First defeat for St. Gallen

It was already injury time when referee Lionel Tschudi was called to the video screen. Stefan Knezevic had held Lukas Görtler in the penalty area and the contact was subsequently penalized with a penalty. Christian Witzig, who was making his comeback from injury, stepped up - and failed. Lucerne's Pascal Loretz, who had already caught the eye with strong saves, guessed the right corner.

It was the dramatic climax to a thrilling game in which the only goal had already been scored in the 3rd minute. Matteo Di Giusto dribbled into the penalty area and saw his shot land in the net via the legs of St. Gallen's Behar Neziri.

St. Gallen did their best to respond to the early shock. In the second half in particular, the home team repeatedly made dangerous runs into the opposition penalty area. However, both Alessandro Vogt and Aliou Baldé failed to beat Loretz. And once the Lucerne goalkeeper was beaten, defender Adrian Bajrami made a spectacular save in front of the line.

After scoring eleven goals in the first three games, St. Gallen remained goalless this time. As a result, the team from eastern Switzerland failed to draw level with Thun at the top of the table. Lucerne, on the other hand, were delighted with their second win in their second away game after two home appearances with just one point.

Telegram and table

St.Gallen - Lucerne 0:1 (0:1)

19'359 spectators. - SR Tschudi. - Goal: 3rd Neziri (own goal) 0:1.

St.Gallen: Zigi; May, Gaal, Stanic; Neziri; Vandermersch, Görtler, Boukhalfa (72. Konietzke), Okoroji (64. E. Owusu); Vogt (72. Vladi), Balde (72. Witzig).

Luzern: Loretz; Dorn, Knezevic, Bajrami, Ciganiks; T. Owusu (82. Winkler), Abe; von Moos (70. Lucas Ferreira), Di Giusto (82. Ottiger), Spadanuda (75. Karweina); Grbic.

Remarks: 96. Loretz saves penalty from Witzig. Cautions: 52nd Loretz, 66th Stanic, 66th von Moos, 67th Ciganiks, 77th T. Owusu, 80th Vandermersch, 94th Knezevic.

Ranking: 1. Thun 4/12 (10:3). 2. St. Gallen 4/9 (11:3). 3. Sion 3/7 (7:2). 4. Lucerne 4/7 (6:5). 5. Basel 4/6 (8:7). 6. Young Boys 4/5 (5:6). 7. Zurich 4/4 (5:9). 8. Lausanne-Sport 3/3 (5:6). 9. Lugano 3/3 (4:7). 10. Grasshoppers 4/2 (6:8). 11. Winterthur 4/2 (5:11). 12. Servette 3/1 (3:8).