Lugano 2-1 St. Gallen: result and report

Super League · Sunday 8 August 2021

Result

Lugano 2-1 St. Gallen

Super League · Sunday 8 August 2021, 12:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

Lugano · St. Gallen · Super League predictions

Lugano 2-1 St. Gallen: match report

Lugano defeated St. Gallen 2-1 in the Super League on Sunday 8 August 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Numa Lavanchy opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Lugano's goals came from Numa Lavanchy (16') and Reto Ziegler (32'). St. Gallen scored through Víctor Ruiz (53', penalty).

Discipline: Lugano received 4 yellow cards; St. Gallen received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Lugano were 6th on 3 points from 2 and St. Gallen 3rd on 4 points from 2. Lugano went on to finish that season 4th with 54 points, and St. Gallen 5th with 50.

Lugano lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and St. Gallen in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Victor Ruiz of St. Gallen (8.1), ahead of Numa Lavanchy (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Lugano wins, 2 draws and 3 for St. Gallen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Numa LavanchyLugano · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Reto ZieglerLugano · 2-0
  • 51'Missed penalty · St GallenSt. Gallen
  • 53'Yellow card · Reto ZieglerLugano
  • 53'Penalty goal · Víctor RuizSt. Gallen · 2-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Jonathan SabbatiniLugano
  • 78'Yellow card · YuriLugano
  • 83'Yellow card · Olivier CustodioLugano

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lugano 5, draws 2, St. Gallen 3.

Team news

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Lugano line-up (3-1-4-2)

Noam Baumann, Kreshnik Hajrizi, Fabio Daprelà, Reto Ziegler, Jonathan Sabbatini, Numa Lavanchy, Olivier Custodio, Sandi Lovrić, Mickaël Facchinetti, Asumah Abubakar, Mattia Bottani

St. Gallen line-up (4-3-1-2)

Lawrence Ati, Euclides Cabral, Leonidas Stergiou, Betim Fazliji, Michael Kempter, Lukas Görtler, Ousmane Diakité, Isaac Schmidt, Victor Ruiz, Alessio Besio, Kwadwo Duah