Basel overcomes St. Gallen 3-2. HIGHLIGHTS

BASEL. Basel topped St. Gallen.

October 2, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iYDC-cTbgw

BASEL. Basel defeated St. Gallen. Basel capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).

received a red card (35′). This red card was one of the reason why St. Gallen lost the match.

L. Gortler missed a decisive penalty (70′). That would have allowed St. Gallen to draw the match.

The match was played at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Sandro Schärer with the support of Stéphane De Almeida and Bekim Zogaj. The 4th official was Johannes von Mandach. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.3 degrees Celsius or 55.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.

Match Statistics

Basel

3 - 2

St. Gallen

60 Ball Possession 40

Shots

13 Total 8
4 On Target 3
9 Off Target 5
3 Shots blocked 0

91 Attack 73
78 Dangerous attack 61
101 Ball safe 83

0 Penalties 1
5 Corners 1
4 Off Sides 1

Fouls

17 Total 13
5 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Basel was in firm control of the ball 60% while St. Gallen was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Basel was more pushing with 78 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Basel won the match.

Basel shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, St. Gallen shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Basel received 5 yellow cards (, A. Comas, , J. Augustin and ). On the other side, St. Gallen received 5 yellow cards (, , , and L. Gortler).

Also, St. Gallen didn’t finish the match with 11 players after (St. Gallen) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (35′).

Match Timeline

15'

17'

Lawrence Ati Zigi(own-goal)

22'

24'

30'

Chadrac Akolo- Yellow

33'

Isaac Schmidt- Yellow

35'

Lawrence Ati Zigi- Yellow

38'

Lukas Görtler - Yellow

63'

Patrick Sutter- sub ->C. Akolo

Jean-Kévin Augustin- sub ->A. Zeqiri

67'

68'

70'

Lukas Görtler - missed penalty

71'

Lukas Görtler (goal)

75'

76'

Arnau Comas - Yellow

79'

82'

84'

Taulant Xhaka- Yellow

87'

Jean-Kévin Augustin- Yellow

90'

Michael Lang- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Basel will have 12 points to sit in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, St. Gallen will stay with 15 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Basel will play away against St. Gallen on the 22nd of November with a 34-14 head to head record in favor of Basel (13 draws).

St. Gallen will host Basel on the 22nd of November with a 34-14 head to head in favor of Basel (13 draws).

Basel – Formation

Basel

Marwin Hitz 1.Switzerland

6.5

Michael Lang 5.Switzerland

7.5

90'

Kasim Adams 15.Ghana

6.4

Andy Pelmard 21.France

6.4

Arnau Comas 4.Spain

6.2

79'

Taulant Xhaka 34.Albania

6.5

87'

Wouter Burger 23.Netherlands

6.8

82'

22'

Darian Males 19.Switzerland

6.7

75'

Dan Ndoye 27.Switzerland

6.2

Zeki Amdouni 9.Switzerland

7.1

76'

15'

Andi Zeqiri 17.Switzerland

6.9

67'

Substitutes

Mirko Salvi 13.Switzerland

Noah Katterbach 3.Germany

Fabian Frei 20.Switzerland

Andy Diouf 8.France

6.8

76'

Sayfallah Ltaief 42.Switzerland

L. Millar 7.Canada

6.6

75'

B. Fink 14.Switzerland

7.1

82'

84'

Ádám Szalai 11.Hungary

Jean-Kévin Augustin 10.France

6.4

67'

90'

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

The manager Alexander Frei decided to play with the following team: Marwin Hitz (6.5), Michael Lang (7.5), Arnau Comas (6.2), Kasim Adams (6.4), Andy Pelmard (6.4), Taulant Xhaka (6.5), Wouter Burger (6.8), Darian Males (6.7), Zeki Amdouni (7.1), Dan Ndoye (6.2) and Andi Zeqiri (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Mirko Salvi, Sayfallah Ltaief, Noah Katterbach, Liam Millar (6.6), Bradley Fink (7.1), Ádám Szalai, Fabian Frei, Jean-Kévin Augustin (6.4) and Andy Diouf (6.8).

Substitutions

Basel made 4 changes: A. Zeqiri for J. Augustin (67′), Z. Amdouni for A. Diouf (76′), Z. Amdouni for A. Diouf (76′) and W. Burger for B. Fink (82′).

Best player: Michael Lang

The most impressive player for Basel was Michael Lang even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 56 passes (83% accurate) and 4 key passes. He performed 6 crosses.

St. Gallen – Formation

St. Gallen

Lawrence Ati Zigi 1.Ghana

6.1

35'

Patrick Sutter 30.Switzerland

6.0

68'

Matej Maglica 5.Croatia

6.8

24'

Daouda Guindo 19.Mali

7.0

Basil Stillhart 6.Switzerland

5.4

35'

Grégory Karlen 23.Switzerland

6.1

38'

Jordi Quintillà 8.Spain

6.6

Lukas Görtler 16.Germany

7.1

38'

71'

Isaac Schmidt 33.Switzerland

7.1

68'

33'

Chadrac Akolo 77.DR Congo

6.6

63'

30'

Jérémy Guillemenot 9.Switzerland

7.2

63'

Substitutes

Lukas Watkowiak 25.Germany

Leonidas Stergiou 4.Switzerland

6.3

38'

David Jacovic 32.Switzerland

Alessandro Kräuchi 29.Switzerland

7.0

68'

S. Guidotti 34.Switzerland

Randy Schneider 27.Switzerland

6.3

68'

Ricardo Alves 28.Switzerland

Emmanuel Latte Lath 22.Ivory Coast

6.7

63'

N. Ndombasi 93.France

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

Peter Zeidler played with: Lawrence Ati (6.1), Patrick Sutter (6.0), Basil Stillhart (5.4), Matej Maglica (6.8), Daouda Guindo (7.0), Lukas Görtler (7.1), Jordi Quintillà (6.6), Isaac Schmidt (7.1), Gregory Karlen (6.1), Jérémy Guillemenot (7.2) and Chadrac Akolo (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Emmanuel Latte Lath (6.7), Lukas Watkowiak, Stefano Guidotti, Leonidas Stergiou (6.3), David Jacovic, Noha Ndombasi Nlandu, Randy Schneider (6.3), Ricardo Azevedo Alves and Alessandro Kräuchi (7.0).

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 5 changes: G. Karlen for L. Stergiou (38′), J. Guillemenot for E. Latte Lath (63′), C. Akolo for Ricky (63′), P. Sutter for R. Schneider (68′) and I. Schmidt for A. Krauchi (68′).