Super League match prediction: Little separates Sion and Lugano in quality

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Tourbillon (14283 seats)

Lugano know they face a grim visit to Sion and their Stade de Tourbillon. This news article has all the facts and figures you need before the fixture.

Insights:
  • Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Super League
  • Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sion form and stats

6-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Sion so far this season.

The home team returns to Stade de Tourbillon after drawing with St. Gallen (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Goalkeeper Fickentscher got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.04 out of ten. Fickentscher saved a penalty.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Lausanne Sport.

Sion has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches.

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Lugano form and stats

The visitors are W5-D1-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.

Home advantage was not enough for Lugano in their previous game as they lost hosting Basel, 0-2. Midfield player Lovrić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.13/10. Lovrić hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 71 successful passes (of 80 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Grasshopper at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lugano have scored 14 goals in 12 league games away. As opposed to that, Lugano have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Lugano - Sion 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Sion wins - draws - Lugano wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SionF. Stojilkovic
F. Stojilkovic
7 goals
LuganoŽ. Celar
Ž. Celar
5 goals
SionA. Grgic
A. Grgic
4 goals

Sion missing players

Lugano missing players

Sion Lugano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 4 12 25
8 6 1 Won W 4 5 12
6 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
11 4 1 Lost L 0 6 10
33 16 4 Scored S 8 14 31
44 12 3 Conceded C 3 17 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 88%
44% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 40%
36% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 20%
20% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 12%
64% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 44%
20% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 24%
16% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 32%
 
3.5 3.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.3 4.2
6.6 5.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.6 4.8
2.3 2.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.2 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 9.4 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.1 10.2
3.8 4.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.9 3.7
34% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 40% 34%
 
13.9 11.4 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 11.8 11.5
5.2 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.8 4.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sion have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Super League
  • Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Super League
  • Sion have the most matches under the total-line (12) 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 Zürich 25 18 5 2 59 30 12 10 2 0 33 12 13 8 3 2 26 18 29 59
2 Young Boys 25 12 8 5 57 32 13 8 4 1 28 15 12 4 4 4 29 17 25 44
3 Basel 25 11 11 3 54 31 12 5 6 1 29 14 13 6 5 2 25 17 23 44
4 Lugano 25 12 3 10 31 34 13 7 2 4 17 17 12 5 1 6 14 17 -3 39
5 Servette 25 10 5 10 40 44 12 5 3 4 20 20 13 5 2 6 20 24 -4 35
6 St. Gallen 25 8 7 10 42 47 13 4 6 3 23 21 12 4 1 7 19 26 -5 31
7 Sion 25 8 6 11 33 44 12 6 2 4 16 12 13 2 4 7 17 32 -11 30
8 Grasshopper 25 6 9 10 40 41 13 3 5 5 23 24 12 3 4 5 17 17 -1 27
9 Luzern 25 3 10 12 27 47 12 2 2 8 12 23 13 1 8 4 15 24 -20 19
10 Lausanne Sport 25 2 6 17 20 53 13 1 3 9 12 32 12 1 3 8 8 21 -33 12

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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.