Crucial battle in the bottom part of the Super League, with both Winterthur and Zürich feeling more stress than joy. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosting team positioned 9th and the away side in 8th position.
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (31) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (15) in Super League
Relegation threatens Winterthur who should definitely be looking for some points here. Zürich is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League.
Winterthur form and stats
Winterthur have played 17 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-8 (wins-draws-losses). When Winterthur hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Winterthur, St. Gallen and Sion), they have won 3 of 4 matches! The home stadium (Stadion Schützenwiese) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Winterthur it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
Winterthur suffered a surprising loss 0-1 against Servette in their previous outing, also played in front of their own fans. Defender Schmid got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Schmid hit one key pass and won 2 of 3 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Winterthur lost 1-2 at Lugano's place.If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 20 most recent league games shows that 15 of them had at least one goal from each team.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Winterthur as they are travelling to their away game against Young Boys in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
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 (15 from 17 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 30 goals have been conceded. Winterthur has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
Zürich form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
Zürich had fun at their own home (Stadion Schützenwiese) last time out, beating Grasshopper 2-1. Džemaili and Kamberi scored. Džemaili got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Džemaili scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Young Boys that ended 1-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Zürich are hosting Lugano in the Super League only four days away.
The attacking power of Zürich when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 17 league matches away. In the opposite end, Zürich have conceded 29 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Zürich have not lost in the last 7 fixtures (3-4-0) facing Winterthur.The most recent logged result involving both these teams is the Zürich - Winterthur 1-1 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Aiyegun 11 goals |  J. Okita 7 goals |  M. Di Giusto 6 goals |
Winterthur missing players
Zürich missing players
| Winterthur | Zürich | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 37 |
| 62 | 30 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 29 | 52 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 88% |
| 74% | 65% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 76% |
| 47% | 41% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 41% | 47% |
| 29% | 24% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 35% | 32% |
| 18% | 24% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 15% |
| 62% | 59% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 47% | 56% |
| 21% | 29% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 24% | 26% |
| 21% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 35% | 29% |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 5.6 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8.8 | 9.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 10.6 | 10.9 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 32% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 25% | 29% |
| 13.4 | 13 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 12.2 | 10.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (15) at home in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (31) in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Super League
- Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Super League
- Winterthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Zürich have the fewest dropped points from leading position (8) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (15) in Super League
| 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 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 80 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 53 | 71 |
| 2 | Servette | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 49 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 4 | 54 |
| 3 | Lugano | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 54 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 51 |
| 4 | Luzern | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 47 |
| 5 | Basel | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 45 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | -1 | 43 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 59 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -6 | 43 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 60 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Zürich | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 37 | 52 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -15 | 41 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -31 | 32 |
| 10 | Sion | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 67 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 32 | -27 | 31 |
