Super League prediction and preview: Servette modest favorites to beat Zürich

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Date: Sun 29.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Genève (30084 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Servette are in the 5th position while the guests worry at 7th.

It's no vacation for neither Servette nor Zürich as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Servette form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for Servette, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Super League, at their home stadium (Stade de Genève) is 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Servette have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The points were shared in Servette's previous game, also at home. Visiting Lugano (placed 8th) travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting St. Gallen (1-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Servette handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D2-L0.

Servette have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Servette have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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Zürich form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (18) in Super League, on their Super League travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on L. Magnin, the Zürich manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Two away games in a row for Zürich, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Basel in the Super League. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Thun.

Zürich are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Goals are few and far between in Zürich's away league games. Only 1 goal from 4 travels. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Zürich's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 11 goals in 4 travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 3 - 4 (Servette wins - draws - Zürich wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Wüthrich
3 goals / 2 assists
A. Schalk
3 goals
M. Stevanović
2 goals / 2 assists

Servette missing players

Zürich missing players

Servette Zürich
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 4 8
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
4 3 2 Drew D 1 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 3 4
10 3 2 Scored S 0 1 7
9 2 2 Conceded C 0 11 18
75% 50% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 88%
62% 25% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 88%
50% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 75%
50% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 75% 62%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 38%
50% 75% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 25%
25% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 50%
 
4.5 6.8 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 2 2 5.2
5.9 5.5 6.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 5.8 5.5
2 1.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • Servette have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Servette have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zürich have scored away.
  • Servette have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Zürich have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Zürich have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Zürich have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Zürich have yet to win a game away.

Servette
All Challenge League Swiss Cup Club Friendlies Super League
All Home Away
25-08-19 SL Thun 0 - 4 Servette
31-08-19 SL Servette 2 - 2 Neuchâtel Xamax
13-09-19 SC Grasshopper 1 - 0 Servette
21-09-19 SL St. Gallen 3 - 1 Servette
26-09-19 SL Servette 0 - 0 Lugano
29-09-19 SL Servette 14:00 Zürich
05-10-19 SL Neuchâtel Xamax 17:00 Servette
20-10-19 SL Servette 14:00 St. Gallen
26-10-19 SL Sion 17:00 Servette
03-11-19 SL Servette 15:00 Young Boys
Zürich
All Swiss Cup Europa League Club Friendlies Super League
All Home Away
17-08-19 SC Black Stars 1 - 2 Zürich
24-08-19 SL Young Boys 4 - 0 Zürich
14-09-19 SC Wil 1 - 2 Zürich
22-09-19 SL Zürich 2 - 0 Thun
25-09-19 SL Basel 4 - 0 Zürich
29-09-19 SL Servette 14:00 Zürich
06-10-19 SL Zürich 14:00 Young Boys
20-10-19 SL Lugano 14:00 Zürich
27-10-19 SL Zürich 15:00 Basel
30-10-19 SC Young Boys 19:15 Zürich

  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 8 6 1 1 21 8 4 3 0 1 10 4 4 3 1 0 11 4 13 19
2 Young Boys 8 4 4 0 15 7 4 2 2 0 8 2 4 2 2 0 7 5 8 16
3 Sion 8 5 1 2 12 9 4 2 0 2 7 8 4 3 1 0 5 1 3 16
4 St. Gallen 8 4 1 3 14 13 4 2 0 2 8 8 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 13
5 Servette 8 2 4 2 10 9 4 1 3 0 3 2 4 1 1 2 7 7 1 10
6 Luzern 8 2 3 3 7 8 4 1 2 1 3 4 4 1 1 2 4 4 -1 9
7 Zürich 8 2 2 4 7 18 4 2 1 1 6 7 4 0 1 3 1 11 -11 8
8 Lugano 8 1 3 4 8 9 3 0 2 1 1 2 5 1 1 3 7 7 -1 6
9 Thun 8 1 3 4 7 13 5 0 2 3 5 11 3 1 1 1 2 2 -6 6
10 Neuchâtel Xamax 8 0 4 4 8 15 4 0 1 3 2 8 4 0 3 1 6 7 -7 4

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