SION. Basel beat Sion to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Basel to strike first with a goal of Andi Zeqiri at the 17′. Then D. Ndoye scored again for Basel in the 40′ minute. Eventually, Giovanni Sio reduced the distance for Sion (45′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Stade de Tourbillon stadium in Sion on Thursday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Lukas Fähndrich with the assistance of Sladan Josipovic and Guillaume Maire. The 4th official was Tobias Thies. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.7 degrees Celsius or 61.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Sion was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Basel that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sion had a more offensive attitude with 86 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Basel succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Sion shot 14 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Basel shot 11 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Sion received 3 yellow cards (Kevin Bua, Baltazar and Musa Araz). On the opposite side, Basel received 3 yellow cards (Heiko Vogel, Andy Pelmard and Sergio López).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Sion will stay with 30 points to sit in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Basel will have 39 points to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Sion will host Luzern on the 25th of May with a 28-16 head to head statistic in favor of Sion (23 draws).
Basel will play away agasint Servette on the 25th of May with a 12-4 head to head statistic in favor of Basel (7 draws).
Sion – Formation
Sion
29'
56'
45'
Sion started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager David Bettoni decided to play with the following team: Kevin Fickentscher , Dimitri Cavaré , Joel Schmied , Nathanaël Saintini , Baltazar , Numa Lavanchy , Denis Will Poha , Musa Araz , Kevin Bua , Yassin Fortune and Giovanni Sio .
The home team had on the bench: Gaetan Karlen, Ylyas Chouaref , Reto Ziegler, Alexandros Safarikas, Dennis Iapichino, Kevin Halabaku, Luca Zuffi and Anto Grgić .
Sion could not rely on the presence of Anto Grgic (injured) and Luca Zuffi (injured).
Substitutions
Sion made 3 changes: Dimitri Cavaré for Anto Grgic (29′), Denis Will Poha for Luca Zuffi (60′) and Yassin Fortune for Ylyas Chouaref (72′).
Best player: Giovanni Sio
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sion was Giovanni Sio.
His rating is with 1 goal, 19 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 6.
Basel – Formation
Basel
Basel started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Heiko Vogel played with: Marwin Hitz , Michael Lang , Kasim Adams , Andy Pelmard , Dan Ndoye , Taulant Xhaka , Wouter Burger , Liam Millar , Andy Diouf , Zeki Amdouni and Andi Zeqiri .
They had on the bench: Mirko Salvi , Anton Kade, Bradley Fink, Emmanuel Essiam, Sergio López , Hugo Novoa Ramos, Hugo Vogel, Adriano Onyegbule and Riccardo Calafiori .
Substitutions
Basel made 4 changes: Marwin Hitz for Mirko Salvi (46′), Andy Pelmard for Riccardo Calafiori (66′), L. Millar for Sergio López (74′) and Andi Zeqiri for Bradley Fink (87′).
Best player: Dan Ndoye
The player that probably impressed the most for Basel was Dan Ndoye.
His rating is with 1 goal, 35 passes (68% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 15 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
