Grasshopper supporters put their faith in manager G. Contini to deliver victory against Sion

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Sion know they have a difficult excursion to Grasshopper and their Stadion Letzigrund. This preview has all the facts and figures you require before the match.

Insights:
  • Grasshopper have the fewest scored goals (7) in Super League
  • Sion have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Super League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Grasshopper and Sion.

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Grasshopper form and stats

Overall Super League results playing at home this season for Grasshopper, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Super League, are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Grasshopper.

Grasshopper drew their last game, 1-1 away at Lugano (placed 6th). Defender Georg Margreitter got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Margreitter scored one goal and won 11 of 14 duels.

A Swiss Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Thun.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Grasshopper handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and two defeats.

Grasshopper has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Grasshopper's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sion form and stats

The Super League season is young and Sion have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. Two points from the last two away games for Sion, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

There were no winners in Sion's previous match, a Super League home game that ended 1-1 vs Luzern (placed 9th). Guillaume Hoarau, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.0. Hoarau scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.

A 0-4 defeat away at Stade Lausanne-Ouchy before that.

Sion are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, six draws and three defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Sion have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Sion concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings involving these two participants are: three wins for Grasshopper, two draws and five wins for Sion. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

GrasshopperL. Campana Romero
L. Campana Romero
3 goals
SionG. Hoarau
G. Hoarau
3 goals
GrasshopperG. Margreitter
G. Margreitter
2 goals

Grasshopper missing players

Sion missing players

Grasshopper Sion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 2 3 7
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
4 1 1 Drew D 2 2 3
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
7 4 1 Scored S 2 3 9
8 4 1 Conceded C 2 8 13
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
29% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 43%
14% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 29%
71% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 86%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 6.3 2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 4.4
4.6 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 9 8
2.6 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.9 12.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9 9.6
3.6 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 3.6
28% 27% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 36%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Grasshopper's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Sion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Grasshopper have the fewest scored goals (7) in Super League
  • Grasshopper have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sion have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Sion have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Super League
  • Sion have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Sion have yet to win a game away.
  • Sion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Basel 7 4 3 0 19 6 3 2 1 0 12 3 4 2 2 0 7 3 13 15
2 Zurich 7 4 2 1 15 12 3 2 1 0 7 4 4 2 1 1 8 8 3 14
3 Young Boys 6 3 2 1 15 6 2 1 1 0 4 0 4 2 1 1 11 6 9 11
4 Servette 7 3 2 2 15 13 3 2 0 1 9 4 4 1 2 1 6 9 2 11
5 Sion 7 2 3 2 9 13 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 0 2 1 3 8 -4 9
6 Lugano 6 2 2 2 8 8 4 1 2 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 0 8
7 Grasshopper 7 1 4 2 7 8 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 3 1 3 4 -1 7
8 St. Gallen 7 1 3 3 10 16 4 0 3 1 6 8 3 1 0 2 4 8 -6 6
9 Luzern 7 0 4 3 10 16 4 0 2 2 6 9 3 0 2 1 4 7 -6 4
10 Lausanne Sport 7 0 3 4 8 18 4 0 2 2 5 11 3 0 1 2 3 7 -10 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.