In this 14th week match, on Sun Oct 30th, Sion hosts Zürich in a clash of these two mismatched Super League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. 3rd placed Sion is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Young Boys. Mario Balotelli struck first for Sion in the 52nd minute on a penalty, but Jean-Pierre Nsame got the equalizer for Young Boys in the 64th minute on a penalty earning them at least the one point. Sion is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while zürich sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-4 loss against Grasshopper. Guilherme Schettine struck first for Grasshopper in the 30th minute on a feed from Giotto Morandi, then Petar Pusic added another in the 4th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Hayao Kawabe. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On Aug 7th, Zürich hosted Sion in their last match together. Sion was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Itaitinga struck first for Sion in the 57th minute on a feed from Filip Stojilkovic, then Itaitinga added another in the 64th minute on a feed from Numa Lavanchy In the end, Zürich couldn’t muster any offence and Sion ran away with the shutout win. Sion is glad to have Mario Balotelli in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.