Sion steals a 2-1 win against St. Gallen. HIGHLIGHTS

ST. GALLEN. Sion conquered St. Gallen to win 2-1. A goal from G. Karlen was decisive in the 87min.

September 11, 2022

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ST. GALLEN. Sion overcame St. Gallen to win 2-1. A goal from G. Karlen was decisive in the 87min. It was Sion to strike first with a goal of Y. Chouaref at the 18′. Then F. Stojilkovic scored again for Sion in the 29′ minute. Eventually, G. Karlen reduced the distance for St. Gallen (87′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. St. Gallen lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Kybunpark stadium in St. Gallen on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Luca Cibelli assisted by Vital Jobin and Bastien Lengacher. The 4th official was Tobias Thies.

Match Statistics

St. Gallen

1 - 2

Sion

60 Ball Possession 40

Shots

14 Total 14
3 On Target 10
11 Off Target 4
3 Shots blocked 1

140 Attack 96
109 Dangerous attack 53
104 Ball safe 107

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 2

Fouls

12 Total 12
4 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

St. Gallen had a superior ball possession 60% while Sion was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Gallen had a more offensive attitude with 109 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Sion managed to find the solution to win this match.

St. Gallen shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Sion shot 14 times, 10 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

St. Gallen received 4 yellow cards (J. Guillemenot, B. Stillhart, B. Stillhart and L. Gortler). On the other side, Sion received 4 yellow cards (M. Araz, G. Sio, A. Grgic and A. Grgic).

Match Timeline

17'

18'

Ilyas Chouaref(goal)F. Stojilkovic

29'

Isaac Schmidt- sub ->P. Sutter

46'

50'

54'

62'

63'

Kevin Bua- sub ->Y. Chouaref

63'

Grégory Karlen- sub ->E. Latte Lath

69'

72'

Joël Schmied- sub ->N. Saintini

73'

Patrick Sutter- sub ->C. Akolo

79'

Grégory Karlen(goal)Ricky

87'

89'

Baltazar- Yellow

Lukas Görtler - Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this encounter, St. Gallen will stay with 15 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Sion will have 14 points like Young Boys and Servette to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, St. Gallen will play away with Young Boys on the 8th of October with a 36-7 head to head stats in favor of Young Boys (17 draws).

Sion will host Winterthur on the 2nd of October with a 0-0 head to head record.

St. Gallen – Formation

St. Gallen

Lawrence Ati Zigi 1.Ghana

7.7

Leonidas Stergiou 4.Switzerland

6.2

46'

Patrick Sutter 30.Switzerland

6.3

79'

Daouda Guindo 19.Mali

7.1

Basil Stillhart 6.Switzerland

6.4

62'

Jordi Quintillà 8.Spain

7.4

Lukas Görtler 16.Germany

6.8

90'

Christian Witzig 37.Switzerland

6.8

69'

Chadrac Akolo 77.DR Congo

6.2

79'

Jérémy Guillemenot 9.Switzerland

6.6

17'

Emmanuel Latte Lath 22.Ivory Coast

7.0

69'

50'

Substitutes

Lukas Watkowiak 25.Germany

Matej Maglica 5.Croatia

7.4

46'

Albert Vallci 20.Austria

Ricardo Alves 28.Switzerland

Isaac Schmidt 33.Switzerland

6.8

46'

Randy Schneider 27.Switzerland

Fabrizio Cavegn 50.Switzerland

6.1

69'

Grégory Karlen 23.Switzerland

7.2

69'

87'

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

The manager Peter Zeidler decided to play with the following team: Lawrence Ati (7.7), Patrick Sutter (6.3), Leonidas Stergiou (6.2), Basil Stillhart (6.4), Daouda Guindo (7.1), Lukas Görtler (6.8), Jordi Quintillà (7.4), Christian Witzig (6.8), Chadrac Akolo (6.2), Jérémy Guillemenot (6.6) and Emmanuel Latte Lath (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Ricardo Azevedo, Matej Maglica (7.4), Isaac Schmidt (6.8), Lukas Watkowiak, Albert Vallci, Randy Schneider, Fabrizio Cavegn (6.1) and Gregory Karlen (7.2).

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 7 changes: P. Sutter for I. Schmidt (46′), L. Stergiou for M. Maglica (46′), E. Latte Lath for G. Karlen (69′), C. Witzig for F. Cavegn (69′), C. Witzig for F. Cavegn (69′), C. Akolo for Ricky (79′) and C. Akolo for Ricky (79′).

Best player: Lawrence Ati

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Gallen was the goalkeeper: Lawrence Ati. His rating is 7.65. He performed 6 saves.

Sion – Formation

Sion

Heinz Lindner 1.Austria

6.4

Numa Lavanchy 19.Switzerland

7.7

Dimitri Cavaré 97.Guadeloupe

7.8

Nathanaël Saintini 39.Guadeloupe

7.2

72'

Baltazar 8.Brazil

7.1

89'

Musa Araz 20.Switzerland

6.3

54'

Anto Grgic 14.Switzerland

8.4

90'

Denis Will Poha 22.France

7.1

Filip Stojilkovic 17.Switzerland

8.3

63'

29'

Ilyas Chouaref 9.France

8.1

63'

18'

Itaitinga 76.Brazil

6.9

63'

Substitutes

Kevin Fickentscher 18.Switzerland

Joël Schmied 2.Switzerland

6.4

72'

Dennis Iapichino 21.Switzerland

Kevin Bua 33.Switzerland

6.7

63'

Luca Zuffi 7.Switzerland

Gaetan Karlen 11.Switzerland

Kevin Halabaku 29.Kosovo

Giovanni Sio 13.Côte d'Ivoire

7.3

63'

73'

Mario Balotelli 45.Italy

6.2

63'

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

Paolo Tramezzani played with: Heinz Lindner (6.4), Numa Lavanchy (7.7), Dimitri Cavaré (7.8), Nathanaël Saintini (7.2), Baltazar (7.1), Musa Araz (6.3), Anto Grgić (8.4), Denis Will Poha (7.1), Itaitinga (6.9), Filip Stojilković (8.3) and Ylyas Chouaref (8.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kevin Bua (6.7), Gaetan Karlen, Joel Schmied (6.4), Kevin Halabaku, Dennis Iapichino, Kevin Fickentscher, Luca Zuffi, Giovanni Sio (7.3) and Mario Balotelli (6.2).