Super League duel: Close contest expected between Winterthur and Sion

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Schützenwiese (9450 seats)

Sion have rested following their 1-3-fixture vs Basel and are ready to go again when travelling to Winterthur. Get all the facts and figures!

Insights:
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (17) in Super League
  • Sion is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Winterthur have less rest than Sion in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Stadion Schützenwiese. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sion have had more rest.

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Winterthur form and stats

4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Winterthur so far this season. When Winterthur hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Grasshopper, Zurich and Winterthur), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The Winterthur crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Servette here at Stadion Schützenwiese. The versatile forward Ardaiz bettered all the other players in that game and managed a match rating of 7.81 out of 10. Ardaiz scored one goal and hit one key pass.

1-1 away at Zurich before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Winterthur have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 4.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Winterthur here at Stadion Schützenwiese in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Winterthur has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Sion form and stats

Playing away, Sion have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Super League this season.

Sion play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Basel (placed 6th). It's a concern for Sion that their goalie Lindner pulled off nine saves in the Basel fixture, but still could not hinder a defeat. Araz got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Araz scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Zurich.

Sion has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. Sion struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games. When Sion is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Grasshopper, Zurich and Sion.

Head 2 Head

Winterthur and Sion have faced off earlier this season: Winterthur - Sion 1-0. Statistics for the preceeding five meetings involving these two teams are: two wins for Winterthur, one draw and two wins for Sion. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

SionM. Barwuah Balotelli
M. Barwuah Balotelli
5 goals
WinterthurS. Ramizi
S. Ramizi
4 goals
WinterthurM. Di Giusto
M. Di Giusto
4 goals

Winterthur missing players

Sion missing players

Winterthur Sion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 10 20
5 4 1 Won W 1 3 5
5 2 1 Drew D 1 4 6
10 4 0 Lost L 0 3 9
17 9 2 Scored S 7 16 27
39 19 1 Conceded C 4 16 37
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
70% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 75%
45% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
35% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 40%
20% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 20%
55% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 55%
25% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 20%
25% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 35%
 
4 4.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4 4.6
5.3 5.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 7.2 6.2
2.9 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.4 9.1 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.5 12.2
3 3.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.3 4.8
28% 26% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 70% 37% 28%
 
13 13.4 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 13.4 12.1
5.3 5.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.9 4.8
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Sion is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Winterthur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Winterthur have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (17) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (39) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Super League
  • Winterthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Young Boys 20 13 6 1 48 13 10 8 2 0 30 6 10 5 4 1 18 7 35 45
2 Servette 20 8 8 4 25 25 10 5 5 0 15 9 10 3 3 4 10 16 0 32
3 St. Gallen 20 8 4 8 38 31 10 6 3 1 19 8 10 2 1 7 19 23 7 28
4 Lugano 20 8 4 8 31 31 10 4 2 4 15 15 10 4 2 4 16 16 0 28
5 Luzern 20 6 8 6 31 30 10 2 5 3 14 15 10 4 3 3 17 15 1 26
6 Basel 20 6 7 7 27 23 10 4 4 2 17 11 10 2 3 5 10 12 4 25
7 Grasshopper 20 6 6 8 32 35 10 5 2 3 19 16 10 1 4 5 13 19 -3 24
8 Sion 20 5 6 9 27 37 10 2 2 6 11 21 10 3 4 3 16 16 -10 21
9 Zurich 20 4 8 8 18 30 10 2 4 4 10 15 10 2 4 4 8 15 -12 20
10 Winterthur 20 5 5 10 17 39 10 4 2 4 9 19 10 1 3 6 8 20 -22 20

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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.