Match Report
19 points for Sion (3rd), 25 for Lugano (1st): a 6-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Sion 2.56 scored and 1.56 conceded per game, Lugano 3 and 0.78, with the league averaging 1.94.
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: 87 games logged, averaging 1.8 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