SION. Sion overcomes Luzern with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Balotelli (33′) and a goal from M. Araz (83′).

The match was played at the Stade de Tourbillon stadium in Sion on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Stefan Horisberger who had the assistance of Jan Köbeli and Guillaume Maire. The 4th official was Esther Staubli. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.4 degrees Celsius or 61.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Sion was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Luzern that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Luzern was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Sion was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Sion shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Luzern shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sion received 1 yellow card (M. Balotelli). Talking about the opposition, Luzern received 2 yellow cards (N. Beloko and D. Simani).

Standings

After playing this match, Sion will have 18 points like Servette to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Luzern will stay with 12 points like Basel to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Sion will host Lugano on the 22nd of November with a 11-10 head to head statistic in favor of Lugano (8 draws).

Luzern will host Zürich on the 21st of November with a 24-21 head to head in favor of Luzern (16 draws).

Sion – Formation

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

The manager Paolo Tramezzani decided to play with the following team: Heinz Lindner (7.1), Joel Schmied (7.2), Nathanaël Saintini (7.1), François Moubandje (6.9), Anto Grgić (7.1), Giovanni Sio (6.8), Musa Araz (7.8), Luca Zuffi (7.4), Baltazar (6.3), Mario Balotelli (7.3) and Filip Stojilković (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Denis Will Poha (6.5), Kevin Halabaku (7.4), Gaetan Karlen, Gilles Richard, Dennis Iapichino, Kevin Bua, Itaitinga (6.6), Ylyas Chouaref (6.8) and Kevin Fickentscher.

Substitutions

Sion made 5 changes: F. Moubandje for D. Poha (57′), M. Balotelli for K. Halabaku (74′), F. Stojilkovic for Y. Chouaref (74′), G. Sio for Itaitinga (74′) and L. Zuffi for D. Iapichino (90′).

Best player: Musa Araz​

The most impressive player for Sion was Musa Araz.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 27 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2.

Luzern – Formation

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

Mario Frick played with: Marius Müller (5.9), Mohamed Dräger (6.4), Denis Simani (6.4), Marco Burch (7.1), Martin Frýdek (6.2), Nicky Medja Beloko (7.0), Ardon Jashari (6.8), Pius Dorn (6.6), Jakub Kadák (6.7), Sofyan Chader (6.7) and Asumah Abubakar (6.8).

They had on the bench: Lorik Emini, Samuele Campo, Joaquín Ardaiz (6.8), Christian Gentner, Pascal Schürpf (6.7), Thibault Klidje, Dejan Sorgić (6.5), Ismajl Beka and Pascal Loretz.

Substitutions

Luzern made 5 changes: J. Kadak for D. Sorgic (42′), P. Dorn for P. Schurpf (65′), A. Abubakar for J. Ardaiz (66′), N. Beloko for S. Campo (80′) and S. Chader for T. Klidje (81′).

Best player: Marco Burch​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Luzern was Marco Burch.

His rating is (7.1) with 61 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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

• Winterthur – Grasshopper – 1-0
• Sion – Luzern – 2-0