Servette vs St. Gallen betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Genève (28833 seats)

The brand new season is about to begin and the supporters are tingling with anticipation. It’s all to play for as Servette host St. Gallen for the opening match at Stade de Genève. Read on!

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Servette form and stats

Last season, Servette's league results were 12 wins, 8 draws and 16 losses, leading to 6th place in the Super League. In these 36 matches they scored 50 goals and let in 66. Playing as the home side in the previous season Servette delivered 7-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 26 conceded.

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 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Servette have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Servette scored 9 goals and let in 6 goals during these five games.

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St. Gallen form and stats

Let's have a look at how St. Gallen performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 8 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 68 and conceded 63 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 1 and lost 10 with 32/36 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by St. Gallen in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Gallen, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. St. Gallen have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeats from five fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Servette, two draws and six wins for St. Gallen. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

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Total First Half Second Half
Servette St. Gallen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
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% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Servette Last season St. Gallen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
12 7   Won W   7 14
8 5   Drew D   1 8
16 6   Lost L   10 14
50 25   Scored S   32 68
66 26   Conceded C   36 63
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
83% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 94%
61% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   78% 72%
39% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 50%
25% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 28%
61% 56%   BTTS BTTS   67% 67%
17% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   28% 22%
25% 28%   Failed to Score F T   6% 11%
 
4.7 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.8
3.6 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.9
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.4
6 2   Red cards R C   3 7
 
11.6 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 12.5
4.1 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.1
34% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 37%
 
10.8 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 11.2
5 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 5.1

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Lugano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Luzern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Servette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 St. Gallen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Winterthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Young Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Zürich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Zürich 36 23 7 6 78 46 18 12 4 2 45 23 18 11 3 4 33 23 32 76
2 Basel 36 15 17 4 70 41 18 8 8 2 39 20 18 7 9 2 31 21 29 62
3 Young Boys 36 16 12 8 80 50 18 11 5 2 41 21 18 5 7 6 39 29 30 60
4 Lugano 36 16 6 14 50 54 18 10 3 5 27 24 18 6 3 9 23 30 -4 54
5 St. Gallen 36 14 8 14 68 63 18 7 7 4 36 27 18 7 1 10 32 36 5 50
6 Servette 36 12 8 16 50 66 18 7 5 6 25 26 18 5 3 10 25 40 -16 44
7 Sion 36 11 8 17 46 67 18 6 4 8 21 26 18 5 4 9 25 41 -21 41
8 Grasshopper 36 9 13 14 54 58 18 5 6 7 33 34 18 4 7 7 21 24 -4 40
9 Luzern 36 9 13 14 52 64 18 6 4 8 27 29 18 3 9 6 25 35 -12 40
10 Lausanne Sport 36 4 10 22 37 76 18 3 5 10 23 38 18 1 5 12 14 38 -39 22

Table
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Lugano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Luzern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Servette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 St. Gallen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Winterthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Young Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Zürich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.