International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Sheriff and Servette are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's quite the trip for Servette when visiting Sheriff as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.
Sheriff and Servette should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sheriff form and stats
Sheriff have collected 13 points from their National Division home games so far after 4-1-0.
The Sheriff goalkeeper Maksym Koval is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 388 minutes without conceding a goal in the National Division.
The Sheriff supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Sparta Selemet and win 4-0. As mentioned above, Sheriff "killed" Sparta Selemet in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Petrocub that ended 0-0.Sheriff are traveling soon after this match as the National Division match at Dacia-Buiucani awaits in three days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Sheriff is on fire here. A stunning 18 from 5 league matches. Defensively Sheriff have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Servette form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
The Servette goalkeeper Jeremy Frick is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 231 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Servette, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Basel last time out. Severin was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.35. The defender Severin scored one goal and won 2 of 4 duels.
Prior to that result Servette won their away game at Lugano in the Super League. The scoreline was 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Servette playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 Servette wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Servette, the Super League home match versus Luzern. Busy days.
Servette have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. 8 goals have been conceded by Servette in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Talal 6 goals |   C. Bedia 5 goals |  S. de Sousa Luvannor 4 goals |
Sheriff missing players
Servette missing players
| Sheriff | Servette | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 46 | 34 | Scored | S | 23 | 47 | ||
| 22 | 5 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 13.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 5 | ||
| 49% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 37% | ||
| 6.5 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 12 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slavia Praha | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Roma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Servette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 4 | Sheriff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheriff | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 22 |
| 2 | Milsami | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Zimbru | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Petrocub | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | CSF Balti | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Floresti | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 7 |
| 7 | Dacia-Buiucani | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -13 | 4 |
| 8 | Sparta Selemet | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -19 | 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 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Servette | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 5 | Lugano | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Luzern | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | Yverdon Sport | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Winterthur | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 10 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 9 |
| 11 | Grasshopper | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 12 | Basel | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 5 |
