Super League match preview: Sion versus Zürich

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Tourbillon (14283 seats)

Sion hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 26 points and a 10th position in the Super League table. Visiting Zürich holds 6th place with 34 pts.

Insights:
  • Sion have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Super League
  • Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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's results here at Stade de Tourbillon in the Super League have been very modest with 3 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. The home stadium (Stade de Tourbillon) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Sion it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

A. Grgic was the last player to score a league goal for Sion and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sion haven't scored in 194 minutes.

The fans are hoping that Sion will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Super League game against Vaduz (placed 9th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Young Boys (0-3).

Sion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.

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Zürich form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.

Zürich might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Servette proved too strong as Zürich slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Letzigrund. Before that, Zürich travelled to St. Gallen and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Zürich are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 14 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Zürich have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Zürich - Sion 1-1 earlier this season. Sion-Zürich H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sion four wins, Zürich two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SionA. Grgic
A. Grgic
9 goals
ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
9 goals
ZürichB. Kololli
B. Kololli
5 goals

Sion missing players

Zürich missing players

Sion Zürich
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 2 Played P 5 14 28
5 3 0 Won W 2 5 9
11 5 1 Drew D 2 3 7
12 6 1 Lost L 1 6 12
30 15 2 Scored S 10 21 38
46 22 3 Conceded C 7 25 41
89% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 93%
82% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 79% 75%
54% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 71% 57%
29% 21% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 57% 39%
14% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 29% 18%
61% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 64% 57%
18% 21% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 21% 29%
32% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 2.2 2.3
5 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
8.3 8.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.4 9.2
3.2 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.9 3.7
33% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 39% 37%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sion have the fewest points (14) at home in Super League
  • Sion have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Super League
  • Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 28 18 9 1 53 21 14 10 3 1 26 11 14 8 6 0 27 10 32 63
2 Servette 28 11 8 9 34 35 14 5 7 2 21 17 14 6 1 7 13 18 -1 41
3 Lugano 28 9 13 6 33 29 14 5 4 5 14 16 14 4 9 1 19 13 4 40
4 Basel 28 11 6 11 44 43 14 5 6 3 23 21 14 6 0 8 21 22 1 39
5 Lausanne Sport 28 10 7 11 38 37 14 8 0 6 24 19 14 2 7 5 14 18 1 37
6 Zürich 28 9 7 12 38 41 14 4 4 6 17 16 14 5 3 6 21 25 -3 34
7 St. Gallen 28 8 9 11 35 39 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 3 5 6 17 22 -4 33
8 Luzern 28 8 8 12 49 49 14 4 7 3 28 20 14 4 1 9 21 29 0 32
9 Vaduz 28 8 8 12 29 43 14 4 3 7 15 23 14 4 5 5 14 20 -14 32
10 Sion 28 5 11 12 30 46 14 3 5 6 15 22 14 2 6 6 15 24 -16 26

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.