Winterthur vs Sion: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Tue 18.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Schützenwiese (9450 seats)

The guesting Sion side are thought to be front runners at Winterthur, as the away side hold a 9 point advantage from their eleven league games this season.

Insights:
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (24) in Super League
  • Sion have the most scored goals (12) away in Super League

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 Winterthur and Sion.

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Winterthur form and stats

Winterthur's results here at Stadion Schützenwiese in the Super League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Winterthur, as their goalkeeper Timothy Fayulu has completely shut out the opponents for 225 minutes in the Super League.

Winterthur's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Grasshopper (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Ramizi got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Ramizi scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Zurich that finished 0-0.

Winterthur aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Schützenwiese in the league, with only {5 goals} from 6 games. As for conceded goals, Winterthur's unpleasant statistic is 17 goals surrendered.

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Sion form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (12) away in Super League, on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Sion are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Luzern (placed 8th). Which player has scored three matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Balotelli and that is impressive! Goalkeeper Lindner got the top player rating of the team with 7.54/10. Lindner topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Grasshopper that ended 4-4.

The schedule is very tough for Sion now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Young Boys is waiting in only four days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sion are regular goalscorers on their travels. In the opposite end, Sion have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Winterthur and Sion have played each other already this season: Sion - Winterthur 1-3. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding four meetings): Winterthur won one game, one match ended with a draw and Sion managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two.

Top Goalscorers

SionF. Stojilkovic
F. Stojilkovic
5 goals
WinterthurR. Buess
R. Buess
3 goals
SionM. Barwuah Balotelli
M. Barwuah Balotelli
3 goals

Winterthur missing players

Sion missing players

Winterthur Sion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 5 11
2 1 0 Won W 1 3 5
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
6 3 1 Lost L 1 1 3
8 5 1 Scored S 3 12 19
24 17 5 Conceded C 2 9 18
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
73% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
45% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 73%
36% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 36%
27% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 18%
45% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 55%
18% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 27%
45% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 27%
 
4.5 5 1 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.8 5.6
4.9 4.7 8 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7.4 6
3.3 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.5 9 7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 13.8 14
2.9 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 6.2 6
25% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 39% 29%
 
12.5 12.7 13 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.4 10.5
5.6 6.5 11 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.8 4.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Sion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sion have scored more than double the goals of Winterthur.
  • Sion have the most scored goals (12) away in Super League
  • Sion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Winterthur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Winterthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Winterthur have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (17) at home in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (24) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Super League
  • Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-16) 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 10 7 2 1 24 6 5 4 1 0 13 2 5 3 1 1 11 4 18 23
2 Servette 10 5 3 2 12 9 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 3 5 3 18
3 Sion 11 5 3 3 19 18 6 2 2 2 7 9 5 3 1 1 12 9 1 18
4 St. Gallen 10 5 0 5 19 15 5 4 0 1 11 4 5 1 0 4 8 11 4 15
5 Lugano 10 5 0 5 16 15 5 2 0 3 7 8 5 3 0 2 9 7 1 15
6 Grasshopper 11 3 5 3 19 21 5 3 2 0 13 8 6 0 3 3 6 13 -2 14
7 Basel 9 3 3 3 15 12 5 2 2 1 9 6 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 12
8 Luzern 10 3 3 4 14 13 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 2 2 2 10 8 1 12
9 Winterthur 11 2 3 6 8 24 6 1 2 3 5 17 5 1 1 3 3 7 -16 9
10 Zurich 10 0 4 6 7 20 5 0 2 3 3 9 5 0 2 3 4 11 -13 4

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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.