Super League: Sion - Luzern pre-match guide and the hard facts

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Thu 25.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Tourbillon (14283 seats)

Sion have some points to catch up on from their 10th position, and the job starts vs Luzern. Read more!

Insights:
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (67) in Super League
  • Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Sion are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Luzern are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

The hosts Sion saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super League. This match was also played here at Stade de Tourbillon. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Luzern have had more rest.

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Sion form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Sion have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses from their games here at Stade de Tourbillon. With eleven home Super League games in a row without a win, the Sion fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

Sion are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 316 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Cyprien).

Sion played out a surprising loss 0-2 against Young Boys in their previous game, also played at home.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-5 away at Servette.

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

Sion have scored {16 league goals} here from 17 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sion have conceded 35 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Luzern form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Luzern playing as the away team in the Super League this season. Luzern has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

There were no winners in Luzern's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs St. Gallen (placed 7th). The attacker Villiger got a match rating of 7.34 in that game. Villiger scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Prior to that match, the Luzern manager Frick faced defeat when travelling to Grasshopper and losing 0-2.

Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored in 8 of this club's latest 10 league games.

After this away game Luzern return home for a Super League game against Servette. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Luzern are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 28 times in 17 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Luzern have conceded 27 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Luzern - Sion 1-2 was the end result in these sides' latest head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Meyer (Luzern) was sent off when these teams last met. Last ten meetings between these squads: Sion won three, Luzern were winners in four and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

LuzernM. Meyer
M. Meyer
11 goals
SionG. Sio
G. Sio
8 goals
LuzernD. Sorgić
D. Sorgić
8 goals

Sion missing players

Luzern missing players

Sion Luzern
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 6 16 33
7 2 1 Won W 2 6 11
10 4 1 Drew D 2 4 11
17 11 2 Lost L 2 6 11
40 16 6 Scored S 12 25 51
67 35 7 Conceded C 9 27 50
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 97%
82% 76% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 94% 91%
62% 59% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 62% 55%
41% 35% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 36%
15% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 18%
56% 53% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 67%
12% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 19% 15%
38% 41% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 25% 21%
 
4.4 5 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.4 6.2
6.4 5.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.4 5.2
3.1 3.1 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.8
6 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 9
 
11.4 12.2 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 12.5 13.6
4.2 4.6 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 5.1 5.2
28% 21% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 31% 30%
 
13.1 11.2 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.7 12.3
4.8 4.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.2 4.9
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Sion have the fewest points (10) at home in Super League
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (35) at home in Super League
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (67) in Super League
  • Sion have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in Super League
  • Sion have the the worst goal difference (-19) at home in Super League
  • Sion is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 34 20 11 3 80 27 17 13 4 0 52 10 17 7 7 3 28 17 53 71
2 Servette 34 13 15 6 49 45 17 8 8 1 28 15 17 5 7 5 21 30 4 54
3 Lugano 34 13 12 9 54 45 17 8 5 4 30 21 17 5 7 5 24 24 9 51
4 Luzern 34 12 11 11 54 50 17 5 7 5 26 23 17 7 4 6 28 27 4 47
5 Basel 34 10 13 11 45 46 17 5 8 4 24 20 17 5 5 7 21 26 -1 43
6 Grasshopper 34 12 7 15 53 59 17 9 2 6 33 27 17 3 5 9 20 32 -6 43
7 St. Gallen 34 10 11 13 60 50 17 7 6 4 33 21 17 3 5 9 27 29 10 41
8 Zürich 34 9 14 11 37 52 17 5 8 4 21 23 17 4 6 7 16 29 -15 41
9 Winterthur 34 8 8 18 31 62 17 5 4 8 15 30 17 3 4 10 16 32 -31 32
10 Sion 34 7 10 17 40 67 17 2 4 11 16 35 17 5 6 6 24 32 -27 31

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.