First win in 20 years Görtler ends St.Gallen's Wankdorf curse with winning goal in the 87th minute

FC St.Gallen have not won away at YB since March 2005. After 20 years, this curse is now over. In a wild final phase, captain Görtler scores the Espen to victory in the Wankdorf.

March 20, 2005, the date on which St.Gallen celebrated their last victory in Bern with a 3:2 win. The eastern Swiss lost all of their last nine away games against YB, conceding 25 goals in the process. This negative streak has now come to an end.

Lukas Görtler scored the winner for the visitors in the 87th minute with a shot from the edge of the penalty area. The St. Gallen captain, who had missed the previous match due to injury, scored just two minutes after substitute Chris Bedia had made it 1-1, scoring for the sixth time in the current championship from virtually the same position as Görtler.

Tom Gaal made it 1-0 for St. Gallen in the 55th minute, scoring from close range after a cross-field pass from Christian Witzig. The 24-year-old German defender, who joined coach Enrico Maassen's team from Ulm this season, scored for the first time in his eleventh game for his new team. This ended a run of two defeats for the third-placed team from eastern Switzerland.

The Young Boys did not produce enough overall, which is why the Bernese fans kept whistling. In addition, Christian Fassnacht failed to beat St. Gallen keeper Lawrence Ati Zigi with a penalty in the 16th minute. As a result, YB lost a home game for the first time since September 28, 2024 (0:1 against GC). There have since been 16 wins and three draws in front of a home crowd.

With the 2-1 defeat, Young Boys failed to make amends for the 5-0 defeat in Lausanne before the national team break. The last time Bern lost two games in a row in the Super League, coach Patrick Rahmen had to go. That was on October 8, 2024. Will Giorgio Contini suffer the same fate? In any case, the air is getting thinner and thinner for him.

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Young Boys - St.Gallen 1:2 (0:0)

31'500 spectators. - SR San. - Goals: 56. Gaal (Witzig) 0:1. 85. Bedia (Hadjam) 1:1. 87. Görtler (Okoroji) 1:2.

Young Boys: Keller; Janko (75. Andrews), Zoukrou, Benito, Hadjam; Raveloson, Fernandes; Males (65. Virginius), Gigovic (81. Tsimba), Fassnacht (65. Monteiro); Córdova (65. Bedia).

St.Gallen: Zigi; May, Gaal, Stanic; Neziri; Witzig (86. Ruiz), Görtler, Boukhalfa, Okoroji; Vogt (74. Efekele), Balde (79. Vladi).

Remarks: 16. Zigi saves Fassnacht's penalty. Cautions: 15 Neziri, 51 Görtler, 59 Okoroji, 68 May, 79 Balde, 86 Bedia, 92 Hadjam.

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BSC Young Boys

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FC St.Gallen

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• Chris Bedia - 1:1 (85.)
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• (56.) 0:1 - Tom Gaal
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• (87.) 1:2 - Lukas Görtler

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87.
85.
72.
56.
16.
90.+7.
End of 2nd half
90.+2.
Yellow card BSC Young Boys
Jaouen Hadjam
87.
Goal for FC St.Gallen, 1:2 through Lukas Görtler (Chima Okoroji)

Lukas Görtler
Midfielder
Assist: Chima Okoroji
Midfielder
86.
Yellow card BSC Young Boys
Chris Bedia
86.
Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Joel Ruiz
Defender
86.
Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Christian Witzig
Midfielder
85.
Goal for BSC Young Boys, 1:1 through Chris Bedia (Jaouen Hadjam)

Chris Bedia
Striker
Assist: Jaouen Hadjam
Defender
81.
Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Felix Tsimba
Striker
81.
Substitution out BSC Young Boys
Armin Gigovic
Striker
79.
Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Shkelqim Vladi
Striker
79.
Substitution out FC St.Gallen

Aliou Baldé
Striker
79.
Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Aliou Baldé
75.
Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Ryan Andrews
Defender
75.
Substitution out BSC Young Boys

Saidy Janko
Defender
74.
Substitution in FC St.Gallen

Malamine Efekele
Striker
74.
Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Alessandro Vogt
Striker
68.
Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Cyrill May
66.
Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Joël Monteiro
Striker
66.
Substitution out BSC Young Boys

Christian Fassnacht
Midfielder
65.
Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Alan Virginius
Striker
65.
Substitution out BSC Young Boys
Darian Males
Midfielder
65.
Substitution in BSC Young Boys

Chris Bedia
Striker
65.
Substitution out BSC Young Boys

Sergio Córdova
Striker
59.
Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Chima Okoroji
56.
Goal for FC St.Gallen, 0:1 through Tom Gaal (Christian Witzig)
Tom Gaal
Defender
Assist: Christian Witzig
Midfielder
51.
Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Lukas Görtler
46.
Kick-off 2nd half
45.+4.
End of 1st half
16.
BSC Young Boys misses penalty

Christian Fassnacht
Midfielder
15.
Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Behar Neziri
1.
Start of the match

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