CAROUGE. Servette manages to recover against Lugano with a goal on the Z. Celar 41′ and a goal on the O. Doumbia 82′. Lugano was decisively better in terms of ball possession (68%)​

The match was played at the Stade de Genève stadium in Carouge on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Lukas Fähndrich assisted by Jonas Erni and Mirco Bürgi. The 4th official was Maxime Odiet. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.2 degrees Celsius or 57.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lugano had a superior ball possession 68% while Servette was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lugano was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Lugano to win the match​.

Servette shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lugano shot 24 times, 7 on target, 17 off target.

Cards

Servette received 1 yellow card (D. Monteiro). On the opposite side, Lugano received 4 yellow cards (A. Hajdari, M. Valenzuela, J. Sabbatini and ).

(Servette) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (44′).

Also, Lugano didn’t end the match with 11 players after M. Valenzuela (Lugano) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (88′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Servette will have 24 points to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Lugano will have 17 points like Basel and Grasshopper to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Servette will play away with Winterthur on the 22nd of November with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Servette (0 draws).

Lugano will play away agasint Sion on the 22nd of November with a 11-10 head to head statistic in favor of Lugano (8 draws).

Servette – Formation

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

The manager Alain Geiger decided to play with the following team: Jeremy Frick (6.6), Moussa Diallo (6.4), Nicolas Vouilloz (7.2), Steve Rouiller (7.1), Gaël Clichy (6.7), Timothé Cognat (7.8), David Douline (6.7), Patrick Pflücke (7.4), Miroslav Stevanović (7.5), Boubacar Fofana (6.3) and Dereck Kutesa (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Moritz Bauer, Alexandre Dias Patricio, Theo Valls, Ronny Rodelin (6.9), Sidiki Camara, Anthony Baron (6.6), Diogo Monteiro (6.4), Boris Cespedes (6.3) and Edin Omeragic.

Substitutions

Servette made 5 changes: B. Fofana for D. Monteiro (46′), D. Douline for A. Baron (46′), P. Pflucke for B. Cespedes (70′), M. Diallo for R. Rodelin (70′) and T. Cognat for T. Valls (85′).

Best player: Timothé Cognat​

The player that probably impressed the most for Servette was Timothé Cognat.

His rating is (7.8) with 30 passes (66% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Lugano – Formation

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

Mattia Croci-Torti played with: Amir Saipi (6.2), Allan Arigoni (6.5), Lars Lukas Mai (7.0), Albian Hajdari (7.0), Milton Valenzuela (7.4), Jonathan Sabbatini (6.6), Ousmane Doumbia (7.9), Renato Steffen (7.2), Mattia Bottani (6.7), Hicham Mahou (6.3) and Žan Celar (7.0).

They had on the bench: Mohamed El Amine Amoura (6.2), Kreshnik Hajrizi, Ignacio Aliseda (6.6), Mohamed Haj Mahmoud, Boris Babić (6.8), Uran Bislimi (6.8), Maren Haile-Selassie (7.0), Roman Macek and Sebastian Osigwe.

Lugano could not rely on the presence of B. Babic (injured).

Substitutions

Lugano made 5 changes: Z. Celar for B. Babic (45′), J. Sabbatini for U. Bislimi (68′), H. Mahou for M. Haile-Selassie (68′), R. Steffen for I. Aliseda (68′) and M. Bottani for E. A. Amoura M. (76′).

Best player: Ousmane Doumbia​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lugano was Ousmane Doumbia.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 63 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Servette – Lugano – 2-2
• Grasshopper – Luzern – 1-3