Super League match prediction: Little separates Zürich and St. Gallen in quality

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Zürich open their doors to St. Gallen for another absorbing Super League game here at Stadion Letzigrund.

Insights:
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Super League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Zürich form and stats

As mentioned below, Zürich are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Super League games.

Zürich are confident in defense, having played 184 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Zürich are returning here after visiting Red Star Zurich in a Swiss Cup match and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Stade Lausanne-Ouchy.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Zürich have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Zürich has scored {5 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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St. Gallen form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Super League for St. Gallen with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Two away matches in a row for Gallen, whose boss Zeidler could celebrate last time after the Swiss Cup win against Widnau.

Before that, St. Gallen travelled to Servette and returned home with a draw after the Super League game finished 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with St. Gallen playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 3 St. Gallen wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats.

St. Gallen have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Zürich victories, four draws and two St. Gallen wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

ZürichJ. Okita
J. Okita
3 goals
St. GallenA. Vallci
A. Vallci
2 goals

Zürich missing players

St. Gallen missing players

Zürich St. Gallen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
10 5 3 Scored S 0 1 5
2 0 0 Conceded C 1 2 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
75% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 75%
75% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 25%
 
6.2 7.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.5 8
4.2 2.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2.5 2.2
1 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.5 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.8 16.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 17 20.5 21
5.8 6 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6 6.5
43% 42% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 8% 19%
 
9.5 8.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.5 8.5
3 1.5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 2.8
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most clean sheets (2) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the most clean sheets (3) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Super League
  • Zürich have the the best goal difference (+8) in Super League
  • Zürich is in the best form (3-1-0) in Super League
Zürich Last season St. Gallen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
10 5   Won W   3 11
14 8   Drew D   6 12
12 5   Lost L   9 13
41 23   Scored S   29 66
55 26   Conceded C   31 52
89% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
78% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 86%
47% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
33% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 39%
17% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 25%
56% 67%   BTTS BTTS   67% 69%
28% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 14%
28% 22%   Failed to Score F T   28% 17%
 
4.3 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 6
5.5 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.8
3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.5
6 2   Red cards R C   5 9
 
11.2 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   14.8 16.4
3.8 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.9
30% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 31%
 
11 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   11.3 11.8
4.3 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zürich 4 3 1 0 10 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 5 2 8 10
2 Lugano 4 3 0 1 10 4 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 6 9
3 Young Boys 4 2 2 0 10 6 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 4 8
4 St. Gallen 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
5 Servette 4 1 3 0 7 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 6
6 Luzern 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
7 Lausanne Sport 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 4
8 Grasshopper 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 4
9 Winterthur 4 1 1 2 7 11 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 4 10 -4 4
10 Yverdon Sport 4 1 1 2 5 11 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6 4
11 Basel 4 1 0 3 8 9 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 2 5 -1 3
12 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 4 0 1 3 2 9 3 0 1 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 -7 1
Last season 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 36 21 11 4 82 30 18 14 4 0 54 11 18 7 7 4 28 19 52 74
2 Servette 36 14 16 6 53 46 18 8 9 1 31 16 18 6 7 5 22 30 7 58
3 Lugano 36 15 12 9 59 47 18 9 5 4 32 21 18 6 7 5 27 26 12 57
4 Luzern 36 13 11 12 54 52 18 5 7 6 26 24 18 8 4 6 28 28 2 50
5 Basel 36 11 14 11 51 50 18 6 8 4 27 21 18 5 6 7 24 29 1 47
6 St. Gallen 36 11 12 13 66 52 18 8 6 4 37 21 18 3 6 9 29 31 14 45
7 Grasshopper 36 12 8 16 56 64 18 9 3 6 35 29 18 3 5 10 21 35 -8 44
8 Zürich 36 10 14 12 41 55 18 5 8 5 23 26 18 5 6 7 18 29 -14 44
9 Winterthur 36 8 8 20 32 66 18 5 4 9 15 32 18 3 4 11 17 34 -34 32
10 Sion 36 7 10 19 41 73 18 2 4 12 17 37 18 5 6 7 24 36 -32 31

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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.