On the 11th of March, in this week 24 match, Zürich will travel to St. Gallen to battle Lugano in a clash of the Super League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Lugano recorded a 1-1 draw against Sion. Ousmane Doumbia struck first for Lugano in the 34th minute on a feed from Milton Valenzuela, then in the 66th minute, Reto Ziegler sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Giovanni Sio earning Sion a comeback draw. Lugano is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while zürich sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Servette. Enzo Crivelli scored the first goal for Servette in the 73rd minute, but Calixte Paul Ligue got the equalizer for Zürich in the 78th minute earning them at least the one point. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Zürich should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Kybunpark, Lugano was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost four thousand excited fans. Renato Steffen struck first for Lugano in the 12th minute, then Ignacio Aliseda added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Allan Arigoni At the end of 90 a dissapointed Zürich couldn’t manage to score, and Lugano took the shutout win.
Zürich is fortunate enough to have Tosin Aiyegun in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored four goals. Lugano’s most prolific scorer has been Žan Celar. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.