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FC Lugano
Conference League
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3 - 2
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Red Star
FC Lugano vs Red Star: match report
FC Lugano hosted Red Star Belgrade at AIL Arena on Thursday 15 October 2026, in the Conference League (round 1). FC Lugano are without 1 player (Mattia Zanotti); Red Star have no reported absences. Florian Badstübner is the referee, averaging 2.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.
Result and scorers
FC Lugano 3-2 Red Star. Goals: Albian Ajeti 25' for FC Lugano; Timi Elsnik 32' for Red Star; Rade Krunic 67' for Red Star; Dereck Moncada 84' for FC Lugano; Anto Grgic 90' (pen) for FC Lugano.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 25' Goal: Albian Ajeti (FC Lugano) 1-0
- 32' Goal: Timi Elsnik (Red Star) 1-1
- 33' Yellow card: Vasilije Kostov (Red Star)
- 53' Yellow card: Renato Steffen (FC Lugano)
- 55' Yellow card: Lukas Mai (FC Lugano)
- 67' Goal: Rade Krunic (Red Star) 1-2
- 82' Yellow card: Stefan Gudelj (Red Star)
- 84' Goal: Dereck Moncada (FC Lugano) 2-2
- 88' Yellow card: Mahmudu Bajo (Red Star)
- 90' Penalty: Anto Grgic (FC Lugano) 3-2
- 90'+4' Yellow card: Matej Gashtarov (Red Star)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 41.4% | Possession | 58.6% |
| 18 | Shots | 20 |
| 5 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 5 | Corners | 3 |
| 9 | Fouls | 11 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
FC Lugano 3-4-2-1
Coach: Mattia Croci-Torti
- 16 David von Ballmoos GK
- 6 Antonios Papadopoulos DEF
- 17 Lars Lukas Mai DEF
- 3 Hannes Delcroix DEF
- 2 Behruzjon Karimov MID
- 25 Uran Bislimi MID
- 8 Anto Grgic MID
- 21 Yanis Cimignani MID
- 11 Renato Steffen FWD
- 27 Daniel Dos Santos MID
- 9 Albian Ajeti FWD
Bench
- 24 Elias Pihlström FWD
- 91 Kevin Behrens FWD
- 30 Dereck Moncada FWD
- 7 Ezgjan Alioski DEF
- 22 Beckham Castro FWD
- 99 Diego Mina GK
- 28 Felix Gebhardt GK
- 4 Damian Kelvin DEF
- 26 Martim Marques DEF
- 14 Ahmed Kendouci MID
Red Star 5-4-1
Coach: Albert Riera
- 1 Matheus GK
- 60 Matej Gashtarov MID
- 45 Stefan Gudelj DEF
- 3 Yuta Nakayama DEF
- 37 Vladimir Lučić FWD
- 23 Mihailo Ristić DEF
- 21 Timi Elšnik MID
- 20 Tomás Händel MID
- 33 Rade Krunić MID
- 22 Vasilije Kostov MID
- 9 Bamba Dieng FWD
Bench
- 70 Muhammed Cham MID
- 27 Matej Strika DEF
- 8 Kristiyan Balov FWD
- 6 Mahmudu Bajo MID
- 7 Marko Arnautović FWD
- 77 Ivan Guteša GK
- 50 Savo Radanović GK
- 30 Franklin Uchenna DEF
- 13 Miloš Veljković DEF
- 19 Ye-Geon Kim MID
- 55 Dimitrije Šarić FWD
Injuries and suspensions
FC Lugano
- Mattia Zanotti suspension, back Mid October 2026
Red Star
No reported absences.