Okoroji scores twice Basel too harmless: St. Gallen secure a commanding home win

After two wins in a row, FC Basel suffered a bitter setback. It clearly loses the chasing duel in St. Gallen. The eastern Swiss celebrated an unexpected double goal scorer.

FC St. Gallen decided the game within the first half hour and impressively proved that they are the Super League's number two behind the designated champions Thun. Surprisingly, Chima Okoroji was mainly responsible for the early fireworks of the eastern Swiss in their own stadium. The 28-year-old defensive player shone with two goals, a volley (9th) and a direct free kick (15th).

Just a few minutes before his double strike, Okoroji had been honored for 100 games with FC St. Gallen. In the more than two and a half years that the German has been playing for the Green-Whites, these were the first two goals he has scored. Both worth seeing and both brutal blows to FC Basel, who never recovered. The crossbar and goalkeeper Marwin Hitz prevented Carlo Boukhalfa (29) from scoring for FCSG.

FCB coach Stephan Lichtsteiner, who was without the injured Xherdan Shaqiri, made the first two changes at the break and the next two after an hour. The performance of the Swiss champions and cup winners improved somewhat, but was never so good and compelling that it could have given hope of a turnaround. The closest Basel came to scoring was when substitute Albian Ajeti hit the crossbar in the 80th minute.

St. Gallen, who were regularly dangerous in front of Hitz throughout the game, never let the game out of their hands even after the break and are now in 2nd place with reserves. Lugano are five points behind, while FC Basel are now eight points behind.

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St.Gallen - Basel 3:0 (3:0)

19'115 spectators. - SR Schnyder.

Goals: 9. Okoroji 1:0. 15. Okoroji 2:0. 29. Boukhalfa 3:0.

St.Gallen: Zigi; Gaal, Stanic (73. Kleine-Bekel), Okoroji; Vandermersch, Görtler (73. Stevanovic), Daschner, Boukhalfa (76. Konietzke), Witzig; Vogt (63. Ouattara), Besio (72. Scherrer).

Basel: Hitz; Rüegg, Omeragic, Vouilloz, Cissé (46. Schmid); Bacanin, Metinho, Leroy (58. Kacuri); Duranville (73. Soticek), Koloto (58. Ajeti), Traoré (46. Salah).

Remarks: Cautions: 61st Stanic.

FC St.Gallen

Completed

3:0

(3:0)

FC Basel

• Chima Okoroji - 1:0 (9.)
• Chima Okoroji - 2:0 (15.)
• Carlo Boukhalfa - 3:0 (29.)

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81.
Ajeti hits the crossbar
31.
Vandermersch curls the ball against the crossbar
29.
Boukhalfa with the third FCSG goal
15.
Okoroji with a great free kick to make it 2:0
9.
Okoroji puts St.Gallen in front
4.
Daschner's cross hits the crossbar
90.+4.
End of 2nd half
76.
Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Corsin Konietzke
Midfielder
76.
Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Carlo Boukhalfa
Midfielder
73.
Substitution in FC Basel
Marin Soticek
Striker
73.
Substitution out FC Basel
Julien Duranville
Midfielder
72.
Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Mihailo Stevanovic
Midfielder
72.
Substitution out FC St.Gallen

Lukas Görtler
Midfielder
72.
Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Colin Kleine-Bekel
Defender
72.
Substitution out FC St.Gallen

Jozo Stanic
Defender
72.
Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Nevio Scherrer
Striker
72.
Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Diego Besio
Striker
63.
Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Tiemoko Ouattara
Striker
63.
Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Alessandro Vogt
Striker
61.
Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Jozo Stanic
58.
Substitution in FC Basel

Albian Ajeti
Striker
58.
Substitution out FC Basel
Giacomo Koloto
Striker
58.
Substitution in FC Basel
Dion Kacuri
Midfielder
58.
Substitution out FC Basel

Leo Leroy
Midfielder
46.
Substitution in FC Basel
Ibrahim Salah
Striker
46.
Substitution out FC Basel
Bénie Traoré
Midfielder
46.
Substitution in FC Basel
Dominik Schmid
Midfielder
46.
Substitution out FC Basel
Moussa Cissé
Defender
46.
Kick-off 2nd half
45.+2.
End of 1st half
29.
Goal for FC St.Gallen, 3:0 through Carlo Boukhalfa
Carlo Boukhalfa
Midfielder
15.
Goal for FC St.Gallen, 2:0 through Chima Okoroji
Chima Okoroji
Defender
9.
Goal for FC St.Gallen, 1:0 through Chima Okoroji
Chima Okoroji
Defender
1.
Start of the match