Match preview Super League: Sion - Luzern at Stade de Tourbillon

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Wed 12.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Tourbillon (14283 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stade de Tourbillon haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sion languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Luzern will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (54) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Super League

It's no vacation for neither Sion nor Luzern 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.

Relegation threatens Sion who should definitely be looking for some points here. Luzern are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Sion form and stats

With 3 Super League wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Sion, who have the most conceded goals (54) in Super League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Sion are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade de Tourbillon with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the St. Gallen match.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lausanne Sport that ended 1-1.

Sion goalkeeper Kevin Fickentscher did an outstanding job against St. Gallen with nine saves, so vital to securing the victory. Guillaume Hoarau was absolutely essential when Sion beat St. Gallen 3-0, scoring three goals.

There will be little rest for Sion after this match as they are travelling to Lugano for a Super League game in only three days.

Sion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 16 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.

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Luzern form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Luzern playing as the away team in the Super League this season. The fact that Luzern have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Prior to that result Luzern won their away game at Aarau in the Swiss Cup. The scoreline was 2-1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Luzern manager F. Celestini as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Young Boys.

Luzern have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 23 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Luzern have conceded 30 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Luzern - Sion 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Sion wins - draws - Luzern wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LuzernD. Sorgić
D. Sorgić
12 goals
SionA. Grgic
A. Grgic
9 goals
LuzernL. Schaub
L. Schaub
8 goals

Sion missing players

Luzern missing players

Sion Luzern
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 6 16 33
7 3 0 Won W 2 5 12
13 7 3 Drew D 2 2 9
13 6 1 Lost L 2 9 12
42 18 2 Scored S 6 23 58
54 25 5 Conceded C 7 30 51
91% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 94%
85% 88% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 94% 91%
58% 56% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 81% 73%
30% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 39%
15% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 21%
64% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 88% 76%
18% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 17% 6% 21%
27% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 12% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.4
5 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
8.6 8.8 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 11.7 11.8
3.3 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.9 5
39% 35% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 35%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Luzern have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most matches over the total-line (21) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most points from losing position (17) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Super League
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (54) 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 Young Boys 33 22 9 2 63 25 17 13 3 1 33 12 16 9 6 1 30 13 38 75
2 Basel 33 13 8 12 54 49 16 7 6 3 29 21 17 6 2 9 25 28 5 47
3 Servette 33 13 8 12 40 49 16 6 7 3 26 23 17 7 1 9 14 26 -9 47
4 Luzern 33 12 9 12 58 51 17 7 7 3 35 21 16 5 2 9 23 30 7 45
5 Lausanne Sport 33 11 10 12 46 45 17 9 2 6 31 25 16 2 8 6 15 20 1 43
6 Lugano 33 10 13 10 35 38 17 6 4 7 16 19 16 4 9 3 19 19 -3 43
7 Zürich 33 10 9 14 47 50 16 5 4 7 21 18 17 5 5 7 26 32 -3 39
8 St. Gallen 33 9 10 14 36 45 17 6 5 6 19 20 16 3 5 8 17 25 -9 37
9 Vaduz 33 9 9 15 34 49 16 4 4 8 17 26 17 5 5 7 17 23 -15 36
10 Sion 33 7 13 13 42 54 16 3 7 6 18 25 17 4 6 7 24 29 -12 34

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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.