FC St.Gallen and Sion play out a 1-1 draw, with the eastern Swiss taking the lead and the Valaisans equalizing from the penalty spot. Both teams are still waiting for a win.
FC St.Gallen have been waiting almost six weeks for their next win. In the championship and European Cup, they have recently suffered four defeats and four draws. The fact that such a streak is also a matter of the head was shown in the two games this week in their own stadium. On Wednesday against Winterthur (2:2), the 2:1 lead lasted five minutes; against Sion, St. Gallen stopped playing after going 1:0 up and promptly conceded the equalizer a quarter of an hour after Chadrac Akolo's goal.
The 1:1 was unfortunate from the hosts' point of view. The ball hit Mihailo Stevanovic's arm in his own penalty area, but it was also stretched far into the air. The Serbian had only been substituted shortly beforehand, partly because coach Enrico Maassen had realized that his team needed fresh impetus after going 1-0 down. The understandable plan went wrong and Ali Kabacalman scored safely from the penalty spot to make it 1:1.
Mega choreo at Kybunpark
If three points had been awarded for the best action of the match, they would have gone to FCSG. The team from eastern Switzerland, once again magnificently supported by their fans with a huge choreo, combined beautifully via Lukas Görtler and Akolo to make it 1-0 after Kevin Csoboth had won the ball deep in the Sion half of the pitch. Csoboth had already come on after seven minutes for the injured Felix Mambimbi,
St.Gallen's next chances of victory in the Conference League come on Thursday away against Larne from Northern Ireland and next Sunday at home against Luzern for Sion, who are without a win in nine Super League games.
Man of the Match
Chadrac Akolo: Crowned his good week with another goal. If anything goes for FCSG, it goes through him. But comes into his own with Geubbels. / Manuel Iseli, commentator blue Sport
Telegram
St.Gallen - Sion 1:1 (0:0)
17'160 spectators. - SR Kanagasingam. - Goals: 54. Akolo (Görtler) 1:0. 69. Kabacalman (penalty) 1:1.
St.Gallen: Zigi; Vandermersch (68. Faber), Stanic, Vallci, Okoroji; Quintillà; Görtler (68. Konietzke), Toma, Witzig (68. Stevanovic); Akolo (82. Cisse), Mambimbi (7. Csoboth).
Sion: Lindner; Diouf, Sow, Schmied; Baltazar Costa; Lavanchy, Kabacalman (80. Chipperfield), Miranchuk (83. Berdayes), Hefti; Djokic (60. Sorgic), Souza (60. Chouaref).
Remarks: Cautions: 23rd Sow, 45th Witzig, 61st Lavanchy, 95th Csoboth.
FC St.Gallen
FC Sion
- Chadrac Akolo - 1:0 (54.)
- (69.) 1:1 - Ali Kabacalman
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Liveticker
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Liveticker closed
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85.
FCSG fail to put the ball in the net
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69.
Kabacalman confidently converts penalty
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54.
Akolo scores for FCSG
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39.
Part of the choreo: FCSG fans sing "Scholololooo, Scholololooo"
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20.
Toma and Akolo combine dangerously in front of the Sion goal
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1.
Massive choreo in St.Gallen: The Kybunpark wants to scream the FCSG out of the mini-crisis
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90.+6.End of 2nd half
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90.+5.Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Kevin Csoboth
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84.Substitution in FC Sion
Théo Berdayes
Striker
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84.Substitution out FC Sion
Anton Miranchuk
Midfielder
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82.Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Moustapha Cissé
Striker
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82.Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Chadrac Akolo
Striker
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80.Substitution in FC Sion
Liam Chipperfield
Midfielder
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80.Substitution out FC Sion
Ali Kabacalman
Midfielder
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69.Goal for FC Sion, 1:1 through penalties from Ali Kabacalman
Ali Kabacalman
Midfielder
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68.Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Mihailo Stevanovic
Midfielder
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68.Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Christian Witzig
Midfielder
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67.Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Konrad Faber
Defender
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67.Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Hugo Vandermersch
Defender
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67.Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Corsin Konietzke
Midfielder
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67.Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Lukas Görtler
Midfielder
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62.Yellow card FC Sion
Numa Lavanchy
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60.Substitution in FC Sion
Dejan Sorgic
Striker
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60.Substitution out FC Sion
Dejan Djokic
Striker
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60.Substitution in FC Sion
Ilyas Chouaref
Striker
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60.Substitution out FC Sion
Cristian Souza
Striker
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54.Goal for FC St.Gallen, 1:0 through Chadrac Akolo (Lukas Görtler)
Chadrac Akolo
Striker
Assist: Lukas Görtler
Midfielder
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45.+4.End of 1st half
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45.+3.Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Christian Witzig
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24.Yellow card FC Sion
Noé Sow
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7.Substitution in FC St.Gallen
Kevin Csoboth
Striker
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7.Substitution out FC St.Gallen
Felix Mambimbi
Striker
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1.Start of the match