Soccer match preview: Home fans have big expectations when Sion welcome Bellinzona

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 04.Aug
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Tourbillon (14283 seats)

Yet another exciting fixture in the Challenge League. Sion is in the 2nd place from featuring in two games. They receive Bellinzona who are placed 8th from two matches.

Both squads have had adequate rest since their last match. Let's agree to expect an energetic fixture!

W W W W L

Sion form and stats

The hosts won their first Challenge League game here at Stade de Tourbillon, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Sion last season were 2 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses from 18 games.

The Sion goalkeeper Timothy Fayulu is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Challenge League.

The Sion club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Aarau and win 1-0.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Vaduz.

At Stade de Tourbillon, Sion has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

D L L L L

Bellinzona form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Challenge League away game of the season. During their previous season 18 away games resulted in 4 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Baden (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

A 0-2 loss hosting Wil before that.

Bellinzona have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Sion have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when facing Bellinzona.

Top Goalscorers

SionR. Ziegler
R. Ziegler
2 goals
SionI. Chouaref
I. Chouaref
1 goals
BellinzonaM. Ocampo Ornizún
M. Ocampo Ornizún
1 goals

Sion missing players

Bellinzona missing players

Sion Bellinzona
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 1 0 Scored S 0 1 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
2 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
4 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 13.5
4.5 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4
33% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 12%
 
7.5 3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 6.5
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.5
Sion Last season Bellinzona
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
7 2   Won W   4 11
10 4   Drew D   3 4
19 12   Lost L   11 21
41 17   Scored S   14 38
73 37   Conceded C   38 71
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
83% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 81%
64% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 56%
42% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 33%
14% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 19%
56% 56%   BTTS BTTS   50% 50%
11% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 17%
39% 39%   Failed to Score F T   39% 33%
 
4.3 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 3.9
6.3 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   7.8 7.1
2.9 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.9
7 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
11.4 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 9.3
4.2 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.8
27% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 28%
 
13.4 11.3   Shots against (avg) S A   13.2 12.9
5 5.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.5 5.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wil 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
2 Sion 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Neuchatel Xamax 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Thun 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Aarau 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
6 Stade Nyonnais 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
7 Baden 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
8 Bellinzona 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
9 Vaduz 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -3 0
10 FC Schaffhausen 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
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 Zurich 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
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 Yverdon Sport 36 20 6 10 64 53 18 11 4 3 33 16 18 9 2 7 31 37 11 66
2 Lausanne Sport 36 17 10 9 58 43 18 11 6 1 37 17 18 6 4 8 21 26 15 61
3 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 36 17 9 10 70 53 18 9 3 6 40 33 18 8 6 4 30 20 17 60
4 Aarau 36 15 12 9 63 57 18 7 6 5 31 26 18 8 6 4 32 31 6 57
5 Wil 36 16 8 12 62 52 18 11 2 5 39 20 18 5 6 7 23 32 10 56
6 Thun 36 12 13 11 62 55 18 6 7 5 30 29 18 6 6 6 32 26 7 49
7 FC Schaffhausen 36 12 8 16 51 59 18 6 4 8 23 29 18 6 4 8 28 30 -8 44
8 Vaduz 36 7 16 13 54 56 18 3 8 7 23 30 18 4 8 6 31 26 -2 37
9 Bellinzona 36 11 4 21 38 71 18 7 1 10 24 33 18 4 3 11 14 38 -33 37
10 Neuchatel Xamax 36 4 12 20 42 65 18 3 8 7 24 27 18 1 4 13 18 38 -23 24

Read more about Challenge League

The Swiss Challenge league is the second highest level of football in Switzerland. Ten teams play four fixtures against each other to decide a final league table. The winner is promoted directly while number two enters a promotion playoff. The bottom team is relegated.