Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sion & Grasshopper face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Swiss Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face game!
Sion form and stats
Sion have reached this Swiss Cup stage through battling and winning against Etoile Carouge. Sion was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Swiss Cup.Seven points from three Challenge League home games is a great start for Sion, who are hoping to build on that form here at Stade de Tourbillon.
Sion drew their last game, also a home match. Baden was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Stade Nyonnais and winning 2-1.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 Sion have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 4.
As for guarding their own goal, Sion have only let in {1 goals} at home.
Grasshopper form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated SV Schaffhausen in order to reach 2nd round of Swiss Cup. Grasshopper's mission in Swiss Cup last season failed in the round of 16.The Super League season is young and Grasshopper have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Grasshopper play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Stade Lausanne-Ouchy. Midfield player Corbeanu was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Corbeanu scored one goal and hit two key passes.
The game before that, in the Super League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Luzern.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Grasshopper in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Grasshopper, 0 draws and 7 defeats.
Grasshopper have the goal stats of 3-6 (for/against) from 3 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Sion wins - draws - Grasshopper wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ziegler 3 goals |  L. Chipperfield 2 goals |  G. Morandi 2 goals |
Sion missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| Sion | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Scored | S | 17 | 42 | ||
| 44 | 16 | Conceded | C | 29 | 49 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 85% | 84% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 39% | ||
| 11.9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 15.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sion | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Thun | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Wil | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | Vaduz | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Stade Nyonnais | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Aarau | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Bellinzona | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 2 |
| 9 | Baden | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -13 | 2 |
| 10 | FC Schaffhausen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zurich | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Luzern | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Lugano | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Winterthur | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Yverdon Sport | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Servette | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Basel | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Grasshopper | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 11 | Lausanne Sport | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 12 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 4 |
