FCB now 13 points behind Zurich
Super League – FCZ is the superior team in the classic against FC Basel in front of more than 21,000 spectators in the Letzigrund. With a 4:2 victory is rather too close.
After Guillermo Abascal’s failed debut as interim head coach, the title contenders from Basel are 13 points behind FCZ. The Young Boys are the only first pursuers with ten points.
The consistency of coach André Breitenreiter’s team is impressive. Under the leadership of the successful German, Zurich have not lost 15 championship games in the series. First of all – in the transition between the championship seasons 2005/06 and 2006/07 under Lucien Favre – the Zurich team remained undefeated in the Super League. At that time there were 28 games in a row.
FCSG in high
FC St. Gallen remains the team of the moment. Eastern Switzerland also defeated the Grasshoppers 2-0, against whom they had lost 5-2 and 4-0 in the autumn. The five results before and after the winter break best reflect the increase in Eastern Switzerland, who have been reinforced with new players: they lost four times in late autumn and drew once. Since the beginning of the second half of the season, they have won four times, also with a draw.
Lucerne settles down
FC Luzern was able to score three extremely important points. Central Switzerland won 2-1 in Lausanne thanks in part to a very early goal by Asumah Abubakar. The difference between the last two in the table is now six points, the Vaudois are threatened with a return to the Challenge League after two seasons in the upper house.
Results Saturday: Young Boys – Sion 3:1 (1:0). Lugano 2-0 Servette (1-0). – Sunday: St. Gallen – locusts 2: 0 (1: 0). Lausanne Sport – Lucerne 1: 2 (0: 1). Zurich – Basel 4: 2 (2: 1).
Ranking: 1. Zurich 23/53 (55:30). 2. Boys 23/43 (55:29). 3. Basel 23/40 (50:29). 4. Lugano 23/36 (29:31). 5. St Gallen 23/29 (39:44). 6. Napkin 23/29 (35:42). 7. Locusts 23/27 (37:35). 8. Numbers 23/26 (31:43). 9. Lucerne 23/18 (25:43). 10th Lausanne Sport 23.12. (20:50).