Super League match preview: Sion versus St. Gallen

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 29.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Tourbillon (14283 seats)

Struggling Sion will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying St. Gallen in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sion form and stats

Sion have played 11 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Stade de Tourbillon after being equal after 90 minutes with Lugano (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Super League game ended 0-0. Before that game, the home loss against Neuchâtel Xamax with the scoreline 1-2.

A decent goal production from Sion in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Sion have conceded 20 from these games.

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St. Gallen form and stats

St. Gallen, who have the most scored goals (51) in Super League, have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 7-1-3 from 11 games.

There were no winners in St. Gallen's previous match, a Super League home game that ended 3-3 vs Young Boys (placed 2nd). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Luzern's place.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Young Boys was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

St. Gallen have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 24 goals from 11 away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by St. Gallen in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: St. Gallen - Sion 3-0. Sion-St. Gallen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sion three wins, St. Gallen six wins, one draw. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

St. GallenJ. Quintillà Guasch
J. Quintillà Guasch
9 goals
St. Gallen
C. Itten
9 goals
St. Gallen
E. Demirović
9 goals

Sion missing players

St. Gallen missing players

Sion St. Gallen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 3 11 23
6 3 0 Won W 2 7 14
5 3 0 Drew D 1 1 3
12 5 2 Lost L 0 3 6
28 17 4 Scored S 8 24 51
41 20 8 Conceded C 3 15 31
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
78% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 87%
65% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 82% 78%
35% 27% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 36% 52%
17% 18% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 30%
70% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 91% 74%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
22% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 13%
 
5.1 5.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.5 6.2
5.8 5.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 4.1 3.6
2.5 2.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.9 2.7
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
258 143 35 Total Shots T S 39 164 338
94 52 12 Shots on Target S O 21 73 144
30% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 35%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Sion's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sion has the most dropped points from leading position (13)
  • Sion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sion have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sion is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • St. Gallen has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • St. Gallen has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
  • St. Gallen has the most points (22) away
  • St. Gallen has the most scored goals (24) away
  • St. Gallen has the most scored goals (51)
  • St. Gallen has the most scored goals in the first half (23)
  • St. Gallen has the the best goal difference (+9) 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 St. Gallen 23 14 3 6 51 31 12 7 2 3 27 16 11 7 1 3 24 15 20 45
2 Young Boys 23 13 6 4 46 31 11 9 2 0 27 10 12 4 4 4 19 21 15 45
3 Basel 23 12 4 7 48 24 12 7 2 3 27 11 11 5 2 4 21 13 24 40
4 Servette 23 10 7 6 38 23 11 6 3 2 17 7 12 4 4 4 21 16 15 37
5 Zürich 23 9 5 9 28 45 12 5 2 5 19 28 11 4 3 4 9 17 -17 32
6 Luzern 23 9 4 10 25 30 11 5 2 4 14 14 12 4 2 6 11 16 -5 31
7 Lugano 23 6 8 9 24 27 12 2 6 4 6 11 11 4 2 5 18 16 -3 26
8 Sion 23 6 5 12 28 41 11 3 3 5 17 20 12 3 2 7 11 21 -13 23
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 23 3 10 10 25 38 11 1 3 7 10 18 12 2 7 3 15 20 -13 19
10 Thun 23 5 4 14 23 46 12 2 3 7 12 25 11 3 1 7 11 21 -23 19

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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.