Sion vs Luzern betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Tourbillon (14283 seats)

Most would pick Sion in this fixture against Luzern, but the away team will resist to the end. Here's our match preview!

Insights:
  • Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sion form and stats

1-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Sion so far this season.

Sion drew their last game, 4-4 away at Grasshopper (placed 6th). There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Grasshopper as Sio's goal in the 85th minute completed a cancellation of 1-4 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. The hometeam coach Tramezzani made a successful contribution in the game against Grasshopper, bringing on Sio who scored the equalizer in the 4-4 draw. Stojilković, a striker, was the best performer for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.85 (out of 10). Stojilković scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Before that game, the home loss against Winterthur with the scoreline 1-3.

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 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Lots of goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this team has had at least three goals.

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

Sion have conceded 9 from these games.

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Luzern form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.

Luzern has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Servette for a 1-1 draw. Midfield player Meyer was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.33/10. Meyer scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 42 total).

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Young Boys.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Luzern in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Luzern, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Luzern, the Super League home match versus St. Gallen. Busy days.

Luzern have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Luzern - Sion 2-0 was the scoreline in these squads' previous h2h match, played this season. Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Sion won two, Luzern triumphed in five and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SionF. Stojilkovic
F. Stojilkovic
5 goals
LuzernM. Meyer
M. Meyer
3 goals
SionG. Sio
G. Sio
2 goals

Sion missing players

Luzern missing players

Sion Luzern
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 9
4 1 1 Won W 1 2 3
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
3 2 1 Lost L 0 1 3
17 5 3 Scored S 2 10 14
18 9 4 Conceded C 1 6 11
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 89%
90% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 89%
80% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 44%
40% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 22%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 22%
60% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 56%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 33%
30% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 22%
 
5.9 7 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.4 6
6.4 5.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.8 6.1
2.7 3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
14.7 15.6 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 17 12.6 13.6
6.4 6.6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.4 5.2
27% 15% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 37% 30%
 
10.7 9 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.6 12
4.7 3.6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6.2 5.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Luzern have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 10 7 2 1 24 6 5 4 1 0 13 2 5 3 1 1 11 4 18 23
2 Servette 10 5 3 2 12 9 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 3 5 3 18
3 St. Gallen 10 5 0 5 19 15 5 4 0 1 11 4 5 1 0 4 8 11 4 15
4 Lugano 10 5 0 5 16 15 5 2 0 3 7 8 5 3 0 2 9 7 1 15
5 Sion 10 4 3 3 17 18 5 1 2 2 5 9 5 3 1 1 12 9 -1 15
6 Grasshopper 10 3 5 2 19 20 5 3 2 0 13 8 5 0 3 2 6 12 -1 14
7 Basel 9 3 3 3 15 12 5 2 2 1 9 6 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 12
8 Luzern 9 3 3 3 14 11 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 2 2 1 10 6 3 12
9 Winterthur 10 1 3 6 7 24 5 0 2 3 4 17 5 1 1 3 3 7 -17 6
10 Zürich 10 0 4 6 7 20 5 0 2 3 3 9 5 0 2 3 4 11 -13 4

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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.