Match Report
9 points for Sion (4th), 15 for Lugano (2nd): a 6-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Sion 2.2 scored and 1.8 conceded per game, Lugano 2.8 and 0.6, with the league averaging 1.92.
Momentum sat with Sion, winners of their last three, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Lugano arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 2 for Sion, 4 for Lugano and 2 drawn, at 3.25 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 63%.
Stade de Tourbillon staged the fixture, a ground that holds 16,263. S. Wolfensberger officiated: 72 games logged, averaging 1.9 yellow cards each. Lugano led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sion: Winsley Boteli (55') · Lugano: Dereck Moncada (3'), Beckham Castro (79')
Key stats
Possession: Sion 58% · Lugano 42% · Total shots: 18-7 · On target: 6-4 · Corners: 8-4