Early betting action indicate St. Gallen superiority versus Grasshopper

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 13:15 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

St. Gallen are considered as probable winners of this home match against Grasshopper, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or are we looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Super League
  • Grasshopper have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Super League

St. Gallen have less rest than Grasshopper in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Swiss Cup game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Basel, was also a home game here at Kybunpark. The away team is better rested.

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St. Gallen form and stats

St. Gallen are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Kybunpark. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.

The St. Gallen fans got no joy from their last game, a Swiss Cup duel also played here at Kybunpark: A 1-2 defeat against Basel.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Sion and winning 4-0.

Some stats: A review of the 19 latest league matches shows that 15 of them had at least one goal from each side.

A decent goal production from St. Gallen in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. Gallen are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kybunpark in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.

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Grasshopper form and stats

Grasshopper have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-4-6 (11 played). Three has not been a lucky number for Grasshopper as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Basel match.

Grasshopper are travelling again after losing away to Luzern in their previous match (0-1).

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Zurich.

Take note! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 17 of this club's latest 22 league games.

The visiting Grasshopper have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. Grasshopper struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games. Grasshopper has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head match ended St. Gallen - Grasshopper 2-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between these squads: St. Gallen won four, Grasshopper were winners in five and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

St. GallenJ. Guillemenot
J. Guillemenot
8 goals
GrasshopperH. Kawabe
H. Kawabe
8 goals
GallenL. Görtler
L. Görtler
7 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Grasshopper missing players

St. Gallen Grasshopper
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
9 6 2 Won W 0 1 6
5 4 0 Drew D 1 4 6
8 1 1 Lost L 2 6 10
44 21 5 Scored S 3 13 33
33 10 2 Conceded C 6 20 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 82%
64% 55% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 64%
41% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 36%
32% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 23%
68% 73% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 82% 77%
18% 27% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 9%
 
5.5 5.7 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.7 4.5
4.9 5.4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.9 7.5
2.5 2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3 2.5
6 3 2 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
15.5 16.8 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.7 9.8
6.2 6.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 4.5
32% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 33%
 
11.9 12.7 13 Shots against (avg) S A 19.7 14.4 15.9
5.4 5.8 6.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 5.3 6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of St. Gallen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Grasshopper have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Grasshopper have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Super League
  • Grasshopper have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Super League
  • Grasshopper have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Super League
  • Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Gallen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • St. Gallen have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Super League
  • St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 22 13 8 1 51 16 11 8 3 0 31 7 11 5 5 1 20 9 35 47
2 Servette 22 8 10 4 28 28 11 5 6 0 16 10 11 3 4 4 12 18 0 34
3 St. Gallen 22 9 5 8 44 33 11 6 4 1 21 10 11 3 1 7 23 23 11 32
4 Luzern 22 7 9 6 34 32 11 3 5 3 15 15 11 4 4 3 19 17 2 30
5 Lugano 22 8 6 8 34 34 11 4 3 4 17 17 11 4 3 4 17 17 0 30
6 Basel 22 6 9 7 31 27 11 4 5 2 19 13 11 2 4 5 12 14 4 27
7 Grasshopper 22 6 6 10 33 38 11 5 2 4 20 18 11 1 4 6 13 20 -5 24
8 Zurich 22 5 9 8 22 33 11 2 5 4 12 17 11 3 4 4 10 16 -11 24
9 Sion 22 5 7 10 28 42 11 2 2 7 11 25 11 3 5 3 17 17 -14 22
10 Winterthur 22 5 7 10 19 41 11 4 3 4 10 20 11 1 4 6 9 21 -22 22

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Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.