LUGANO. Lugano prevails over Basel 1-0 after H. Mahou scored just 1 goal (34′). Basel lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Stadio di Cornaredo stadium in Lugano on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Lukas Fähndrich with the support of Jonas Erni and Guillaume Maire. The 4th official was David Schärli. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.8 degrees Celsius or 58.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 98%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Basel was in firm control of the ball 60% while Lugano was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Basel was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Lugano found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Lugano shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Basel shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Lugano received 2 yellow cards (J. Sabbatini and M. Valenzuela). Regarding the opposition, Basel received 2 yellow cards (M. Lang and Z. Amdouni).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Lugano will have 15 points like St. Gallen and Sion to sit in the 4th place. On the other side, Basel will stay with 12 points like Luzern to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Lugano will play away with Sion on the 22nd of November with a 11-10 head to head in favor of Lugano (8 draws).
Basel will play away agasint St. Gallen on the 22nd of November with a 34-14 head to head stats in favor of Basel (13 draws).
Lugano – Formation
Lugano
28'
84'
34'
Lugano adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Mattia Croci-Torti decided to play with the following team: Amir Saipi , Milton Valenzuela , Lars Lukas Mai , Fabio Daprelà , Reto Ziegler , Jonathan Sabbatini , Ousmane Doumbia , Hicham Mahou , Uran Bislimi , Renato Steffen and Boris Babić .
The home team had on the bench: Mattia Bottani , Sebastian Osigwe, Adrian Durrer, Albian Hajdari , Maren Haile-Selassie , Roman Macek , Allan Arigoni, Mohamed El Amine Amoura and Kreshnik Hajrizi.
Substitutions
Lugano made 5 changes: F. Daprela for A. Hajdari (28′), B. Babic for E. A. Amoura M. (64′), H. Mahou for M. Bottani (64′), R. Steffen for M. Haile-Selassie (78′) and U. Bislimi for R. Macek (78′).
Best player: Lars Lukas Mai
The player that probably impressed the most for Lugano was Lars Lukas Mai even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 43 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.
Basel – Formation
Basel
Also Basel adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Alexander Frei played with: Marwin Hitz , Michael Lang , Arnau Comas , Kasim Adams , Riccardo Calafiori , Taulant Xhaka , Andy Diouf , Dan Ndoye , Zeki Amdouni , Mamadou Kaly Sene and Andi Zeqiri .
They had on the bench: Noah Katterbach, Mirko Salvi, Fabian Frei , Darian Males , Sayfallah Ltaief, Liam Millar, Bradley Fink , Jean-Kévin Augustin and Andy Pelmard .
Substitutions
Basel made 5 changes: A. Zeqiri for B. Fink (64′), M. K. Sene for D. Males (64′), M. Lang for A. Pelmard (64′), T. Xhaka for F. Frei (73′) and D. Ndoye for S. Ltaief (89′).
Best player: Arnau Comas
The most impressive player for Basel was Arnau Comas.
His rating is with 90 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
