Super League preview: Can Servette edge out victory against Sion?

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 13:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Marignac (7200 seats)

Servette have won 35 points running out as the team playing at home. Sion have got 30 points as the visiting team. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • Servette haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Super League

Both teams have had plentiful rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic match!

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Servette form and stats

The Super League results at home this season for Servette are 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Servette will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Basel (placed 2nd).

Before that match, a win away at Grasshopper.

A decent goal production from Servette in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 12 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Servette defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sion form and stats

Sion have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Super League, after 2-4-7 (13 played).

Sion's previous game was their home loss versus Lugano (0-3). Midfield player Zuffi was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Zuffi hit two key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 58 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus St. Gallen that ended 1-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sion when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning four games.

Sion have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Sion, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Servette and Sion have met previously this season: Servette - Sion 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Servette wins - draws - Sion wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ServetteK. Imeri
K. Imeri
9 goals
SionF. Stojilkovic
F. Stojilkovic
7 goals
ServetteT. Cognat
T. Cognat
4 goals

Servette missing players

Sion missing players

Servette Sion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 5 Played P 3 13 26
10 5 3 Won W 0 2 8
5 3 2 Drew D 2 4 6
11 4 0 Lost L 1 7 12
40 20 10 Scored S 2 17 33
46 20 5 Conceded C 4 32 47
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 83% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 77%
62% 58% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 54% 46%
35% 42% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 46% 35%
27% 33% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 31% 19%
65% 67% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 77% 62%
15% 17% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 19%
19% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 15% 19%
 
4.6 5.2 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.2 3.7
4 3.8 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 7.5 6.5
2.1 1.8 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.4 2.4
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.5 11.9 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 7.8 8.6
4.2 4.2 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.6 3.8
36% 40% 59% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 36% 34%
 
10.4 9.4 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 16.2 13.8
4.8 4.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6.5 5.1
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Servette haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sion have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sion have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Super League
  • Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Super League
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (32) away in Super League
  • Sion have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Super League
  • Sion have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Super League
  • 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 Zurich 26 18 5 3 59 33 13 10 2 1 33 15 13 8 3 2 26 18 26 59
2 Basel 26 12 11 3 56 31 13 6 6 1 31 14 13 6 5 2 25 17 25 47
3 Young Boys 26 12 9 5 59 34 13 8 4 1 28 15 13 4 5 4 31 19 25 45
4 Lugano 26 13 3 10 34 34 13 7 2 4 17 17 13 6 1 6 17 17 0 42
5 Servette 26 10 5 11 40 46 12 5 3 4 20 20 14 5 2 7 20 26 -6 35
6 St. Gallen 26 9 7 10 45 47 13 4 6 3 23 21 13 5 1 7 22 26 -2 34
7 Sion 26 8 6 12 33 47 13 6 2 5 16 15 13 2 4 7 17 32 -14 30
8 Grasshopper 26 6 9 11 40 42 13 3 5 5 23 24 13 3 4 6 17 18 -2 27
9 Luzern 26 4 10 12 28 47 13 3 2 8 13 23 13 1 8 4 15 24 -19 22
10 Lausanne Sport 26 2 7 17 22 55 14 1 4 9 14 34 12 1 3 8 8 21 -33 13

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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.