Delightful dogfight as daring Servette duel with determined Winterthur

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Genève (28833 seats)

Servette are stalking the top spots while Winterthur are more involved in avoiding relegation. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • Servette have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (18) in Super League

This could be an engaging match with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Servette form and stats

Servette have performed here at Stade de Genève this season with 5 wins from 10 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 0.

Servette travelled for their previous game, a trip to Basel that ended 2-2. The Servette goalkeeper Frick was crucial in the match against Basel last time out, making six saves. Midfielder Antunes was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Antunes scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Before that match, a win away at Winterthur.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Servette have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 6 and lost 3.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league games shows that 8 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

There will be little rest for Servette after this match as they are travelling to Rotkreuz for a Swiss Cup game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Servette in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. Servette are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade de Genève in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.

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Winterthur form and stats

Winterthur have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-3-6 (10 played).

Winterthur delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Sion (placed 9th) in their previous match. Ramizi got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, top player of the team. Ramizi scored one goal and hit two key passes.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Servette.

We have checked recent matches where Winterthur have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

The 7 most recent fixtures involving these teams have all ended as Servette victories. Are we destined for another one?

These opponents have battled earlier this season: Winterthur - Servette 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

ServetteC. Bedia
C. Bedia
5 goals
WinterthurS. Ramizi
S. Ramizi
5 goals
ServetteM. Stevanović
M. Stevanović
4 goals

Servette missing players

Winterthur missing players

Servette Winterthur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 2 10 21
8 5 3 Won W 0 1 5
9 5 1 Drew D 0 3 6
4 0 0 Lost L 2 6 10
27 15 10 Scored S 1 8 18
27 9 6 Conceded C 7 20 40
86% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
71% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 71%
52% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 43%
33% 40% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 33%
14% 10% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 10% 19%
57% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 57%
29% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 24%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 24%
 
5.5 6 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.3 4.2
4.4 3.1 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.3 5.3
2.2 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 2.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.9 11.4 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.8 8.7
3.8 4 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 3
34% 38% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 29%
 
13.6 10.1 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 12.6 12.9
4.2 3 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.9 5.3
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Servette have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Winterthur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Winterthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Winterthur have the fewest points (6) away in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (18) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (40) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Super League
  • Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Super League
  • Winterthur have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 21 13 7 1 49 14 11 8 3 0 31 7 10 5 4 1 18 7 35 46
2 Servette 21 8 9 4 27 27 10 5 5 0 15 9 11 3 4 4 12 18 0 33
3 St. Gallen 21 8 5 8 40 33 11 6 4 1 21 10 10 2 1 7 19 23 7 29
4 Lugano 21 8 5 8 32 32 10 4 2 4 15 15 11 4 3 4 17 17 0 29
5 Luzern 21 6 9 6 33 32 10 2 5 3 14 15 11 4 4 3 19 17 1 27
6 Basel 21 6 8 7 29 25 11 4 5 2 19 13 10 2 3 5 10 12 4 26
7 Grasshopper 21 6 6 9 33 37 11 5 2 4 20 18 10 1 4 5 13 19 -4 24
8 Zürich 21 5 8 8 20 31 10 2 4 4 10 15 11 3 4 4 10 16 -11 23
9 Sion 21 5 7 9 28 38 10 2 2 6 11 21 11 3 5 3 17 17 -10 22
10 Winterthur 21 5 6 10 18 40 11 4 3 4 10 20 10 1 3 6 8 20 -22 21

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.