Servette are placed 2nd, while St. Gallen are dragging their feet 8 points behind in the league table. Will they cut the gap?
- Servette have not yet lost a game at home.
- St. Gallen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Servette form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Servette have managed 7 wins, 7 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 15 games.
Servette's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Zurich (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Finally, a league win after three games without. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Servette played a great game against Zurich and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The gifted forward Bedia bettered all teammates in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.8 out of 10. Bedia scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Young Boys.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 Servette have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 11 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them had goals from both sides.
Servette has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Servette have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check 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.
St. Gallen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Gallen so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-9 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Gallen as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
St. Gallen might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Lugano proved too strong as St. Gallen slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Kybunpark. Attacker Lath got a player rating of 7.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Lath hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the St. Gallen manager Zeidler faced defeat when travelling to Zurich and losing 0-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Gallen in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for St. Gallen, 1 draw and 9 defeats.
Take note! Both sides have scored in 21 of this club's last 27 league matches.
St. Gallen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Gallen rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Servette and St. Gallen have met earlier this season: St. Gallen - Servette 3-0. The ref got to use his red card when these teams last played each other, and the recipient was Cespedes (Servette). Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Servette won three games, one match ended with a draw and St. Gallen got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Guillemenot 10 goals |   C. Bedia 8 goals | E. Latte Lath 8 goals |
Servette missing players
St. Gallen missing players
| Servette | St. Gallen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 39 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 25 | 52 |
| 39 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 27 | 45 |
| 86% | 79% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 52% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 53% | 57% |
| 34% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 47% | 37% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | 27% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 70% |
| 28% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 6.3 | 7.2 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 12.2 | 13.6 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 14.1 | 15.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| 31% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | 30% |
| 13.8 | 10.8 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 10.7 | 11.5 |
| 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
- Servette have not yet lost a game at home.
- Servette have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- St. Gallen have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Super League
- St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Super League
- St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Gallen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 70 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 45 | 61 |
| 2 | Servette | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 28 | -3 | 44 |
| 3 | Lugano | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 43 |
| 4 | Luzern | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Grasshopper | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -2 | 40 |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 36 |
| 7 | Basel | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | Zurich | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -18 | 33 |
| 9 | Sion | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | -18 | 30 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -25 | 29 |
