Lugano prevails over Basel 2-0 on Sunday. HIGHLIGHTS

BASEL. Lugano defeats Basel with a 2-0 win with a goal from B. Babic (90') and a goal from M. Belhaj (90').

August 16, 2022

BASEL. Lugano tops Basel with a 2-0 win with a goal from B. Babic (90′) and a goal from M. Belhaj (90′).

The match was played at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. In front of 19,888 spectators. The referee was Alessandro Dudic who had the assistance of Vital Jobin and Guillaume Maire. The 4th official was Johannes von Mandach. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25.4 degrees Celsius or 77.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.

Match Statistics

Basel

0 - 2

Lugano

54 Ball Possession 46

Shots

18 Total 8
5 On Target 5
13 Off Target 3
3 Shots blocked 1

105 Attack 77
89 Dangerous attack 42
79 Ball safe 93

0 Penalties 0
8 Corners 4

Fouls

13 Total 10
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Basel was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Lugano that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Basel was more aggressive with 89 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Lugano was able to find the solution to win this match.

Basel shot 18 times, 5 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Lugano shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Basel received 1 yellow card (T. Xhaka). On the other side, Lugano received 4 yellow cards (A. Arigoni, F. Daprela, M. Valenzuela and A. Saipi).

Match Timeline

Taulant Xhaka- Yellow

32'

42'

60'

Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud- sub ->U. Bislimi

Fabian Frei - sub ->T. Xhaka

63'

71'

81'

83'

Boris Babic- sub ->M. Bottani

86'

87'

Milton Valenzuela- Yellow

90'

Boris Babic(goal)M. Haile-Selassie

90'

Amir Saipi- Yellow

90'

Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud(goal)O. Doumbia

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Next matches

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

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

Basel – Formation

Basel

Marwin Hitz 1.Switzerland

6.1

Kasim Adams 15.Ghana

7.0

Sergio López 22.Spain

6.5

Andy Pelmard 21.France

6.8

Noah Katterbach 3.Germany

6.5

Taulant Xhaka 34.Albania

6.7

63'

32'

Andy Diouf 8.France

6.4

86'

Sayfallah Ltaief 42.Switzerland

6.3

Dan Ndoye 27.Switzerland

7.0

63'

Zeki Amdouni 9.Switzerland

6.4

81'

Andi Zeqiri 17.Switzerland

7.0

63'

Substitutes

Mirko Salvi 13.Switzerland

Arnau Comas 4.Spain

N. Djiga 6.Burkina Faso

Michael Lang 5.Switzerland

Fabian Frei 20.Switzerland

6.7

63'

Darian Males 19.Switzerland

6.1

81'

Wouter Burger 23.Netherlands

7.1

63'

L. Millar 7.Canada

6.6

63'

Ádám Szalai 11.Hungary

6.8

86'

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

The manager Guillermo Abascal Perez decided to play with the following team: Marwin Hitz (6.1), Sergio López (6.5), Kasim Adams (7.0), Andy Pelmard (6.8), Noah Katterbach (6.5), Andy Diouf (6.4), Taulant Xhaka (6.7), Dan Ndoye (7.0), Zeki Amdouni (6.4), Sayfallah Ltaief (6.3) and Andi Zeqiri (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Arnau Comas, Nasser Djiga, Mirko Salvi, Fabian Frei (6.7), Liam Millar (6.6), Michael Lang, Darian Males (6.1), Ádám Szalai (6.8) and Wouter Burger (7.1).

Substitutions

Basel made 5 changes: T. Xhaka for F. Frei (63′), A. Zeqiri for W. Burger (63′), D. Ndoye for L. Millar (63′), Z. Amdouni for D. Males (81′) and A. Diouf for A. Szalai (86′).

Best player: Wouter Burger

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Basel was Wouter Burger.

His rating is (7.1) with 17 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 63′.

Lugano – Formation

Lugano

Amir Saipi 1.Switzerland

8.1

90'

Reto Ziegler 3.Switzerland

7.3

F. Daprelà 30.Switzerland

7.4

42'

Milton Valenzuela 17.Argentina

7.6

87'

Allan Arigoni 34.Switzerland

7.2

Jonathan Sabbatini 14.Italy

7.2

Ousmane Doumbia 20.Ivory Coast

7.8

Uran Bislimi 25.Switzerland

7.4

60'

Mattia Bottani 10.Switzerland

7.3

83'

Zan Celar 9.Slovenia

6.7

71'

Hicham Mahou 18.France

7.4

Substitutes

Sebastian Osigwe 58.Nigeria

A. Morosoli 12.Switzerland

A. Hajdari 5.Switzerland

Lukas Mai 15.Germany

Maren Haile-Selassie 11.Switzerland

7.3

71'

Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud 29.Tunisia

7.6

60'

90'

Adrian Durrer 8.Switzerland

Boris Babic 27.Switzerland

7.3

83'

90'

Alessandro Casciato 33.Italy

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

Mattia Croci-Torti played with: Amir Saipi (8.1), Allan Arigoni (7.2), Fabio Daprelà (7.4), Reto Ziegler (7.3), Milton Valenzuela (7.6), Uran Bislimi (7.4), Ousmane Doumbia (7.8), Jonathan Sabbatini (7.2), Hicham Mahou (7.4), Žan Celar (6.7) and Mattia Bottani (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Boris Babić (7.3), Sebastian Osigwe, Maren Haile-Selassie (7.3), Mohamed Haj Mahmoud (7.6), Alessandro Casciato, Albian Hajdari, Lars Lukas Mai, Attilio Morosoli and Adrian Durrer.