All you need to know about the Zürich - Servette game:

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Date: Sun 08.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Zürich in 4th and Servette in 5th place.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Zürich form and stats

Zürich are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Letzigrund. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.

Zürich's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-5 versus Servette (placed 5th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Neuchatel Xamax and winning 1-0.

Zürich were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Zürich can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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Servette form and stats

Playing away, Servette have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Super League this season.

Servette play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-0 victory visiting Zürich (placed 4th). Prior to that match, the Servette manager A. Geiger faced defeat when travelling to Lugano and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, Servette was the only team on the pitch versus Zürich in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Jung-Bin Park's lethal finishing against Zürich. 3 goals was a big reason for the three points.

The travelling fans enjoy Servette's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Servette have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Zürich - Servette 0-5. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Zürich, 2 draws and 3 wins for Servette. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

ZürichB. Kramer
B. Kramer
6 goals
ServetteV. Taşar
V. Taşar
5 goals
ZürichM. Schönbächler
M. Schönbächler
4 goals

Zürich missing players

Servette missing players

Zürich Servette
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 1 Played P 1 9 17
8 5 0 Won W 0 3 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
6 3 1 Lost L 1 3 5
20 16 0 Scored S 0 17 26
31 20 4 Conceded C 1 12 17
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 89% 71%
65% 89% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 53%
53% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 56% 35%
18% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
29% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 47%
41% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 41%
41% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 11% 24%
 
5.8 6.6 11 Corners For (avg) C F 7 4.1 4.8
5 4.6 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 8 6.7 6.5
2.5 2.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 5 2.6 2.4
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
211 125 16 Total Shots T S 13 105 210
78 47 3 Shots on Target S O 3 39 73
26% 34% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 36%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Zürich's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Servette have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Servette haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zürich has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
  • Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zürich 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 17 11 4 2 39 24 9 7 2 0 24 10 8 4 2 2 15 14 15 37
2 Basel 16 10 3 3 36 15 8 6 1 1 20 6 8 4 2 2 16 9 21 33
3 St. Gallen 16 10 2 4 37 21 8 5 1 2 19 9 8 5 1 2 18 12 16 32
4 Zürich 16 8 3 5 20 26 8 5 1 2 16 15 8 3 2 3 4 11 -6 27
5 Servette 16 5 6 5 21 17 8 3 3 2 9 5 8 2 3 3 12 12 4 21
6 Lugano 17 5 5 7 18 19 8 1 3 4 3 9 9 4 2 3 15 10 -1 20
7 Sion 16 6 2 8 24 30 8 3 1 4 14 16 8 3 1 4 10 14 -6 20
8 Luzern 17 4 3 10 15 26 8 2 2 4 9 13 9 2 1 6 6 13 -11 15
9 Neuchatel Xamax 17 2 7 8 19 31 9 1 3 5 9 15 8 1 4 3 10 16 -12 13
10 Thun 16 2 3 11 14 34 8 0 2 6 5 17 8 2 1 5 9 17 -20 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.