Super League duel: Close contest expected between Sion and Luzern

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Wed 11.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Tourbillon (14283 seats)

Take hard look at their own game plan or look more at the opposing team? Both Sion and Luzern need to try something different than what they have done uptil now. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (14) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in Super League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sion form and stats

The complete Super League stats playing at home this season for Sion are 6-3-7 (wins-draws-losses). When Sion hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Grasshopper, Lausanne Sport and Sion), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

Sion are returning here after visiting Grasshopper and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Stojilković scored the goal(s). Grgić (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.25/10. Grgić hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 44 successful passes (of 48 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Young Boys (1-2).

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 three of these, drawn three and lost one.

Sion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 20 goals have been conceded. Sion has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Luzern form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Luzern so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 1-9-6 (win-draw-lose).

183 minutes! That's how long the Luzern goalkeeper Marius Muller and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Luzern are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the fixture against Servette (placed 6th). As you can tell from the results above, Luzern was very dominant against Servette, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Ndiaye, Abubakar, Čumić and Sorgic providing the goals. The attacker Abubakar got a match rating of 8.64 in that game. Abubakar scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Lausanne Sport.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Luzern in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Luzern, three draws and three defeats.

Luzern find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties face each other this season, as the history books show this recent game: Luzern - Sion 1-0. Sion-Luzern H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sion two wins, Luzern five wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SionF. Stojilkovic
F. Stojilkovic
10 goals
LuzernF. Ugrinic
F. Ugrinic
6 goals
SionD. Cavaré
D. Cavaré
5 goals

Sion missing players

Luzern missing players

Sion Luzern
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
10 6 3 Won W 1 1 7
7 3 0 Drew D 3 9 12
16 7 1 Lost L 0 6 14
40 17 6 Scored S 6 19 44
60 20 3 Conceded C 5 32 59
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
52% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 58%
33% 19% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 44% 42%
18% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 15%
61% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 67%
21% 31% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
21% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 18%
 
3.6 4 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.9 5.1
6.5 5.6 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6 5
2.4 2.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.5
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
8.7 9.2 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 12.2 12.9
3.6 3.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.9 5.4
33% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 24% 25%
 
13.5 11.7 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11.8 11.7
5 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 5.2 4.8
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Luzern's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Luzern have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Luzern have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in Super League
  • Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sion have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Super League
  • Sion have the fewest scored goals (17) at home in Super League
  • Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (14) in Super League

  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 33 23 6 4 73 39 16 12 3 1 41 18 17 11 3 3 32 21 34 75
2 Basel 33 14 15 4 67 39 16 7 7 2 36 18 17 7 8 2 31 21 28 57
3 Young Boys 33 14 11 8 71 47 16 9 5 2 34 20 17 5 6 6 37 27 24 53
4 Lugano 33 15 5 13 45 49 17 9 3 5 25 23 16 6 2 8 20 26 -4 50
5 St. Gallen 33 13 8 12 61 56 17 6 7 4 32 27 16 7 1 8 29 29 5 47
6 Servette 33 12 5 16 45 61 16 7 3 6 23 24 17 5 2 10 22 37 -16 41
7 Sion 33 10 7 16 40 60 16 6 3 7 17 20 17 4 4 9 23 40 -20 37
8 Grasshopper 33 8 12 13 50 52 17 4 6 7 30 32 16 4 6 6 20 20 -2 36
9 Luzern 33 7 12 14 44 59 17 6 3 8 25 27 16 1 9 6 19 32 -15 33
10 Lausanne Sport 33 4 9 20 34 68 17 3 5 9 22 36 16 1 4 11 12 32 -34 21

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.