CAROUGE. Sion overcome Servette to win 2-1. A goal from G. Kyei was decisive in the 90min. It was Sion to strike first with an early goal of F. Stojilkovic at the 4′. Then V. Sasso scored again for Sion in the 58′ minute with an own goal. Eventually, G. Kyei reduced the distance for Servette with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​ Servette was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (68%).​

The match was played at the Stade de Genève stadium in Carouge on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Sandro Schärer who had the assistance of Bekim Zogaj and Remy Zgraggen. The 4th official was Anojen Kanagasingam. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 12.3 degrees Celsius or 54.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Servette had a superior ball possession 68% while Sion was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Servette was more aggressive with 116 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Sion was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Servette shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sion shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Servette received 1 yellow card (S. Rouiller). Talking about the opposition, Sion received 2 yellow cards (D. Cavare and G. Karlen).

Standings

After playing this match, Servette will stay with 12 points like Sion to stay in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Sion will have 12 points like Servette to stay in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Servette will play away with Lugano on the 31st of October with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Lugano (5 draws).

Sion will host Grasshopper on the 31st of October with a 19-19 head to head stats.

Servette – Formation

Servette started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Alain Geiger decided to play with the following team: Jeremy Frick (6.1), Anthony Sauthier (6.2), Steve Rouiller (6.8), Vincent Sasso (6.3), Gaël Clichy (7.8), David Douline (7.0), Theo Valls (7.4), Miroslav Stevanović (7.4), Kastriot Imeri (7.6), Ronny Rodelin (6.8) and Alex Schalk (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Edin Omeragic, Alexis Antunes (6.7), Nicolas Vouilloz (6.4), Yoan Severin, Papu Mendes (6.2), Moussa Diallo (6.1), Grejohn Kyei (7.3), Ricardo Azevedo and Roggerio Nyakossi.

Servette could not rely on the presence of M. Diallo (injured) and A. Antunes (injured).

Substitutions

Servette made 5 changes: A. Sauthier for M. Diallo (40′), D. Douline for G. Kyei (46′), A. Schalk for A. Antunes (70′), R. Rodelin for P. Mendes (84′) and S. Rouiller for N. Vouilloz (84′).

Best player: Gaël Clichy​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Servette was Gaël Clichy.

His rating is (7.8) with 81 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 8 crosses.

Sion – Formation

Sion started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the opposite side, Paolo Tramezzani played with: Kevin Fickentscher (7.9), Dimitri Cavaré (7.1), Nathanaël Saintini (7.7), Birama Ndoye (7.7), Marquinhos Cipriano (7.2), Baltazar (6.5), Luca Zuffi (7.3), Anto Grgić (6.8), Matteo Tosetti (6.8), Filip Stojilković (6.9) and Itaitinga (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: Wesley (6.3), Vagner Dias, Joel Schmied, Timothy Fayulu, Kevin Bua, Serey Dié (6.3), Gaetan Karlen (6.2), Adryan (6.6) and Sandro Theler.

Substitutions

Sion made 4 changes: M. Tosetti for Wesley (70′), Itaitinga for Serey Die (75′), L. Zuffi for G. Karlen (75′) and F. Stojilkovic for Adryan (86′).

Best player: Kevin Fickentscher​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sion was the goalkeeper: Kevin Fickentscher. His rating is 7.85. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​

• Basel – Lugano – 2-0
• Luzern – St. Gallen – 2-0
• Servette – Sion – 1-2