St. Gallen vs Sion: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

St. Gallen greet Sion for another entertaining Super League fixture here at Kybunpark.

Insights:
  • Sion have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Super League

St. Gallen and Sion should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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St. Gallen form and stats

A Super League draw at home so far for St. Gallen. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 18 matches.

Gallen are returning here after visiting Munsingen in a Swiss Cup game and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Gallen played a great game against Munsingen and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Heartbreak before that as Gallen lost 1-2 at Lugano's place.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from St. Gallen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won five matches, drawn zero and lost one.

Early season league goal statistics from St. Gallen's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.

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Sion form and stats

Sion have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Super League were 4 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats from 18 fixtures.

Sion play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Bubendorf.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Young Boys in the Super League.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sion playing away, we found six games. Results were three away wins, one draw and two home wins.

1 goal so far away for Sion, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Gallen won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Sion got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

St. GallenV. Ruiz Abril
V. Ruiz Abril
2 goals
St. GallenE. Youan
E. Youan
2 goals
GallenB. Babic
B. Babic
1 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Sion missing players

St. Gallen Sion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 2 2 Scored S 0 1 3
5 2 2 Conceded C 0 6 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 33%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8.3 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 3.3
5.7 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 12 9.3
2 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.7 14 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 10.7
5.3 8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 4
31% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 25%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Sion have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Super League
  • Sion have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Super League
St. Gallen Last season Sion
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
11 7   Won W   4 8
11 5   Drew D   6 14
14 6   Lost L   8 14
45 24   Scored S   25 48
48 20   Conceded C   32 58
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 92%
64% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 86%
50% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 58%
33% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 33%
14% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 14%
50% 44%   BTTS BTTS   67% 64%
31% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 19%
31% 28%   Failed to Score F T   22% 25%
 
6.4 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4
4.2 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.6
1.9 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.8
3 3   Red cards R C   5 5
 
12.9 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 8.7
4.1 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.5
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Basel 3 3 0 0 13 2 2 2 0 0 11 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 11 9
2 Zurich 3 3 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 9
3 Lugano 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
4 St. Gallen 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 4
5 Young Boys 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 4
6 Grasshopper 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
7 Servette 3 1 0 2 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 6 -5 3
8 Sion 3 1 0 2 3 8 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 -5 3
9 Luzern 3 0 1 2 6 9 2 0 0 2 4 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
10 Lausanne Sport 3 0 0 3 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -5 0
Last season 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 36 25 9 2 74 29 18 14 3 1 38 14 18 11 6 1 36 15 45 84
2 Basel 36 15 8 13 60 53 18 9 6 3 35 21 18 6 2 10 25 32 7 53
3 Servette 36 14 8 14 45 56 18 6 7 5 28 29 18 8 1 9 17 27 -11 50
4 Lugano 36 12 13 11 40 42 18 7 4 7 19 20 18 5 9 4 21 22 -2 49
5 Luzern 36 12 10 14 62 59 18 7 7 4 36 23 18 5 3 10 26 36 3 46
6 Lausanne Sport 36 12 10 14 52 55 18 9 2 7 33 29 18 3 8 7 19 26 -3 46
7 St. Gallen 36 11 11 14 45 48 18 7 5 6 24 20 18 4 6 8 21 28 -3 44
8 Zurich 36 11 10 15 53 57 18 6 5 7 27 21 18 5 5 8 26 36 -4 43
9 Sion 36 8 14 14 48 58 18 4 8 6 23 26 18 4 6 8 25 32 -10 38
10 Vaduz 36 9 9 18 36 58 18 4 4 10 18 31 18 5 5 8 18 27 -22 36

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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.