In this 6th week match, on Sunday Aug 28th, Lugano hosts St. Gallen at Kybunpark in a clash of the Super League in the anticipated Lugano derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which is great football weather. Lugano sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Basel. Boris Babic scored the first goal for Lugano in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Mohamed Belhaj Mahmoud added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Ousmane Doumbia At the end of 90 a dissapointed Basel couldn’t manage to score, and Lugano took the shutout win. Lugano is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while st. Gallen sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-1 win against Luzern. Emmanuel Latte Lath scored the first goal for St. Gallen in the 2nd minute, then Denis Simani added another on an own goal in the 51st minute. St. Gallen is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season St. Gallen won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 losss.
Fabian Schubert has been the most prolific scorer on St. Gallen in the last five matches with three goals. Lugano’s most prolific scorer has been Žan Celar. The Slovenian attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches.