Super League: Lugano defeats Sion 2-0 on Sunday
LUGANO. Lugano prevails over Sion with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Bottani (40') and a goal from M. Facchinetti (44').
LUGANO. Lugano defeats Sion with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Bottani (40′) and a goal from M. Facchinetti (44′).
The match was played at the Stadio di Cornaredo stadium in Lugano on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. In the presence of 2,430 spectators. The referee was Esther Staubli who was helped by Matthias Sbrissa and Bastien Lengacher. The 4th official was Luca Piccolo. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold around 3.1 degrees Celsius or 37.6 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 51%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Lugano was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Sion that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Lugano was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Lugano won the match.
Lugano shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Sion shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Lugano received 2 yellow cards (N. Lavanchy and O. Custodio). On the other side, Sion received 2 yellow cards (Itaitinga and K. Keita).
After this match, Lugano will have 26 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Sion will stay with 18 points like Grasshopper to stay in the 7th place.
Match Events
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18'18'
Itaitinga
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40'40'
M. Bottani
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44'44'
M. Facchinetti
M. Bottani
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56'56'
N. Lavanchy
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63'63'
Kevin Bua
Itaitinga
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63'63'
Gaetan Karlen
Théo Berdayes
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63'63'
G. Karlen
T. Berdayes
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67'67'
O. Custodio
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71'71'
Mohamed Amoura
Asumah
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71'71'
Stefano Guidotti
Mattia Bottani
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78'78'
K. Keita
Serey Die
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80'80'
K. Keita
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80'80'
M. Tosetti
Wesley
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86'86'
Yuri
S. Lovric
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90'90'
K. Hajrizi
O. Custodio
Next match
In the upcoming Super League match, Lugano will play away with St. Gallen on the 11th of December with a 14-7 head to head stats in favor of Lugano (4 draws).
Sion will play away against Young Boys on the 12th of December with a 41-11 head to head statistic in favor of Young Boys (9 draws).
Lugano: Formation and Lineups
Lugano started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Mattia Croci-Torti chose to play with the following team: Noam Baumann , Fabio Daprelà , Mijat Marić , Reto Ziegler , Numa Lavanchy , Jonathan Sabbatini , Olivier Custodio , Mickaël Facchinetti , Sandi Lovrić , Mattia Bottani and Asumah Abubakar .
Substitutes
Lugano made 4 changes: M. Bottani for S. Guidotti (70′), A. Abubakar for M. Amoura (70′), S. Lovric for Yuri (86′) and O. Custodio for K. Hajrizi (90′).
Top player: Mattia Bottani
The player who no doubt impressed Lugano the most was Mattia Bottani.
His rating is with 1 goal, 34 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.
Sion: Formation and Lineups
Sion started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Paolo Tramezzani played with: Kevin Fickentscher , Sandro Theler , Jan Bamert , Birama Ndoye , Marquinhos Cipriano , Wesley , Anto Grgić , Serey Dié , Itaitinga , Filip Stojilković and Théo Berdayes .
Substitutes
Sion made 5 changes: S. Theler for D. Cavare (63′), Itaitinga for K. Bua (63′), T. Berdayes for G. Karlen (63′), Serey Die for K. Keita (78′) and Wesley for M. Tosetti (80′).
Top player: Filip Stojilković
The player who no doubt impressed Sion the most was Filip Stojilković.
His rating is with 19 passes (73% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League
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