Super League match prediction: Little separates Servette and Zürich in quality

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 13:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Genève (28833 seats)

Zürich go on their trip to Servette and Stade de Genève brimming with confidence, but the host team is not a walk in the park. More information on the game here!

Insights:
  • Servette is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Zürich have the most points from losing position (10) in Super League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Servette form and stats

The Super League statistics at home this season for Servette are 2-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Servette are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

In their previous game, the manager A. Geiger led his Servette to a defeat in the Super League match away at Lugano. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade de Genève. Jeremy Frick had a busy but productive day in the Lugano match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfielder Theo Valls was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Valls hit three key passes.

A Swiss Cup defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Thun.

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 seven matches with the results: Won zero, drawn three and lost four.

The Servette fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. Servette are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (13 from 6 played).

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Zürich form and stats

2-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zürich in their Super League matches away.

Zürich's last game was the home draw against Basel (3-3). A mental game with heaps of goals last time out for Zürich, as mentioned above. 6 goals in total, will this game be as exciting? Nikola Boranijašević got a match rating of 8.85 in that game, top player of the team. Boranijašević scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A 2-2 draw at Yverdon Sport (after extra-time, 11-10 on penalties)'s stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Zürich playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Zürich wins, four draws and zero defeats.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Zürich are regular goalscorers on their travels. For Zürich, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Zürich - Servette 2-2 was the score in these participants' last head to head match, played this season. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Servette, two draws and two wins for Zürich. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
6 goals
ServetteS. Rouiller
S. Rouiller
3 goals
ServetteT. Cognat
T. Cognat
3 goals

Servette missing players

Zürich missing players

Servette Zürich
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 2 6 12
3 2 0 Won W 1 2 6
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
6 3 1 Lost L 0 2 2
19 11 0 Scored S 5 12 29
26 13 6 Conceded C 3 14 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
75% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 83% 83%
42% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 83% 75%
33% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 33%
83% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 17%
17% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 8%
 
5.1 5.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 6.3 5.7
4.2 4.8 12 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6 4.4
1.8 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 14 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 12.5 12.8
4.5 5.2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.5 5.7
35% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 36% 43%
 
9.9 8.3 18 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 14.2 12.2
5.1 4 13 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 6.3 5.5
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Servette's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Zürich's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Servette have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Servette have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Super League
  • Servette haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Servette is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Zürich have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points from losing position (10) in Super League
  • Zürich 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 Basel 12 7 5 0 29 11 6 4 2 0 18 5 6 3 3 0 11 6 18 26
2 Zürich 12 6 4 2 29 23 6 4 2 0 17 9 6 2 2 2 12 14 6 22
3 Young Boys 11 6 3 2 28 13 5 3 2 0 10 4 6 3 1 2 18 9 15 21
4 Grasshopper 12 4 5 3 22 18 6 3 2 1 15 10 6 1 3 2 7 8 4 17
5 Lugano 11 5 2 4 15 14 6 3 2 1 8 6 5 2 0 3 7 8 1 17
6 Servette 12 3 3 6 19 26 6 2 1 3 11 13 6 1 2 3 8 13 -7 12
7 St. Gallen 12 3 3 6 18 27 6 2 3 1 11 10 6 1 0 5 7 17 -9 12
8 Sion 12 3 3 6 15 27 6 2 1 3 7 9 6 1 2 3 8 18 -12 12
9 Luzern 12 1 7 4 17 22 6 1 2 3 10 12 6 0 5 1 7 10 -5 10
10 Lausanne Sport 12 1 5 6 15 26 6 1 3 2 9 13 6 0 2 4 6 13 -11 8

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.