St. Gallen 2-1 Basel: result and report
Super League · Wednesday 20 September 2017
Result
St. Gallen 2-1 Basel
Super League · Wednesday 20 September 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
St. Gallen 2-1 Basel: match report
St. Gallen won against Basel 2-1 in the Super League on Wednesday 20 September 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.
Marco Aratore opened the scoring in the 15th minute. St. Gallen's goals came from Marco Aratore (15') and Danijel Aleksic (25'). Basel scored through Luca Zuffi (89').
Discipline: St. Gallen received 4 yellow cards; Basel received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game St. Gallen were 5th on 9 points from 7 and Basel 3rd on 11 points from 7. St. Gallen went on to finish that season 5th with 45 points, and Basel 2nd with 69.
St. Gallen lined up in a 3-4-3 and Basel in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match St. Gallen's last five read D-D-L-W-L and Basel's L-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Marco Aratore
- 25'Goal · Danijel Aleksic
- 31'Yellow card · Taulant Xhaka
- 43'Yellow card · Danijel Aleksic
- 52'Yellow card · Nicolas Lüchinger
- 57'Yellow card · Silvan Hefti
- 81'Yellow card · A. Wiss
- 89'Goal · Luca Zuffi
- 90+1'Yellow card · Dimitri Oberlin
Team news
St. Gallen line-up (3-4-3)
Daniel Lopar, Karim Haggui, Andreas Wittwer, Silvan Hefti, Nicolas Lüchinger, Alain Wiss, Stjepan Kukuruzović, Marco Aratore, Danijel Aleksic, Roman Buess, Albian Ajeti
Basel line-up (4-4-2)
Tomas Vaclik, Omar Gaber, Michael Lang, Blas Riveros, Manuel Akanji, Luca Zuffi, Kevin Bua, Taulant Xhaka, Davide Callá, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Cedric Itten