Winterthur vs Servette pre-match guide

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Schützenwiese (9450 seats)

Battling Winterthur are desperate to pull off a surprise when they host enterprising Servette in the next league round. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have low confidence.

Insights:
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (31) in Super League

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Winterthur form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Winterthur so far this season. When Winterthur hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Young Boys and St. Gallen), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Winterthur, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

In their previous game, the manager Berner led his Winterthur to a defeat away at Lugano. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Schützenwiese. Giusto (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Giusto scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

Heartbreak before that as Winterthur lost 1-3 at Lugano's place.

Winterthur have scored {7 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. Winterthur are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 8 played). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Servette form and stats

As the visiting team in Super League matches, Servette have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far.

Two away games in a row for Servette, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Zurich. Before that loss this team had won at least a draw from six league fixtures in a row. Midfielder Douline was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.03. Douline dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Zurich wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

In the opposite end, Servette have conceded 12 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 6 most recent fixtures involving these two teams have all ended as Servette victories. Will history repeat itself?

The newest past meeting involving both these teams is the Servette - Winterthur 1-0 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

WinterthurR. Buess
R. Buess
3 goals
WinterthurM. Di Giusto
M. Di Giusto
3 goals
ServetteM. Stevanović
M. Stevanović
3 goals

Winterthur missing players

Servette missing players

Winterthur Servette
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 3 8 16
4 3 1 Won W 1 2 6
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 7
8 3 1 Lost L 1 3 3
13 7 2 Scored S 4 8 19
31 17 5 Conceded C 6 12 18
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 81%
69% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 62%
44% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 38%
38% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 25% 31%
19% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 25% 19%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 50%
25% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 38%
31% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 31%
 
4.1 4.4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 4.9 5.5
5.1 4.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 4.4
2.9 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.4 8.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 10.1 10.9
3 3.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.4 3.8
27% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 30% 31%
 
12.6 13.2 16 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 15.5 12.9
5.4 6 9.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.8 3.8
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Winterthur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Winterthur have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (31) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Super League
  • Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Super League
  • Winterthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 16 10 5 1 35 9 8 6 2 0 20 4 8 4 3 1 15 5 26 35
2 Servette 16 6 7 3 19 18 8 4 4 0 11 6 8 2 3 3 8 12 1 25
3 St. Gallen 16 7 3 6 33 24 8 5 2 1 15 7 8 2 1 5 18 17 9 24
4 Lugano 16 7 2 7 26 26 8 4 0 4 13 13 8 3 2 3 13 13 0 23
5 Basel 16 5 6 5 21 17 8 3 4 1 12 7 8 2 2 4 9 10 4 21
6 Luzern 16 5 5 6 24 24 8 2 3 3 11 12 8 3 2 3 13 12 0 20
7 Grasshopper 16 5 5 6 28 30 8 4 2 2 17 14 8 1 3 4 11 16 -2 20
8 Sion 16 5 5 6 22 28 8 2 2 4 9 17 8 3 3 2 13 11 -6 20
9 Winterthur 16 4 4 8 13 31 8 3 2 3 7 17 8 1 2 5 6 14 -18 16
10 Zurich 16 2 6 8 13 27 8 1 3 4 8 14 8 1 3 4 5 13 -14 12

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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.