FC St.Gallen experienced a good and a bad half against Servette, but after a weak second half and a red card in the closing stages, they managed to salvage a point.
Shortly before the final whistle, Dereck Kutesa had the winning goal for the visitors on his feet, but missed from an acute angle. It would have been a not undeserved reward after Servette had shown an improved performance in the second half.
Miroslav Stevanovic equalized less than a minute into the second half. The eastern Swiss side, who had taken the lead in the 21st minute with a header from Lukas Görtler, seemed to run out of steam as the game wore on. Possibly a consequence of the away game in the Conference League in Belgium on Thursday.
In the 81st minute, St.Gallen's Hugo Vandermersch was sent off with a second yellow card, prompting the eastern Swiss to concentrate on defending the draw. They did so with difficulty. Servette thus remain one point behind Lucerne, Zurich and Lugano, while St.Gallen are four points off the top three.
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St.Gallen - Servette 1:1 (1:0)
18'380 spectators. - SR Horisberger. - Goals: 21. Görtler (Quintillà) 1:0. 46. Mir. Stevanovic (Mazikou) 1:1.
St.Gallen: Zigi; Vandermersch, Ambrosius, Stanic (46. Diaby), Yannick (72. Faber); Görtler (66. Mih. Stevanovic), Quintillà, Witzig; Toma (66. Csoboth); Geubbels, Mambimbi (66. Milosevic).
Servette: Frick; Tsunemoto, Rouiller, Severin, Mazikou; Cognat, Douline; Mir. Stevanovic (71. von Moos), Antunes (89. Simbakoli), Kutesa; Guillemenot (46. Crivelli).
Remarks: 81st yellow-red card against Vandermersch. Cautions: 48 Ambrosius, 60 Vandermersch, 77 Csoboth, 79 Tsunemoto.
Man of the Match: Dereck Kutesa (Servette)
St.Gallen are overwhelmed by him. Almost everything in Geneva's attacking play goes through him. He could have been rewarded several times.
The live ticker for review
FC St.Gallen
Servette FC
- Lukas Görtler - 1:0 (21.)
- (46.) 1:1 - Miroslav Stevanovic
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Liveticker
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Liveticker closed
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46.
Servette equalize 30 seconds after the restart
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21.
Görtler heads St.Gallen into the lead
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17.
Zigi saves against Guillemenot
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90.+5.End of 2nd half
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89.Substitution in Servette FC
Mamadou Usman Simbakoli
Striker
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89.Substitution out Servette FC
Alexis Antunes
Midfielder
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81.Red card FC St.Gallen (as a result of two yellow cards)
Hugo Vandermersch
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79.Yellow card Servette FC
Keigo Tsunemoto
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77.Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Kevin Csoboth
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72.Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Konrad Faber
Defender
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72.Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Yannick Noah
Defender
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71.Substitution in Servette FC
Julian von Moos
Striker
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71.Substitution out Servette FC
Miroslav Stevanovic
Midfielder
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66.Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Jovan Milosevic
Striker
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66.Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Felix Mambimbi
Striker
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66.Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Kevin Csoboth
Striker
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66.Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Bastien Toma
Midfielder
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66.Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Mihailo Stevanovic
Midfielder
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66.Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Lukas Görtler
Midfielder
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60.Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Hugo Vandermersch
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48.Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Stephan Ambrosius
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46.Substitution in Servette FC
Enzo Crivelli
Striker
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46.Substitution out Servette FC
Jeremy Guillemenot
Striker
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46.Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Abdoulaye Diaby
Defender
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46.Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Jozo Stanic
Defender
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46.Goal for Servette FC, 1:1 through Miroslav Stevanovic (Bradley Mazikou)
Miroslav Stevanovic
Midfielder
Assist: Bradley Mazikou
Defender
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46.Kick-off 2nd half
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45.+2.End of 1st half
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21.Goal for FC St.Gallen, 1:0 through Lukas Görtler (Jordi Quintillà)
Lukas Görtler
Midfielder
Assist: Jordi Quintillà
Midfielder
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1.Start of the match