Delightful dogfight as daring St. Gallen duel with determined Winterthur

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

It's only the second fixture in the Super League for these squads. And there's points to play for here at Kybunpark as St. Gallen welcome Winterthur. Get smart with this preview!

Both sides have had plentiful rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an energetic game!

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St. Gallen form and stats

In the previous season, St. Gallen's league results were 14 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses, providing 5th spot in the Super League. In these 36 matches they scored 68 goals and gave away 63. Performing at their own stadium in the former season St. Gallen generated 7-7-4 (win-draw-lost) with 36 goals and 27 conceded.

No payout for St. Gallen in their previous match, an away game at Servette that ended in defeat 0-1. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in three league matches. Schubert, a striker, was the highest rated player for the side in that game, earning a rating of 7.33 (out of 10). Schubert hit two key passes.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Lausanne Sport.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gallen handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

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Winterthur form and stats

Let's have a look at how Winterthur performed last season in the Challenge League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 11 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 76 and conceded 45 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 7 and lost 5 with 32/25 goals scored/conceded.

Winterthur played 1-1 against Basel in their previous match. Ramizi got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Ramizi scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kriens at their stadium, the result 5-0.

Winterthur are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three St. Gallen victories, three draws and one Winterthur win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

WinterthurS. Ramizi
S. Ramizi
1 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Winterthur missing players

Total First Half Second Half
St. Gallen Winterthur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 11
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
7 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 9
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
St. Gallen Last season Winterthur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
14 7   Won W   6 18
8 7   Drew D   7 11
14 4   Lost L   5 7
68 36   Scored S   32 76
63 27   Conceded C   25 45
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
94% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 86%
72% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 61%
50% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 44%
28% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   28% 28%
67% 67%   BTTS BTTS   61% 61%
22% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   28% 33%
11% 17%   Failed to Score F T   22% 17%
 
5.8 6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.5
4.9 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.3
2.4 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.4
7 4   Red cards R C   2 3
 
12.5 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 10.4
5.1 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.8
37% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 44%
 
11.2 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   7.9 7.5
5.1 5.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.3

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Sion 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Servette 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Basel 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Winterthur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Luzern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lugano 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 St. Gallen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
10 Zurich 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 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 Zurich 36 23 7 6 78 46 18 12 4 2 45 23 18 11 3 4 33 23 32 76
2 Basel 36 15 17 4 70 41 18 8 8 2 39 20 18 7 9 2 31 21 29 62
3 Young Boys 36 16 12 8 80 50 18 11 5 2 41 21 18 5 7 6 39 29 30 60
4 Lugano 36 16 6 14 50 54 18 10 3 5 27 24 18 6 3 9 23 30 -4 54
5 St. Gallen 36 14 8 14 68 63 18 7 7 4 36 27 18 7 1 10 32 36 5 50
6 Servette 36 12 8 16 50 66 18 7 5 6 25 26 18 5 3 10 25 40 -16 44
7 Sion 36 11 8 17 46 67 18 6 4 8 21 26 18 5 4 9 25 41 -21 41
8 Grasshopper 36 9 13 14 54 58 18 5 6 7 33 34 18 4 7 7 21 24 -4 40
9 Luzern 36 9 13 14 52 64 18 6 4 8 27 29 18 3 9 6 25 35 -12 40
10 Lausanne Sport 36 4 10 22 37 76 18 3 5 10 23 38 18 1 5 12 14 38 -39 22
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 Winterthur 36 18 11 7 76 45 18 12 4 2 44 20 18 6 7 5 32 25 31 65
2 FC Schaffhausen 36 19 8 9 73 49 18 12 4 2 41 21 18 7 4 7 32 28 24 65
3 Aarau 36 20 5 11 67 47 18 10 2 6 28 23 18 10 3 5 39 24 20 65
4 Vaduz 36 18 6 12 68 58 18 9 3 6 33 26 18 9 3 6 35 32 10 60
5 Thun 36 17 5 14 62 57 18 10 2 6 36 29 18 7 3 8 26 28 5 56
6 Neuchatel Xamax 36 14 8 14 56 54 18 9 4 5 35 28 18 5 4 9 21 26 2 50
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 36 12 8 16 46 50 18 9 4 5 28 20 18 3 4 11 18 30 -4 44
8 Yverdon Sport 36 11 11 14 44 52 18 7 7 4 25 24 18 4 4 10 19 28 -8 44
9 Wil 36 11 8 17 68 80 18 8 5 5 44 32 18 3 3 12 24 48 -12 41
10 Kriens 36 3 4 29 25 93 18 3 2 13 10 38 18 0 2 16 15 55 -68 13

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Sion 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Servette 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Basel 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Winterthur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Luzern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lugano 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 St. Gallen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
10 Zurich 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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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.