Kybunpark: St. Gallen vs Servette Super League pre-match guide

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

Both squads are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Servette holding a 5 point edge on St. Gallen in the league table. Let's go!

Insights:
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Super League
  • Servette have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Super League

It's no vacation for neither St. Gallen nor Servette as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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St. Gallen form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Kybunpark as St. Gallen have scored 12 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Gallen travelled for their previous game, a trip to Luzern that ended 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The St. Gallen goalkeeper Ati was crucial in the match against Luzern last time out, making six saves. Lath, who plays in attack, was the champion player for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 7.85 (out of 10). Lath scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lugano that ended 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how St. Gallen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 7 and lost 3.

Take note that 9 of the most recent 10 league games from these players have had at least one goal from each team.

Gallen have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Servette form and stats

As the visiting team in Super League matches, Servette have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.

Servette play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Grasshopper (placed 7th). Those three points felt good as this club had gone three league matches without victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Geiger when Pflücke scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 33rd minute. Fofana, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.32. Fofana scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Basel.

Servette are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

Servette have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Servette - St. Gallen 1-0 was the output when these teams formerly met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: St. Gallen won six, Servette triumphed in three and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

St. GallenL. Görtler
L. Görtler
3 goals
GallenF. Schubert
F. Schubert
3 goals
St. GallenJ. Guillemenot
J. Guillemenot
3 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Servette missing players

St. Gallen Servette
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
5 4 1 Won W 0 2 6
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
5 1 1 Lost L 1 2 2
23 12 3 Scored S 1 6 15
19 5 3 Conceded C 2 7 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 83%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 58%
67% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
42% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 25%
42% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
75% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 42%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 42%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 33%
 
4.9 5.7 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.5 5.8
4.4 4 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.7 4
2.6 2.3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.5 2.2
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.2 16.5 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.7 11.8
6.8 8.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 4.1
28% 24% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 32% 31%
 
11.2 10.7 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.8 11.9
5.1 4.7 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 3.4
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of St. Gallen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Servette have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Super League
  • Servette have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 (14) 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 12 8 3 1 28 7 5 4 1 0 13 2 7 4 2 1 15 5 21 27
2 Servette 12 6 4 2 15 11 6 4 2 0 9 4 6 2 2 2 6 7 4 22
3 Sion 12 5 3 4 19 19 6 2 2 2 7 9 6 3 1 2 12 10 0 18
4 St. Gallen 12 5 2 5 23 19 6 4 1 1 12 5 6 1 1 4 11 14 4 17
5 Lugano 12 5 1 6 18 20 6 2 0 4 8 12 6 3 1 2 10 8 -2 16
6 Basel 11 3 5 3 15 12 6 2 3 1 9 6 5 1 2 2 6 6 3 14
7 Grasshopper 12 3 5 4 21 24 6 3 2 1 15 11 6 0 3 3 6 13 -3 14
8 Luzern 11 3 4 4 17 16 5 1 2 2 7 8 6 2 2 2 10 8 1 13
9 Winterthur 12 3 3 6 9 24 7 2 2 3 6 17 5 1 1 3 3 7 -15 12
10 Zürich 12 0 6 6 7 20 6 0 3 3 3 9 6 0 3 3 4 11 -13 6

Read more about Super League

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.