Betting preview: Servette vs St. Gallen should be interesting

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Genève (28833 seats)

Look at this entertaining fixture in the Super League. Servette is in the 5th place after completing three fixtures. They welcome St. Gallen who are placed 3rd after three games.

Insights:
  • St. Gallen have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Super League

Servette have less rest than St. Gallen in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Rangers, so at least Servette are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Servette form and stats

The first Super League game here at Stade de Genève resulted in a draw. Last season Servette's home game statistics were 8 victories, 9 draws and 1 defeat from 18 games.

The fans hope that Servette will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Champions League fixture against Rangers.

1-1 away at Stade Lausanne-Ouchy before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Servette perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Servette as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Servette has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Champions League game versus Rangers in only three days. This game is also played here at Stade de Genève.

Servette has scored {2 goals-1} so far and conceded {2 goals-2} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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St. Gallen form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Super League ended in defeat. Last season St. Gallen had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 3, drew 6 and lost 9.

St. Gallen won their last game, 2-1 versus Luzern played at home. Midfielder Witzig was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.42. Witzig scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, the St. Gallen manager Zeidler faced defeat when travelling to Lugano and losing 0-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gallen playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 4 St. Gallen wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats.

It's early days yet, but St. Gallen has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Servette victories, two draws and six St. Gallen wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ServetteC. Bedia
C. Bedia
3 goals
ServetteP. Pflücke
P. Pflücke
1 goals
ServetteE. Crivelli
E. Crivelli
1 goals

Servette missing players

St. Gallen missing players

Servette St. Gallen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
6 2 2 Scored S 0 0 4
4 2 2 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
6 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 8
4.3 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2
1.7 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.3 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 17 20
4 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 6.3
50% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 21%
 
11.3 16 16 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 7
4 8 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 2
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • St. Gallen have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Super League
Servette Last season St. Gallen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   18 36
14 8   Won W   3 11
16 9   Drew D   6 12
5 0   Lost L   9 13
53 31   Scored S   29 66
45 15   Conceded C   31 52
89% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
74% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 86%
51% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
37% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 39%
20% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 25%
60% 59%   BTTS BTTS   67% 69%
31% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 14%
20% 18%   Failed to Score F T   28% 17%
 
6.1 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 6
4.4 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.8
2 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.5
2 1   Red cards R C   5 9
 
12.8 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   14.8 16.4
4.6 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.9
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 31%
 
13.5 11.1   Shots against (avg) S A   11.3 11.8
4.2 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.9

  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 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 7
2 Young Boys 3 2 1 0 9 5 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 7
3 St. Gallen 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
4 Lugano 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
5 Servette 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 5
6 Grasshopper 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
7 Luzern 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
8 Yverdon Sport 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
9 Basel 3 1 0 2 7 7 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 3
10 Lausanne Sport 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
11 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 1
12 Winterthur 3 0 1 2 4 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 10 -6 1
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

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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.