Sion vs Vaduz match preview: Even contest expected at Stade de Tourbillon

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 28.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Tourbillon (14283 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Super League, with both Sion and Vaduz experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 9th and the visitors in 10th place.

Insights:
  • Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vaduz has the fewest scored goals (19) in Super League

The visiting Vaduz played their last game only four days ago, a Super League match.

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Sion form and stats

Sion have played 10 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Sion.

Sion drew their last game, 1-1 away at Zurich (placed 3rd). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus St. Gallen.

A painful moment in the game against Zurich was the missed penalty kick from Anto Grgić in the 31st minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.

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 eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost one.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Lugano are coming to town in four days.

The Sion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. 12 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Vaduz form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vaduz, who have the fewest scored goals (19) in Super League, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose).

Vaduz's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Luzern that finished 1-1. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus St. Gallen.

As mentioned above, Vaduz drew the match against Luzern. Manager M. Frick brought on Matteo Di Giusto to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vaduz playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were one Vaduz win, four draws and four defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lausanne Sport in just three days.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Vaduz's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Sion - Vaduz 2-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Sion victories, one draw and three Vaduz wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SionA. Grgic
A. Grgic
8 goals
VaduzJ. Schmied
J. Schmied
5 goals
SionG. Karlen
G. Karlen
4 goals

Sion missing players

Vaduz missing players

Sion Vaduz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 10 21
4 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
10 5 1 Drew D 1 4 7
7 2 1 Lost L 2 5 10
25 14 1 Scored S 1 7 19
31 12 2 Conceded C 8 17 34
86% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
76% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 81%
48% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 38%
33% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 24%
19% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
67% 70% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 52%
24% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 10%
24% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.4
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.9 8.6 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.8 7.4
3.2 3.4 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 2.3
37% 41% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 30% 39%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vaduz has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Super League
  • Vaduz has the fewest points (7) away in Super League
  • Vaduz has the fewest scored goals (19) in Super League
  • Vaduz has the fewest scored goals (7) away in Super League
  • Vaduz has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Super League
  • Vaduz has the most conceded goals (34) in Super League
  • Vaduz has the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Super League
  • Vaduz has the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Super League
  • Vaduz has the the worst goal difference (-15) in Super League
  • Vaduz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Vaduz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vaduz 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 Young Boys 21 15 5 1 38 15 11 8 2 1 19 10 10 7 3 0 19 5 23 50
2 Basel 21 9 5 7 31 29 11 4 5 2 17 17 10 5 0 5 14 12 2 32
3 Zurich 21 8 5 8 32 28 11 4 3 4 14 11 10 4 2 4 18 17 4 29
4 St. Gallen 21 7 7 7 24 24 10 4 2 4 12 12 11 3 5 3 12 12 0 28
5 Lugano 21 5 12 4 23 24 11 3 4 4 11 14 10 2 8 0 12 10 -1 27
6 Servette 21 6 7 8 22 28 10 3 6 1 14 12 11 3 1 7 8 16 -6 25
7 Luzern 21 6 6 9 35 33 10 3 5 2 18 11 11 3 1 7 17 22 2 24
8 Lausanne Sport 21 6 6 9 25 28 10 5 0 5 15 12 11 1 6 4 10 16 -3 24
9 Sion 21 4 10 7 25 31 10 3 5 2 14 12 11 1 5 5 11 19 -6 22
10 Vaduz 21 4 7 10 19 34 11 3 3 5 12 17 10 1 4 5 7 17 -15 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.