Video highlights Lucerne beat St.Gallen and get back in the title fight

Jan Arnet

2.2.2025

Lucerne keep pace with leaders Lugano in the Super League. The club from central Switzerland won 2-0 at home against St. Gallen without youngster Luca Jaquez, who was willing to transfer.

Adrian Grbic, who scored twice in the 3-1 win against FC Zurich a week ago, finished off a Lucerne counter-attack in the 41st minute after a perfect assist from Thibault Klidjé. A second goal from Stefan Knezevic before the break was disallowed for offside, but Tyron Owusu made it 2-0 in the 85th minute. It was the 21-year-old's first goal in the Super League.

Luca Jaquez was missing from the Lucerne squad due to "transfer talks", as coach Mario Frick confirmed before the match. According to media reports, a transfer of the 21-year-old to Lille in Ligue 1 is imminent. In Jaquez's place in central defense, 20-year-old Bung Hua Freimann made his starting eleven debut alongside Knezevic, who was substituted at half-time with an injury.

St. Gallen's new signing Jean-Pierre Nsame was also unable to prevent the eastern Swiss side's second defeat against Luzern after squandering a 2-0 lead in September (2:3). The three-time Super League top scorer, who is under contract with Como and returned to Switzerland from a loan spell in Poland, remained inconspicuous after coming on as a substitute in the 57th minute.

Meanwhile, Chadrac Akolo is set to leave the club. The five-time St. Gallen goalscorer of the season was not on the match sheet at the start of an English Super League week.

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Man of the Match: Tyron Owusu

He decided the game in his Lucerne side's favor with his first ever Super League goal. The home-grown player from Lucerne's youth academy also attracted attention with a combative performance and was celebrated by the fans after the game.

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Lucerne - St.Gallen 2:0 (1:0)

14'360 spectators. - SR Cibelli. - Goals: 41st Grbic (Klidje) 1:0. 85th Owusu (Dorn) 2:0.

Luzern: Loretz; Dorn, Knezevic (46. Löfgren), Freimann, Ciganiks; Stankovic; Owusu, Rrudhani (80. Karweina), Winkler; Klidje (80. Chader), Grbic (80. Villiger).

St.Gallen: Zigi; Vandermersch, Ambrosius, Stanic, Okoroji; Toma (57. Nsame), Görtler (68. Fazliji), Stevanovic, Csoboth (57. Mambimbi); Witzig (82. Faber); Geubbels (68. Cissé).

Remarks: Luzern without Jaquez (before transfer). 57. debut of Nsame for St. Gallen. Cautions: 29th Toma, 45th Stanic, 79th Rrudhani, 94th Dorn.


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FC Luzern

Completed
2:0
(1:0)

FC St.Gallen

  • Adrian Grbic - 1:0 (41.)
  • Tyron Owusu - 2:0 (85.)
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  • 85.

    Owusu with the 2:0 for FCL

  • 63.

    Rrudhani just misses the 2:0

  • 45.

    Luck for St.Gallen: Second Luzern goal does not count

  • 41.

    Grbic scores to give FCL the lead

  • 28.

    Grbic misses the first chance

  • 0.

    Frick: "It's great that Nsame is back in the Super League"

  • 90.+5.
    End of 2nd half
  • 90.+4.
    Yellow card FC Luzern

    Pius Dorn

  • 85.
    Goal for FC Luzern, 2:0 through Tyron Owusu (Pius Dorn)

    Tyron Owusu

    Midfielder

    Assist: Pius Dorn

    Defender

  • 82.
    Substitution in FC St.Gallen

    Konrad Faber

    Defender

  • 82.
    Substitution out FC St.Gallen

    Christian Witzig

    Midfielder

  • 80.
    Substitution in FC Luzern

    Lars Villiger

    Striker

  • 80.
    Substitution out FC Luzern

    Adrian Grbic

    Striker

  • 80.
    Substitution in FC Luzern

    Sofyan Chader

    Midfielder

  • 80.
    Substitution out FC Luzern

    Thibault Klidje

    Striker

  • 80.
    Substitution in FC Luzern

    Sinan Karweina

    Striker

  • 80.
    Substitution out FC Luzern

    Donat Rrudhani

    Midfielder

  • 79.
    Yellow card FC Luzern

    Donat Rrudhani

  • 68.
    Substitution in FC St.Gallen

    Betim Fazliji

    Midfielder

  • 68.
    Substitution out FC St.Gallen

    Lukas Görtler

    Midfielder

  • 68.
    Substitution in FC St.Gallen

    Moustapha Cissé

    Striker

  • 68.
    Substitution out FC St.Gallen

    Willem Geubbels

    Striker

  • 56.
    Substitution in FC St.Gallen

    Felix Mambimbi

    Striker

  • 56.
    Substitution out FC St.Gallen

    Kevin Csoboth

    Midfielder

  • 56.
    Substitution in FC St.Gallen

    Jean-Pierre Nsame

    Striker

  • 56.
    Substitution out FC St.Gallen

    Bastien Toma

    Midfielder

  • 46.
    Substitution in FC Luzern

    Jesper Löfgren

    Defender

  • 46.
    Substitution out FC Luzern

    Stefan Knezevic

    Defender

  • 46.
    Kick-off 2nd half
  • 45.+7.
    End of 1st half
  • 45.
    Yellow card FC St.Gallen

    Jozo Stanic

  • 41.
    Goal for FC Luzern, 1:0 through Adrian Grbic (Thibault Klidje)

    Adrian Grbic

    Striker

    Assist: Thibault Klidje

    Striker

  • 29.
    Yellow card FC St.Gallen

    Bastien Toma

  • 1.
    Start of the match