Servette FC vs FC Sion 3-0

Servette FC beat FC Sion 3-0 at Stade de Geneve after three first-half goals settled the match before the break and Kingstone Mutandwa added a third from the spot on 63 minutes.

Houboulang Mendes opened the scoring in the 11th minute, turning in Pedrinho’s assist for 1-0. Jarell Simo made it 2-0 in the 18th minute from Thomas Lopes’ pass. Servette led 2-0 at half-time.

Sion made two changes on 60 minutes, with Nias Hefti and Josias Lukembila among those brought on, but Servette struck again three minutes later. Mutandwa converted the penalty to make it 3-0. Servette then made two changes on 61 minutes and another two on 77 minutes, while Sion also used a second substitution window at 71 minutes. The home side kept the lead through the closing stages.

The numbers told a different story from the scoreline. Sion had 64% of the possession and 543 passes to Servette’s 305, but Servette had more shots, 16 to 12, more on target, 5 to 3, and a slightly higher xG at 1.43 to 1.13. Both sides had five corners. Sion were caught offside 3 times to Servette’s 1, and Servette made 3 saves to Sion’s 2.

Servette were booked five times, with Bradley Mazikou in the 5th minute, Houboulang Mendes in the 32nd, Mathis Lambourde in the 39th, Quentin Maceiras in the 69th and Teo Allix in stoppage time. Sion were shown two yellow cards, to Baltazar Costa Rodrigues de Oliveira in the 24th minute and Rilind Nivokazi in the 54th. There were no red cards.