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
- 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
Standings
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 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
, Michael Lang , Arnau Comas , Kasim Adams , Andy Pelmard , Taulant Xhaka , Wouter Burger , Darian Males , Zeki Amdouni , Dan Ndoye and Andi Zeqiri .The home team had on the bench: Mirko Salvi, Sayfallah Ltaief, Noah Katterbach, Liam Millar
, Bradley Fink , Ádám Szalai, Fabian Frei, Jean-Kévin Augustin and Andy Diouf .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
with 56 passes (83% accurate) and 4 key passes. He performed 6 crosses.St. Gallen – Formation
St. Gallen started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Peter Zeidler played with: Lawrence Ati
, Patrick Sutter , Basil Stillhart , Matej Maglica , Daouda Guindo , Lukas Görtler , Jordi Quintillà , Isaac Schmidt , Gregory Karlen , Jérémy Guillemenot and Chadrac Akolo .The following players were sitting on the bench: Emmanuel Latte Lath
, Lukas Watkowiak, Stefano Guidotti, Leonidas Stergiou , David Jacovic, Noha Ndombasi Nlandu, Randy Schneider , Ricardo Azevedo Alves and Alessandro Kräuchi .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′).
Best player: Jérémy Guillemenot
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Gallen was Jérémy Guillemenot.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 10 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Grasshopper – Zürich – 1-1
- Basel – St. Gallen – 3-2