7th- against 4th position might not sound all that tempting to look into. But look: Here's the intelligence that makes Sion - Grasshopper (even) more exciting!
- Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Super League
- Grasshopper have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Super League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sion form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Sion at their home stadium (Stade de Tourbillon) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Happy days for Sion in their previous game, a Super League match away at Servette (placed 6th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Sion goalkeeper Kevin Fickentscher did an outstanding job against Servette with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Goalkeeper Kevin Fickentscher got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.85 out of ten. Fickentscher stopped the opponent with six saves.
Preceding that match was the home game against Basel that was lost 0-1.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 Sion have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost one.
Sion has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Sion's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Grasshopper form and stats
Playing away, Grasshopper, who have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Super League, have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Super League this season.
Grasshopper played 3-3 against Zurich in their previous match. An inspired comeback made the scores level in Grasshopper's duel with Zurich. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 3-3 after Christián Herc found the equalizer. An insane fixture with plenty of goals last time out for Grasshopper, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fixture, will this match be as much fun? Attacker Petar Pušić got a player rating of 7.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Pušić served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Lausanne Sport's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Grasshopper playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were five Grasshopper wins, one draw and three defeats.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Grasshopper have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sion and Grasshopper have faced off before this season: Grasshopper - Sion 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Sion wins - draws - Grasshopper wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Sene 4 goals |   G. Hoarau 3 goals | F. Stojilkovic 3 goals |
Sion missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| Sion | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 24 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 82% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 36% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 45% |
| 27% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 82% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 4 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 7.5 | 7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.2 | 8.6 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.4 | 11.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
| 38% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 42% |
- Grasshopper have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Super League
- Grasshopper have yet to win a game away.
- Sion have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (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 | Basel | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Zurich | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Grasshopper | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Lugano | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Servette | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 7 | Sion | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 12 |
| 8 | Luzern | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | St. Gallen | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 9 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 7 |