Soccer betting preview: Sion welcomes St. Gallen in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Tourbillon (14283 seats)

We've seen ups and downs for these two squads so far, holding positions near the center of the Super League table. Here's the Sion - St. Gallen latest:

Insights:
  • Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Super League

It's no vacation for neither Sion nor St. Gallen 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.

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Sion form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Sion have to build on here at Stade de Tourbillon in the Super League.

Sion haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 217 minutes ago. Balotelli scored that one.

Sion are returning here after visiting Wil in a Swiss Cup fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

Before that, Sion played out a Super League draw 0-0 when visiting Basel.

Betting people who prefer looking for low-scoring games might like knowing that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).

Sion's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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St. Gallen form and stats

St. Gallen have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-1-5 (7 played).

Two travels in a row for St. Gallen, whose coach Zeidler could celebrate last time after the Swiss Cup win against Arbedo-Castione.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Grasshopper in the Super League.

Take note that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.

St. Gallen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. St. Gallen have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the contenders met earlier this season; St. Gallen - Sion 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sion four wins, three draws and St. Gallen three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SionF. Stojilkovic
F. Stojilkovic
5 goals
SionM. Barwuah Balotelli
M. Barwuah Balotelli
4 goals
St. GallenJ. Guillemenot
J. Guillemenot
4 goals

Sion missing players

St. Gallen missing players

Sion St. Gallen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 1 7 15
5 2 1 Won W 0 1 6
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 3
5 3 0 Lost L 0 5 6
20 7 2 Scored S 3 11 26
21 10 0 Conceded C 3 15 22
87% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 87%
53% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 60%
27% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 33%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 57% 33%
47% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 73%
27% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 13%
40% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 13%
 
5.3 6.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 5.1
6.1 5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.6 4.8
2.8 3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
12.2 12.7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 20 14.6 15.1
5.1 5.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.9 6.5
26% 19% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 27% 27%
 
11.3 9.4 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11 11.3
4.5 4.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 5.1 5.1
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St. Gallen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St. Gallen have the fewest points (4) away in Super League
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Super League
  • St. Gallen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • St. Gallen 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 Young Boys 15 9 5 1 32 9 7 5 2 0 17 4 8 4 3 1 15 5 23 32
2 Servette 15 6 7 2 18 14 8 4 4 0 11 6 7 2 3 2 7 8 4 25
3 Basel 15 5 6 4 21 16 8 3 4 1 12 7 7 2 2 3 9 9 5 21
4 St. Gallen 15 6 3 6 26 22 8 5 2 1 15 7 7 1 1 5 11 15 4 21
5 Luzern 15 5 5 5 24 21 8 2 3 3 11 12 7 3 2 2 13 9 3 20
6 Sion 15 5 5 5 20 21 7 2 2 3 7 10 8 3 3 2 13 11 -1 20
7 Lugano 15 6 2 7 23 25 7 3 0 4 10 12 8 3 2 3 13 13 -2 20
8 Grasshopper 15 4 5 6 27 30 7 3 2 2 16 14 8 1 3 4 11 16 -3 17
9 Winterthur 15 4 4 7 12 28 8 3 2 3 7 17 7 1 2 4 5 11 -16 16
10 Zurich 15 1 6 8 9 26 7 0 3 4 4 13 8 1 3 4 5 13 -17 9

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.