Super League duel: Close contest expected between Grasshopper and Sion

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Which team will go home victorious when Sion travel to Grasshopper? In this match guide you'll learn all the relevant facts and statistics needed to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Grasshopper have the most points from losing position (7) in Super League
  • All of Sion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

Both squads have had plentiful rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an active fixture!

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Grasshopper form and stats

When playing at home in the Super League, Grasshopper have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.

The spoils were shared in Grasshopper's previous game, also at home. Visiting Zurich (placed 10th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Bolla (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.65/10. Bolla scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the game before, a strong away win at Goldstern. A Swiss Cup game. 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 Grasshopper have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 2.

The Grasshopper manager Contini has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league.

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Sion form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Sion have much to prove after their surprise defeat (1-3) to Winterthur in their previous match, played at their own home ground. Karlen, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.35. Karlen hit four key passes.

Previously, the Swiss Cup victory away at Rapperswil-Jona.

Sion have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Grasshopper and Sion have met already this season: Sion - Grasshopper 2-2. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Grasshopper won four, Sion triumphed in four and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SionF. Stojilkovic
F. Stojilkovic
4 goals
GrasshopperH. Kawabe
H. Kawabe
3 goals
GrasshopperR. Dadaşov
R. Dadaşov
3 goals

Grasshopper missing players

Sion missing players

Grasshopper Sion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 0 4 9
3 3 0 Won W 0 3 4
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
15 9 0 Scored S 0 8 13
16 4 0 Conceded C 0 5 14
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 89%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 89%
67% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 78%
44% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 33%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 11%
89% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 56%
11% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 22%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 33%
 
4.1 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6.1
8.3 6.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8.5 6.8
2.4 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.3 9.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.8 14.3
3.9 5.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6.5 6.6
43% 39% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 22%
 
16.2 14.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.8 10.7
6.3 5.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.2 4.3
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Grasshopper's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Sion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Grasshopper have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Grasshopper have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grasshopper have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Grasshopper have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Grasshopper have the most points from losing position (7) in Super League
  • Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 9 6 2 1 22 5 4 3 1 0 11 1 5 3 1 1 11 4 17 20
2 Servette 9 5 2 2 11 8 4 4 0 0 8 3 5 1 2 2 3 5 3 17
3 St. Gallen 9 5 0 4 18 13 5 4 0 1 11 4 4 1 0 3 7 9 5 15
4 Sion 9 4 2 3 13 14 5 1 2 2 5 9 4 3 0 1 8 5 -1 14
5 Grasshopper 9 3 4 2 15 16 4 3 1 0 9 4 5 0 3 2 6 12 -1 13
6 Basel 8 3 3 2 15 11 5 2 2 1 9 6 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 12
7 Lugano 9 4 0 5 15 15 4 1 0 3 6 8 5 3 0 2 9 7 0 12
8 Luzern 8 3 2 3 13 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 2 1 1 9 5 3 11
9 Winterthur 9 1 2 6 7 24 5 0 2 3 4 17 4 1 0 3 3 7 -17 5
10 Zurich 9 0 3 6 7 20 4 0 1 3 3 9 5 0 2 3 4 11 -13 3

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.