Neuchâtel Xamax 2-3 St. Gallen: result and report
Super League · Sunday 2 September 2018
Result
Neuchâtel Xamax 2-3 St. Gallen
Super League · Sunday 2 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Neuchâtel Xamax 2-3 St. Gallen: match report
Neuchâtel Xamax were beaten by St. Gallen 2-3 in the Super League on Sunday 2 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Charles-Andre Doudin opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Neuchâtel Xamax's goals came from Charles-Andre Doudin (13') and Raphaël Nuzzolo (79', penalty). St. Gallen scored through Jordi Quintillà (55'), Cedric Itten (74') and Dereck Kutesa (86').
Discipline: Neuchâtel Xamax received 1 yellow card; St. Gallen received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Neuchâtel Xamax were 10th on 4 points from 5 and St. Gallen 6th on 7 points from 5. Neuchâtel Xamax went on to finish that season 9th with 37 points, and St. Gallen 6th with 46.
Neuchâtel Xamax lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and St. Gallen in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Neuchâtel Xamax's last five read L-L-L-D-W and St. Gallen's L-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Charles-Andre Doudin
- 52'Yellow card · Max Veloso
- 55'Goal · Jordi Quintillà
- 74'Goal · Cedric Itten
- 78'Yellow card · Andreas Wittwer
- 79'Penalty goal · Raphaël Nuzzolo
- 86'Goal · Dereck Kutesa
- 90+2'Yellow card · Vincent Sierro
Team news
Neuchâtel Xamax line-up (4-2-3-1)
Laurent Walthert, Diogo Almeida, Marcis Oss, Arbenit Xhemajli, Jérémy Huyghebaert, Max Veloso, Pietro Di Nardo, Samir Ramizi, Charles-Andre Doudin, Geoffrey Treand, Raphael Nuzzolo
St. Gallen line-up (4-3-3)
Dejan Stojanovic, Nicolas Lüchinger, Silvan Hefti, Leonel Mosevich, Andreas Wittwer, Majeed Ashimeru, Jordi Quintillà, Vincent Sierro, Roman Buess, Cedric Itten, Kekuta Manneh