FC Lugano, Club Brugge's next opponent in the Conference League, went down 0-1 against Servette Genève in the Swiss league. Besiktas and Bodø/Glimt were both able to win.
FC Lugano - Servette Genève 0-1
FC Lugano went down 0-1 at home against Servette Genève. Because of this defeat, Lugano is currently in fourth place in the Swiss league, 7 points behind leader FC Zurich. Coach Croci-Tori's team did play one less match. Servette, trained by former Anderlecht coach René Weiler, took the lead in the 38th minute thanks to a goal by Crivelli on an assist by Antunes. Despite several substitutions and despite a lot of ball possession, FC Lugano could not turn the tide. (EV)
FC Lugano: Saipi (60' Deana), Arigoni (52' Espinoza), Mai, El Wafi, Marques, Belhadj (76' Babic), Grgic (61' Cimignani), Bislimi (61' Macek), Steffen, Celar, Aliseda.
Goal: 38' Crivelli (0-1).
Besiktas - Istanbulspor 2-0
In a derby against Istanbulspor, Besiktas easily took the win against Istanbulspor after an early goal by Aboubakar and a late penalty kick by Ghezzal. The home team shot fluently right from the start and were rewarded for their initiative by a goal from Aboubakar on an assist from Ucan. The signal for Besiktas to push on, but both Oxlade-Chamberlain and Aboubakar were unable to double the score.
After the break, the same pattern of play prevailed with a dominant Besiktas against a lackluster Istanbulspor. However, the home team failed to deepen the score, again Aboubakar and Cenk Tosun found Jensen in their path. Just before the whistle, Ghezzal doubled the score from the penalty spot after a Sarikaya foul on Tosun. (KV)
Besiktas: Destanoglu, Rosier, Amartey, Bailly (30' Uysal), Zaynutdinov, Hadziahmetovic (57' Bingol), Ucan (72' Tiknaz), Ghezzal, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Muleka (72' Bulut), Aboubakar (72' Tosun).
Goals: 6'Aboubakar (1-0), 90' Ghezzal (pen, 2-0).
Molde - Bodø/Glimt 1-3
Sunday night Bodø/Glimt won 1-3 on home turf at Molde. Ulrik Saltnes, an owngoal and Tobias Gulliksen provided the visitors' three goals. It could have been a wider win as two penalty kicks were not converted by Bodø.
The visitors opened the scoring on a corner kick: Urik Saltnes kicked the leather high into goal. However, Molde immediately equalized through a clever header goal by Grodem. But just before halftime Bodø took the lead again, again through a corner kick and an owngoal by Breivik. The Molde player deviated the leather at the first post and saw the ball roll into goal.
Tobias Gulliksen provided a dream start in the second half with Glimt's third goal on a counter. It was the goalkeepers who claimed a starring role in the second half. First Nikita Haikin saved a penalty kick by Breivik, but his colleague on the opposite side did better and even stopped two. Both Grønbæk and Moumbagna were unable to convert their eleven-meters. No more goals fell in Molde. Thanks to this victory, Bodø/Glimt strengthens its lead in the Norwegian league. It is already three points ahead of first pursuer Viking FK. (KN)
Bodø/Glimt: Nikita Haikin - Frederik Bjørkan (88' Adam Sørensen), Odin Bjørtuft, Brede Moe, Fredrik Sjøvold (90' Daniel Bassi) - Ulrik Saltnes, Patrick Berg, Sondre Fet (88' Nino Zugelj) - Albert Grønbæk, Faris Moumbagna (90' Oscar Kapskarmo), Tobias Gulliksen (72' Brice Wembangomo).
Goals: 26' Saltnes (0-1), 30' Grodem (1-1), 43' Breivik (1-2, owngoal), 48' Gulliksen (1-3).