A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The St. Gallen fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Sion's 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gallen and Sion.
St. Gallen form and stats
8 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what St. Gallen, who have the most scored goals (58) in Super League, have to build on here at Kybunpark in the Super League.
Gallen are returning here after visiting Neuchâtel Xamax in a Super League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Cédric Itten and Leonidas Stergiou scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, St. Gallen won a home game hosting Thun (3-2).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for St. Gallen as they are travelling to their away game against Lugano in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and St. Gallen are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 14 league matches. Gallen have conceded 22 from these games.
Sion form and stats
Sion have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Super League, after 3-2-8 (13 played). Sion are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Thun fixture.
Sion are looking to quickly end their 241 minutes long goal drought in the Super League.
Sion failed to get anything from their last game, a Super League home match vs Luzern (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-2. A 0-2 defeat away at Basel before that.
After this away game Sion return home for a Super League game against Basel. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sion as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. Sion's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Sion - St. Gallen 1-2. Gallen-Sion H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St. Gallen six wins, Sion three wins, one draw. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Itten 13 goals |  J. Quintillà Guasch 10 goals | E. Demirović 10 goals |
St. Gallen missing players
Sion missing players
| St. Gallen | Sion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 17 | 8 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 58 | 30 | 17 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 30 |
| 39 | 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | 48 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 93% |
| 89% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 81% |
| 81% | 79% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 54% | 59% |
| 52% | 71% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 30% |
| 30% | 36% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | 15% |
| 74% | 57% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 67% |
| 15% | 29% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 15% |
| 15% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 46% | 26% |
| 6.7 | 7.5 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.8 | 6.8 | 6.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 404 | 213 | 71 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 118 | 284 |
| 162 | 80 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 44 | 103 |
| 36% | 38% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 29% |
- Sion has the fewest scored goals (11) away
- Sion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sion is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- St. Gallen has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
- St. Gallen has the most scored goals (58)
- St. Gallen has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
- St. Gallen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sion have scored away.
- St. Gallen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at 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 | St. Gallen | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 54 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 52 |
| 3 | Basel | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 54 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 46 |
| 4 | Servette | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 43 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 41 |
| 5 | Luzern | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 38 |
| 6 | Zürich | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 51 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -14 | 38 |
| 7 | Lugano | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -1 | 33 |
| 8 | Thun | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -23 | 25 |
| 9 | Sion | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -18 | 24 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 26 | -20 | 22 |