Super League match preview and statistics: St. Gallen fight Zürich

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Date: Sat 14.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: kybunpark (19456 seats)

3rd position in the Super League table for St. Gallen so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 4th-placed Zürich visits kybunpark.

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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St. Gallen form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at kybunpark as St. Gallen, who have the most scored goals (41) in Super League, have scored 19 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for St. Gallen after consecutive victories at their own ground.

A good away victory last time out for St. Gallen, who won 4-1 against Thun (placed 10th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Luzern with a 4-1 scoreline.

Goals decide football matches and St. Gallen are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. St. Gallen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zürich form and stats

Playing away, Zürich, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in Super League, have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Super League this season. Zürich has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Zürich failed to get anything from their last game, a Super League home match vs Servette (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-5. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Neuchâtel Xamax at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Zürich lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.

Goals are few and far between in Zürich's away league games. Only 4 goals from 8 travels. As opposed to that, Zürich have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Zürich - St. Gallen 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): St. Gallen won 2 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Zürich has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3

Top Goalscorers

St. GallenJordi Quintillà
Jordi Quintillà
8 goals
St. GallenC. Itten
C. Itten
8 goals
St. GallenE. Demirović
E. Demirović
8 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Zürich missing players

St. Gallen Zürich
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
11 5 2 Won W 0 3 8
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
4 2 0 Lost L 2 3 6
41 19 6 Scored S 0 4 20
22 9 3 Conceded C 8 11 31
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
94% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 38% 71%
82% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 65%
53% 62% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 53%
35% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
76% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 29%
18% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 62% 41%
12% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 41%
 
5.5 6.1 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 1 5 5.8
3.8 3 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 5.5 5
2.6 2.2 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.5
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
239 110 20 Total Shots T S 15 86 211
105 47 11 Shots on Target S O 3 31 78
39% 40% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 13% 26%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • St. Gallen has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
  • St. Gallen has the most scored goals (41)
  • St. Gallen has the most scored goals in the first half (19)
  • St. Gallen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • St. Gallen have scored more than double the goals of Zürich.
  • St. Gallen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Zürich has the fewest scored goals (4) away
  • Zürich has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
  • Zürich has the most clean sheets (5) away
  • Zürich have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 17 11 4 2 39 24 9 7 2 0 24 10 8 4 2 2 15 14 15 37
2 Basel 17 11 3 3 40 15 9 7 1 1 24 6 8 4 2 2 16 9 25 36
3 St. Gallen 17 11 2 4 41 22 8 5 1 2 19 9 9 6 1 2 22 13 19 35
4 Zürich 17 8 3 6 20 31 9 5 1 3 16 20 8 3 2 3 4 11 -11 27
5 Servette 17 6 6 5 26 17 8 3 3 2 9 5 9 3 3 3 17 12 9 24
6 Lugano 17 5 5 7 18 19 8 1 3 4 3 9 9 4 2 3 15 10 -1 20
7 Sion 17 6 2 9 24 34 8 3 1 4 14 16 9 3 1 5 10 18 -10 20
8 Luzern 17 4 3 10 15 26 8 2 2 4 9 13 9 2 1 6 6 13 -11 15
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 17 2 7 8 19 31 9 1 3 5 9 15 8 1 4 3 10 16 -12 13
10 Thun 17 2 3 12 15 38 9 0 2 7 6 21 8 2 1 5 9 17 -23 9

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.