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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Important clash in the lower part of the Super League, with both Zürich and Winterthur undergoing more concern than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 9th and the away team in 10th position.

Insights:
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (15) in Super League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Zürich form and stats

Zürich's results here at Stadion Letzigrund in the Super League have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Zürich has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Letzigrund, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Yanick Brecher not having conceded a league goal in 187 minutes.

Zürich enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sion's place. The match ended 1-0 with Okita scoring. Goalkeeper Brecher got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.54 out of ten. Brecher topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against St. Gallen.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zürich defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Winterthur form and stats

Winterthur have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-2-6 (9 played). Winterthur has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Giusto scored in Winterthur's previous match, the home game against Lugano that ended 1-0. Those three points felt good as this team had gone three league games without winning. Goalkeeper Kuster was absolutely vital in the Winterthur victory against Lugano, making six saves. Goalkeeper Kuster got the top player rating of the team with 8.41/10. Kuster topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the Winterthur manager Berner faced defeat when travelling to Young Boys and losing 1-5.

After this away game Winterthur return home for a Super League game against Servette. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Winterthur when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Winterthur have conceded 19 goals in these games. When Winterthur is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Basel, Winterthur and Sion.

Head 2 Head

Zürich have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when playing Winterthur.

The dueling parties have met earlier this season: Zürich - Winterthur 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

ZürichT. Aiyegun
T. Aiyegun
4 goals
ZürichJ. Okita
J. Okita
4 goals
WinterthurM. Di Giusto
M. Di Giusto
4 goals

Zürich missing players

Winterthur missing players

Zürich Winterthur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
4 2 0 Won W 1 1 5
7 3 0 Drew D 0 2 4
8 4 2 Lost L 1 6 9
17 9 2 Scored S 4 7 15
29 14 7 Conceded C 4 19 36
79% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
63% 56% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 67%
42% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 44%
32% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 39%
21% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 22%
42% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 50%
37% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 28%
42% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 28%
 
4.4 3.9 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.6 3.8
5 5.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.1 5.2
3 1.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.1 2.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.3 10.1 7 Shots (avg) S ( 14 8 8.3
3.6 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 2.8 3
25% 32% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 28%
 
9.6 7.7 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.2 12.9
4.4 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 5.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Winterthur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Winterthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Winterthur have the fewest points (5) away in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (15) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (19) away in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (36) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Super League
  • Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Super League
  • Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Super League

  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 19 12 6 1 43 12 9 7 2 0 25 5 10 5 4 1 18 7 31 42
2 St. Gallen 19 8 4 7 37 26 10 6 3 1 19 8 9 2 1 6 18 18 11 28
3 Lugano 19 8 3 8 30 30 9 4 1 4 14 14 10 4 2 4 16 16 0 27
4 Servette 18 6 8 4 21 23 9 4 5 0 13 8 9 2 3 4 8 15 -2 26
5 Luzern 19 6 7 6 30 29 10 2 5 3 14 15 9 4 2 3 16 14 1 25
6 Grasshopper 19 6 6 7 31 33 10 5 2 3 19 16 9 1 4 4 12 17 -2 24
7 Basel 19 5 7 7 24 22 9 3 4 2 14 10 10 2 3 5 10 12 2 22
8 Sion 19 5 6 8 26 34 10 2 2 6 11 21 9 3 4 2 15 13 -8 21
9 Zürich 19 4 7 8 17 29 9 2 3 4 9 14 10 2 4 4 8 15 -12 19
10 Winterthur 18 5 4 9 15 36 9 4 2 3 8 17 9 1 2 6 7 19 -21 19

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.