7th- against 6th position might not feel all that juicy. But: We have the intelligence that makes Sion - Grasshopper (even) more action-packed!
- Sion have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Super League
- Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both contenders have had adequate rest since their last match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active fixture!
Sion form and stats
Overall Super League statistics at home this season for Sion are 4-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Sion against Young Boys the last match. Sion shared the glory with Young Boys in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-6. Sion faced defeat in their previous match, away at Young Boys (0-6).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Servette in a game that was won 0-2. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-2 versus Servette. Before that game, the home loss against Servette with the scoreline 0-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Sion perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sion as a small favourite), we find seven games. Sion has won two of these, drawn four and lost one.
The Sion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Grasshopper form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Grasshopper played 1-1 against Winterthur in their previous match. The manager Contini was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stadion Letzigrund. Grasshopper suffered a 1-1 loss to Winterthur. Grasshopper are travelling after their nice 1-1 home win in the match against Winterthur.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Young Boys at their stadium, the result 2-5. Before that, Grasshopper travelled to Young Boys and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-5. A 2-5 defeat away at Young Boys before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Grasshopper in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Grasshopper, one draw and three defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Grasshopper's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Grasshopper in these games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sion - Grasshopper 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sion three wins, two draws and Grasshopper five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Sene 8 goals |  F. Stojilkovic 5 goals |  L. Bonatini Lohner Maia 5 goals |
Sion missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| Sion | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| 35 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 50% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 56% |
| 39% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | 50% |
| 22% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 67% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 78% | 78% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 11% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 6.4 | 5.1 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.8 | 9.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 11.6 | 10.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 31% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | 40% |
| 13.5 | 10.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 12.3 | 11.1 |
| 5.2 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
- Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Grasshopper have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sion have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Super League
- Sion 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 | Zurich | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 40 |
| 2 | Basel | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 33 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 21 | 32 |
| 4 | Lugano | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 30 |
| 5 | Servette | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Sion | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 24 | -11 | 21 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -17 | 16 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -19 | 12 |
| 10 | Luzern | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | -16 | 11 |
