In this week 31 match on Apr 24th, St. Gallen hosts Lugano at Kybunpark in a Super League match in the ever popular St. Gallen derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 5th placed St. Gallen, recorded a 2-3 loss against Luzern. Ruiz Abril scored the first goal for St. Gallen in the 13th minute from the penalty spot, then Marvin Schulz tied it up for Luzern in the 75th minute from the penalty spot Finally they completed the comback in the 91st minute on a goal by Ibrahima Ndiaye to cap off a wild match. With 21 points in their last 10 matches St. Gallen should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 4th placed Lugano, recorded a 1-4 loss against Lausanne Sport. Adrien Trebel scored the first goal for Lausanne Sport in the 23rd minute, then Mohamed Amdouni added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Sofiane Alakouch. Lugano is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Kybunpark, St. Gallen took the match by a score of 2 to 0 in front of a crowd of just over three thousand fans. Duah struck first for St. Gallen in the 5th minute, then Lukas Görtler added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a penalty At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lugano couldn’t manage to score, and St. Gallen took the shutout win.
Žan Celar has been the most effective weapon for Lugano lately. The Slovenian attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches. For St. Gallen, their top scorers are Julian Vonmoos and Jeremy Bruno Guillemenot, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.