Gallen was more pushing with 102 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 15 were on target. This is one of the reasons why St. Gallen won the match​.

St. Gallen shot 22 times, 15 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Luzern shot 1 times, 1 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

St. Gallen didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Luzern received 1 yellow card (J. Kadak).

Match Timeline

2'
10'
Samuele Campo- sub ->N. Beloko
51'
Denis Simani(own-goal)
54'
54'
Lukas Görtler (goal)
56'
57'
57'
Sofyan Chader - sub ->S. Campo
57'
60'
Sofyan Chader (goal)A. Abubakar
66'
Chadrac Akolo- sub ->F. Schubert
67'
Chadrac Akolo(goal)J. Guillemenot
69'
82'
J. Kadák- Yellow
82'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Young Boys
74
36
Servette
58
36
Lugano
57
36
Luzern
50
36
Basel
47
36
St. Gallen
45
36
Grasshopper
44
36
Zürich
44
36
Winterthur
32
36
Sion
31
36

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, St. Gallen will play away against Basel on the 1st of October with a 33-14 head to head stats in favor of Basel (13 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).

St. Gallen – Formation

St. Gallen
G
Lukas Watkowiak 25.Germany
6.3
D
Leonidas Stergiou 4.Switzerland
7.3
D
Patrick Sutter 30.Switzerland
6.8
D
Daouda Guindo 19.Mali
7.3
D
Basil Stillhart 6.Switzerland
6.9
M
Jordi Quintillà 8.Spain
7.7
54'
M
Lukas Görtler 16.Germany
8.1
56'
M
Christian Witzig 37.Switzerland
6.3
54'
M
Fabian Schubert 7.Austria
6.8
67'
F
Emmanuel Latte Lath 22.Ivory Coast
7.7
66' 2'
F
Julian Von Moos 11.Switzerland
6.4
Substitutes
G
Bela Dumrath 35.Germany
D
Albert Vallci 20.Austria
D
Matej Maglica 5.Croatia
6.2
54'
M
Randy Schneider 27.Switzerland
7.0
54'
M
David Jacovic 32.Switzerland
M
Grégory Karlen 23.Switzerland
F
Chadrac Akolo 77.DR Congo
7.7
67' 69'
F
Alessio Besio 31.Switzerland
F
Jérémy Guillemenot 9.Switzerland
7.4
66'

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

The manager Peter Zeidler decided to play with the following team: Lukas Watkowiak (6.3), Patrick Sutter (6.8), Basil Stillhart (6.9), Leonidas Stergiou (7.3), Daouda Guindo (7.3), Lukas Görtler (8.1), Jordi Quintillà (7.7), Christian Witzig (6.3), Fabian Schubert (6.8), Julian Von Moos (6.4) and Emmanuel Latte Lath (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Randy Schneider (7.0), Bela Dumrath, David Jacovic, Albert Vallci, Chadrac Akolo (7.7), Alessio Besio, Matej Maglica (6.2), Jérémy Guillemenot (7.4) and Gregory Karlen.

St. Gallen could not rely on the presence of M. Maglica (injured).

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 4 changes: C. Witzig for R. Schneider (54′), J. Quintilla for M. Maglica (54′), E. Latte Lath for J. Guillemenot (66′) and F. Schubert for C. Akolo (67′).

Best player: Lukas Görtler​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Gallen was Lukas Görtler.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 39 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 7. He performed 6 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Luzern – Formation

Luzern
G
Marius Müller 1.Germany
8.4
D
Denis Simani 5.Switzerland
6.3
D
Martin Frydek 13.Czech Republic
6.0
D
M. Dräger 2.Tunisia
5.8
D
L. Jaquez 71.Switzerland
6.6
M
Pius Dorn 20.Germany
6.5
M
J. Kadák 16.Slovakia
6.8
82' 82'
M
Nicky Beloko 18.Switzerland
6.4
10'
M
A. Jashari 6.Switzerland
6.1
M
Dejan Sorgic 9.Serbia
6.3
57'
F
J. Ardaiz 19.Uruguay
6.4
57'
Substitutes
G
Vaso Vasic 90.Serbia
D
Leny Meyer 33.Switzerland
M
Varol Tasar 27.Germany
6.7
57'
M
Lorik Emini 31.Kosovo
M
Samuele Campo 10.Switzerland
6.4
10'
M
C. Gentner 4.Germany
6.8
82'
M
Sofyan Chader 69.France
7.0
57' 60'
M
Pascal Schürpf 11.Switzerland
F
Asumah Abubakar 21.Portugal
6.5
57'

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

Mario Frick played with: Marius Müller (8.4), Mohamed Dräger (5.8), Luca Jaquez (6.6), Denis Simani (6.3), Martin Frýdek (6.0), Nicky Medja Beloko (6.4), Ardon Jashari (6.1), Pius Dorn (6.5), Jakub Kadák (6.8), Dejan Sorgic (6.3) and Joaquín Ardaiz (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Asumah Abubakar (6.5), Varol Tasar (6.7), Lorik Emini, Leny Meyer, Samuele Campo (6.4), Christian Gentner (6.8), Vaso Vasic, Sofyan Chader (7.0) and Pascal Schürpf.

Luzern could not rely on the presence of S. Campo (injured).

Substitutions

Luzern made 5 changes: N. Beloko for S. Campo (10′), D. Sorgic for V. Tasar (57′), S. Campo for S. Chader (57′), J. Ardaiz for A. Abubakar (57′) and J. Kadak for C. Gentner (82′).

Best player: Marius Müller​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Luzern was the goalkeeper: Marius Müller. His rating is 8.42. He performed 9 saves.

Results of the day

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