Super League: Luzern demolishes Grasshopper 3-1 with 2 goals from D. Sorgic

ZüRICH. Luzern beat Grasshopper 3-1 thanks to D. Sorgic who scored in the 9th and 67th minute.

ZüRICH. Luzern overcame Grasshopper 3-1 thanks to D. Sorgic who scored in the 9th and 67th minute. Luzern got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from D. Sorgic (9′) and M. Burch (23′). Grasshopper tried to recover with a goal from C. Herc (43′). However, the match was closed by a goal (67′) scored by D. Sorgic for Luzern. Grasshopper lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Luca Cibelli with the assistance of Jan Köbeli and Didier Dubrit. The 4th official was David Schärli. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 15.5 degrees Celsius or 59.97 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 85%.​

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  Grasshopper

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  Luzern

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Match Statistics

Grasshopper was in firm control of the ball 58% while Luzern was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Grasshopper was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Luzern found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Grasshopper shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Luzern shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Grasshopper received 2 yellow cards (H. Kawabe and R. Dadashov). On the other side, Luzern received 2 yellow cards (N. Beloko and D. Simani).

After playing this encounter, Grasshopper will stay with 17 points like Basel to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, Luzern will have 16 points like Lugano to stay in the 7th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Super League match, Grasshopper will play away with St. Gallen on the 5th of November with a 28-16 head to head stats in favor of Grasshopper (9 draws).

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  St. Gallen

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  Grasshopper

  1

  

  5 Nov 2022 Full time

Luzern will host Winterthur on the 5th of November with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Luzern (0 draws).

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  Luzern

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  Winterthur

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  5 Nov 2022 Full time

Grasshopper: Formation and Lineups

Grasshopper adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Giorgio Contini chose to play with the following team: Justin Hammel (7.6), Bendegúz Bolla (6.1), Georg Margreitter (6.2), Ayumu Seko (6.8), Dominik Schmid (6.4), Tsiy William Ndenge (6.4), Christián Herc (7.4), Giotto Morandi (6.2), Hayao Kawabe (7.0), Petar Pušić (6.4) and Guilherme Schettine (6.6).

Substitutes

Grasshopper made 5 changes: G. Margreitter for T. Ribeiro (46′), G. Morandi for R. Dadashov (46′), P. Pusic for M. Shabani (62′), G. Schettine for S. Demhasaj (76′) and T. Ndenge for F. De Carvalho (76′).

Best player: Justin Hammel

The player that probably impressed the most for Grasshopper was the goalkeeper: Justin Hammel. His rating is 7.61. He performed 6 saves.

Luzern: Formation and Lineups

Also Luzern adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Mario Frick played with: Marius Müller (7.4), Mohamed Dräger (6.2), Denis Simani (7.0), Marco Burch (7.1), Pius Dorn (7.1), Ardon Jashari (7.4), Nicky Medja Beloko (7.0), Sofyan Chader (7.9), Max Meyer (6.5), Pascal Schürpf (6.8) and Dejan Sorgić (8.8).

Substitutes

Luzern made 4 changes: M. Meyer for C. Gentner (60′), D. Sorgic for T. Klidje (75′), D. Sorgic for J. Ardaiz (75′) and S. Chader for S. Campo (89′).

Top player: Dejan Sorgić

Probably the most impressive player in Luzern was Dejan Sorgić.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 19 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League

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  Servette

  2

  

  Lugano

  2

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