At halftime, St. Gallen were leading 2-0, seemingly comfortably, thanks to goals from Albert Vallci and Willem Geubbels. But Lucerne did not give up, and scored a goal through Thibault Klidjé at the start of the second half, and then pushed for an equalizer. Substitute Kevin Spadanuda scored in the 80th minute. Captain Pius Dorn turned the game around completely with his long-range goal two minutes before the end of regular time.
There was no winner in the Letzigrund. Grasshoppers took the lead in the 23rd minute through new signing Mathieu Choinière. Servette turned the game around before the half-time whistle with goals from Dereck Kutesa and Usman Simbakoli. Young-Jun Lee secured the point for GC with his goal in the 54th minute.
Results and table:
Saturday: Grasshoppers – Servette 2:2 (1:2). St. Gallen – Lucerne 2:3 (2:0). Basel – Zurich 8.30 p.m. – Sunday: Lausanne-Sport – Yverdon 2.15 p.m. Sion – Lugano 4.30 p.m. Winterthur – Young Boys 4.30 p.m.
1. Lucerne 7/14 (14:9). 2. Lugano 6/13 (12:8). 3. Servette 7/13 (12:15). 4. Zurich 5/11 (11:5). 5. Basel 6/10 (15:6). 6. St. Gallen 6/10 (12:8). 7. Sion 6/10 (10:6). 8. Yverdon 6/5 (6:10). 9. Grasshoppers 7/5 (9:13). 10. Lausanne-Sport 6/4 (8:15). 11. Winterthur 6/4 (3:10). 12. Young Boys 6/3 (7:14).
