ST. GALLEN. St. Gallen overcome Grasshopper to win 2-1. It was St. Gallen to strike first with a goal of J. Guillemenot at the 20′. Then it was a goal in the 48′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, B. Stillhart gave the win to St. Gallen in the 55′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Kybunpark stadium in St. Gallen on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Esther Staubli with the collaboration of Jonas Erni and Susann Küng. The 4th official was Mirel Turkes.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 9 Total 18
- 4 On Target 8
- 5 Off Target 10
- 0 Shots blocked 6
- 99 Attack 109
- 66 Dangerous attack 79
- 82 Ball safe 91
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 10
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 14
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. St. Gallen was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Grasshopper that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Grasshopper was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, St. Gallen managed to find the solution to win this match.
St. Gallen shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Grasshopper shot 18 times, 8 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
St. Gallen received 1 yellow card (A. Vallci). Regarding the opposition, Grasshopper received 3 yellow cards (N. Loosli, C. Herc and H. Kawabe).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, St. Gallen will have 21 points to remain in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Grasshopper will stay with 17 points like Basel and Lugano to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, St. Gallen will host Basel on the 22nd of November with a 34-14 head to head in favor of Basel (13 draws).
Grasshopper will host Young Boys on the 21st of November with a 29-18 head to head in favor of Young Boys (14 draws).
St. Gallen – Formation
St. Gallen
25'
55'
69'
St. Gallen started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Peter Zeidler decided to play with the following team: Lawrence Ati , Albert Vallci , Leonidas Stergiou , Matej Maglica , Daouda Guindo , Basil Stillhart , Jordi Quintillà , Stefano Guidotti , Chadrac Akolo , Emmanuel Latte Lath and Jérémy Guillemenot .
The home team had on the bench: Randy Schneider, Ricardo Azevedo, Noha Ndombasi Nlandu, Alessandro Kräuchi, Fabrizio Cavegn, Christian Witzig, Gregory Karlen , Lukas Watkowiak and Michael Kempter.
Substitutions
St. Gallen made 4 changes: J. Guillemenot for Ricky (69′), S. Guidotti for G. Karlen (69′), C. Akolo for C. Witzig (88′) and E. Latte Lath for F. Cavegn (90′).
Best player: Jérémy Guillemenot
The player that probably impressed the most for St. Gallen was Jérémy Guillemenot.
His rating is with 1 goal, 13 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
Grasshopper – Formation
Grasshopper
Grasshopper started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Giorgio Contini played with: Justin Hammel , Ayumu Seko , Noah Loosli , Tomás Ribeiro , Bendegúz Bolla , Christián Herc , Hayao Kawabe , Dominik Schmid , Meritan Shabani , Renat Dadaşov and Guilherme Schettine .
They had on the bench: Filipe de Carvalho Ferreira, Shkelqim Demhasaj, Amir Abrashi, Lei Li, Georg Margreitter, Tsiy William Ndenge, Petar Pušić, Manuel Kuttin and Giotto Morandi .
Substitutions
Grasshopper made 5 changes: R. Dadashov for G. Morandi (54′), N. Loosli for T. Ndenge (76′), G. Schettine for F. De Carvalho (76′), M. Shabani for S. Demhasaj (76′) and C. Herc for G. Margreitter (85′).
Best player: Christián Herc
The most impressive player for Grasshopper was Christián Herc.
His rating is with 1 goal, 35 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- St. Gallen – Grasshopper – 2-1
- Luzern – Winterthur – 1-1
