SAVIèSE. Lugano and Sion draw 1-1. O. Doumbia scored the first goal (34′) for Lugano. G. Sio equalized (66′). Lugano was decisively better in terms of ball possession (61%)
The match was played at the Stade St-Germain nouveau stadium in Savièse on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Urs Schnyder who was helped by Marco Zürcher and Benjamin Zürcher. The 4th official was David Huwiler. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.6 degrees Celsius or 43.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lugano had a superior ball possession 61% while Sion was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lugano had a more offensive attitude with 79 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Lugano to win the match.
Sion shot 10 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Lugano shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Sion received 2 yellow cards (Denis Will Poha and I. Chouaref). Talking about the opposition, Lugano received 3 yellow cards (Renato Steffen, Kreshnik Hajrizi and Milton Valenzuela ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Sion will have 23 points like Winterthur to sit in the 9th place. On the other side, Lugano will have 31 points to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Sion will host Servette on the 8th of April with a 8-7 head to head record in favor of Sion (9 draws).
Lugano will host St. Gallen on the 10th of April with a 14-10 head to head statistic in favor of Lugano (6 draws).
Sion – Formation
Sion started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Fabio Celestini decided to play with the following team: Heinz Lindner
, Numa Lavanchy , Nathanaël Saintini , Reto Ziegler , Dennis Iapichino , Anto Grgić , Wylan Cyprien , Musa Araz , Itaitinga , Mario Balotelli and Kevin Halabaku .The home team had on the bench: Ylyas Chouaref
, Baltazar Costa Rodrigues de Oliveira, Luca Zuffi , Kevin Fickentscher, Kevin Bua, Denis Will Poha , Joël Schmied, Gaëtan Karlen and Giovanni Sio .Substitutions
Sion made 5 changes: Itaitinga for Ylyas Chouaref (46′), Mario Balotelli for Giovanni Sio (46′), Wylan Cyprien for Denis Will Poha (46′), Anto Grgic for Luca Zuffi (61′) and Kevin Halabaku for Kevin Bua (83′).
Best player: Numa Lavanchy
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sion was Numa Lavanchy.
His rating is
with 17 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 3.Lugano – Formation
Lugano started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Mattia Croci-Torti played with: Amir Saipi
, Kreshnik Hajrizi , Fabio Daprelà , Albian Hajdari , Jhon Espinoza , Ousmane Doumbia , Jonathan Sabbatini , Milton Valenzuela , Uran Bislimi , Mohamed El Amine Amoura and Renato Steffen .They had on the bench: Ignacio Aliseda
, Mattia Bottani, Mickaël Facchinetti, Roman Macek , Lars Lukas Mai , Chinwendu Johan Nkama, Boris Babić and Sebastian Ogenna Osigwe.Substitutions
Lugano made 4 changes: J. Espinoza for Roman Macek (61′), Mohamed Amoura for Boris Babic (73′), Uran Bislimi for Ignacio Aliseda (73′) and Kreshnik Hajrizi for Lars Lukas Mai (82′).
Best player: Ousmane Doumbia
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lugano was Ousmane Doumbia.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 54 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Zürich – Servette – 1-1
- St. Gallen – Grasshopper – 1-1
- Sion – Lugano – 1-1