FC Lugano vs FC ST. Gallen match stats & report

4–1 Full time

Super League · Switzerland · Regular Season - 4 · AIL Arena, Lugano · Ref Luca Cibelli, Switzerland

FC Lugano stats & fixtures · FC ST. Gallen stats & fixtures

FC Lugano beat FC ST. Gallen 4–1 in the Super League on 16 September 2026. Expected goals finished 1.41–1.14. FC ST. Gallen had 52% of the ball.

FC Lugano vs FC ST. Gallen match statistics

FC LuganoFC ST. Gallen

48% Ball possession 52%
1.41 Expected goals (xG) 1.14
12 Total shots 21
8 Shots on target 5
3 Shots off target 10
1 Blocked shots 6
8 Shots inside the box 13
2 Corners 8
11 Fouls 14
1 Offsides 4
3 Yellow cards 3
1 Red cards 0
410 Passes 406
80% Pass accuracy 84%
4 Goalkeeper saves 4

Goals and cards

4' Goal Beckham Castro (assist Antonios Papadopoulos) FC Lugano
14' Goal Elias Pihlström FC Lugano
16' Yellow card Bekhruz Karimov FC Lugano
28' Goal Elias Pihlström (assist J. Bichsel) FC Lugano
32' Yellow card N. Scherrer FC ST. Gallen
36' Goal Bekhruz Karimov (assist Lars Lukas Mai) FC Lugano
40' Yellow card L. Daschner FC ST. Gallen
47' Red card Elias Pihlström FC Lugano
58' Yellow card Uran Bislimi FC Lugano
71' Yellow card C. Okoroji FC ST. Gallen
74' Goal A. Hunziker (assist C. Kleine-Bekel) FC ST. Gallen
77' Yellow card Albian Ajeti FC Lugano

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

FC Lugano

Confirmed 3-5-2 Mattia Croci-Torti

28 Felix Gebhardt

18 J. Bichsel 17 Lars Lukas Mai 6 Antonios Papadopoulos

21 Yanis Cimignani 27 Daniel Dos Santos 8 Anto Grgić 25 Uran Bislimi 2 Bekhruz Karimov

24 Elias Pihlström 22 Beckham Castro

Bench C. Ndiaye , Ezgjan Alioski , M. Zanotti , Damian Kelvin , Hannes Delcroix , G. Ajdin , Ahmed Kendouci , Dereck Moncada , Albian Ajeti

FC ST. Gallen

Confirmed 3-1-4-2 Enrico Maassen

1 L. Zigi

36 C. Okoroji 4 J. Stanić 3 C. Kleine-Bekel

10 L. Daschner

7 C. Witzig 11 C. Boukhalfa 64 M. Stevanovic 74 J. Ruiz

14 A. Balde 70 N. Scherrer

Bench L. Watkowiak , T. Gaal , H. Vandermersch , M. Heydari , B. Fazliji , E. Owusu , A. Hunziker , D. Besio

Form guide

FC Lugano at home

8–1–1 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.6 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 6.4 per game
Shots on target: 6.2 per game

33% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

FC ST. Gallen away

5–1–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.7 per game
Conceded: 1.9 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 7.9 per game
Shots on target: 6.3 per game

25% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

FC Lugano vs FC ST. Gallen head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
10 May 26	FC Lugano v FC ST. Gallen	1–2
17 Mar 26	FC ST. Gallen v FC Lugano	1–1
26 Nov 25	FC Lugano v FC ST. Gallen	1–3
13 Sep 25	FC ST. Gallen v FC Lugano	1–0
13 Apr 25	FC Lugano v FC ST. Gallen	1–1
5 Feb 25	FC ST. Gallen v FC Lugano	2–1

The full FC Lugano vs FC ST. Gallen head-to-head record