- FC St. Gallen beat Lucerne 4-1 at home in the 5th round of the Super League.
- 3 goals from aluminum by the dominant home team: The win could have been even bigger.
- In the other SL game on Saturday, Sion and GC are playing 2:2.
It looked like a Sunday stroll on this Saturday evening when St. Gallen dominated Lucerne at home for over 90 minutes. The statistics are symbolic of this. In addition to the 4 goals, the ball also landed 3 times on the edge of the Lucerne goal. Basil Stillhart (9th), Lukas Görtler (15th) and Emmanuel Latte Lath (49th) announced bad luck.
Added to this was the harmlessness of Lucerne. The central Swiss recorded a single goal in the 90 minutes in the Kybunpark – which then immediately resulted in the 1:3. Sofyan Chader, who came to Lucerne just 2 days earlier, scored 3 minutes after coming on.
FCSG scores for the first time in the 2nd half
But the show that evening, as mentioned, was in St. Gallen. Early bloomer Latte Lath, for example, who had already netted after 95 seconds. He scored early for the second time in a row – against GC he had scored after 5 minutes. Despite an extremely dominant 1st half, no further goals were achieved. Latte Lath and Fabian Schubert missed chances, plus the 2 aluminum hits.
But when things are going so well, you can also bury old problems: Denis Simani’s own goal (51st) after a nice combination from St. Gallen was the first FCSG goal in a 2nd half this season. Ketchup effect included: Just 5 minutes later, Lukas Görtler doubled from the edge of the penalty area to make it 3-1. When newcomer Chadrac Akolo netted in green and white for the first time (69th), St. Gallen bliss was complete.
Here’s how to proceed
The first round of the Swiss Cup is coming up for both clubs next weekend: St. Gallen plays at Rorschach-Goldach, Lucerne in Schötz (live on SRF). Lucerne welcomes Sion on the following Saturday, St. Gallen travels to Ticino to FC Lugano.