Loyal fans at Stade de Tourbillon haven’t enjoyed many victories this season, with Sion languishing in the 8th position. The visiting Lugano will attempt to protect their higher league spot in this one.
- Sion is in the worst form (1-2-3)
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Sion form and stats
Sion's results here at Stade de Tourbillon in the Super League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Sion are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stade de Tourbillon, having lost their two previous games here.
The Sion club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade de Tourbillon: A 2-7 defeat against St. Gallen (placed 3rd). As you see from the result above, Sion suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The striker Balotelli bested all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.83 out of 10. Balotelli scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
In the game before, a strong away win at Wil (after extra-time). A Swiss Cup game. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sion have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 1.
The Sion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Sion with 17 goals conceded in these matches.
Lugano form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Lugano had fun at their own home (Stade de Tourbillon) last time out, beating Winterthur 3-1. Amoura and Celar (2) scored. Celar, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.4. Celar scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Winterthur.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lugano playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 Lugano wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Lugano has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. Lugano have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the teams played each other previously this campaign; Lugano - Sion 2-3. Data for the former ten meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Sion, three draws and four wins for Lugano. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 8 goals |  F. Stojilkovic 5 goals |  M. Barwuah Balotelli 5 goals |
Sion missing players
Lugano missing players
| Sion | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 22 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 26 |
| 28 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 44% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 6.1 | 5.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.1 | 12.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 13.1 | 12.7 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 27% | 21% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | 34% |
| 11.8 | 10.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 13.4 | 12.5 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- All of Lugano's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sion is in the worst form (1-2-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Servette | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Lugano | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 5 | Basel | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Luzern | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Sion | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -18 | 16 |
| 10 | Zurich | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 12 |
