Super League: St. Gallen overcomes Zürich 3-0

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ZüRICH. St. Gallen was in the end too good for Zürich.

ZüRICH. St. Gallen was in the end too much to handle for Zürich with the goal of M. Maglica (7′), J. Von Moos (35′) and C. Lungoyi (89′). Zürich lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. In the presence of 17,288 spectators.​ The referee was Stefan Horisberger who was helped by Sladan Josipovic and Remy Zgraggen. The 4th official was Mirel Turkes. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 6.6 degrees Celsius or 43.79 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 61%.​

Match Statistics

Zürich was in firm control of the ball 56% while St. Gallen was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Zürich was more aggressive with 75 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. Still, St. Gallen managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Zürich shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, St. Gallen shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Zürich received 1 yellow card (B. Dzemaili). On the opposite side, St. Gallen received 3 yellow cards (J. Quintilla, L. Gortler and I. Schmidt).

After this match, Zürich will stay with 59 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, St. Gallen will have 31 points to stay in the 6th place.

Match Events

  • 7'
    7'

    M. Maglica

  • 24'
    24'

    J. Quintilla

  • 25'
    25'

    B. Dzemaili

  • 35'
    35'

    J. Von Moos

  • 45'
    45'

    L. Gortler

  • 48'
    48'

    I. Schmidt

  • 52'
    52'

    A. Coric

    A. Marchesano

  • 64'
    64'

    F. Rohner

    N. Boranijasevic

  • 65'
    65'

    D. Gnonto

    T. Aiyegun

  • 72'
    72'

    F. Schubert

    K. Duah

  • 72'
    72'

    C. Lungoyi

    J. Guillemenot

  • 72'
    72'

    B. Toma

    J. Von Moos

  • 78'
    78'

    S. Khelifi

    A. Guerrero

  • 78'
    78'

    B. Kramer

    O. Doumbia

  • 81'
    81'

    A. Jankewitz

    V. Ruiz

  • 89'
    89'

    C. Lungoyi

    F. Schubert

  • 90'
    90'

    B. Stillhart

    L. Gortler

Next match

In the upcoming Super League match, Zürich will play away with Young Boys on the 19th of March with a 35-15 head to head stats in favor of Young Boys (12 draws).

St. Gallen will host Luzern on the 19th of March with a 25-16 head to head record in favor of Luzern (13 draws).

Zürich: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager André Breitenreiter chose to play with the following team: Yanick Brecher (6.1), Bećir Omeragić (6.8), Mirlind Kryeziu (7.0), Fidan Aliti (7.1), Ousmane Doumbia (6.7), Nikola Boranijašević (6.8), Antonio Marchesano (6.8), Blerim Džemaili (7.1), Adriá Guerrero (6.8), Tosin Aiyegun (6.2) and Assan Ceesay (6.2).

Substitutes

Zürich made 5 changes: A. Marchesano for A. Coric (52′), N. Boranijasevic for F. Rohner (64′), T. Aiyegun for D. Gnonto (65′), A. Guerrero for S. Khelifi (78′) and O. Doumbia for B. Kramer (78′).

Top player: Degnand Wilfried Gnonto

Probably the most impressive player in Zürich was Degnand Wilfried Gnonto.

His rating is (7.2) with 12 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.

His performance was notable also because he began the game from the bench before entering the field in the 65′.

St. Gallen: Formation and Lineups

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

On the opposite side, Peter Zeidler played with: Lawrence Ati (8.2), Euclides Cabral (7.4), Leonidas Stergiou (6.8), Matej Maglica (8.4), Isaac Schmidt (7.6), Lukas Görtler (7.1), Jordi Quintillà (7.1), Victor Ruiz (7.4), Julian Von Moos (7.6), Kwadwo Duah (6.4) and Jérémy Guillemenot (6.9).

Substitutes

St. Gallen made 5 changes: K. Duah for F. Schubert (72′), J. Guillemenot for C. Lungoyi (72′), J. Von Moos for B. Toma (72′), V. Ruiz for A. Jankewitz (81′) and L. Gortler for B. Stillhart (90′).

Top player: Matej Maglica

The player who no doubt impressed St. Gallen the most was Matej Maglica.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 26 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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