Zürich favourites for feisty fight facing Sion

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Zürich are considered as favourites to win this home game against Sion, if the league table is thought to provide some clues. Or could we be in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Zürich have the most points from losing position (8) in Super League
  • Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Super League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Zürich form and stats

Seven points from three Super League home games is a great start for Zürich, who are hoping to build on that form here at Stadion Letzigrund.

Zürich are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Basel. The striker Antonio Marchesano bettered all the other players in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.44 out of 10. Marchesano scored one goal, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Servette.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Zürich matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, one draw and zero defeats (from one game).

Goals decide football matches and Zürich are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. Zürich have conceded 4 in these home matches.

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Sion form and stats

0-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sion, who have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Super League, in their Super League matches away.

Sion lost away at Grasshopper (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Attacker Guillaume Hoarau got a player rating of 7.04 in the game. "Man of the match"

A draw for Sion before that, at their own venue hosting Luzern (1-1).

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sion when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning three games.

Sion find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Sion concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Zürich won two games, five matches ended with a draw and Sion have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
5 goals
SionG. Hoarau
G. Hoarau
3 goals
ZürichA. Guerrero Aguilar
A. Guerrero Aguilar
2 goals

Zürich missing players

Sion missing players

Zürich Sion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 1 4 8
4 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
16 7 3 Scored S 1 4 10
15 4 1 Conceded C 6 11 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
88% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
75% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 38%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 25%
75% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 88%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.2 4.8
5.1 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 12 9.2 8.2
2.9 2.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.4 12 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8 9
5.4 5 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 3.4
37% 47% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 40% 37%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Sion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Zürich's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Sion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Sion have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Super League
  • Sion have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Super League
  • Sion have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Sion have yet to win a game away.
  • Sion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zürich have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zürich have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points from losing position (8) in Super League
  • Zürich have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Zürich haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Basel 8 5 3 0 22 7 4 3 1 0 15 4 4 2 2 0 7 3 15 18
2 Young Boys 7 4 2 1 17 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 4 2 1 1 11 6 10 14
3 Zürich 8 4 2 2 16 15 3 2 1 0 7 4 5 2 1 2 9 11 1 14
4 Servette 8 3 3 2 16 14 4 2 1 1 10 5 4 1 2 1 6 9 2 12
5 Lugano 7 3 2 2 11 10 4 1 2 1 4 5 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 11
6 Grasshopper 8 2 4 2 10 9 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 0 3 1 3 4 1 10
7 Sion 8 2 3 3 10 16 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 0 2 2 4 11 -6 9
8 St. Gallen 8 1 3 4 11 18 4 0 3 1 6 8 4 1 0 3 5 10 -7 6
9 Luzern 8 0 4 4 12 19 5 0 2 3 8 12 3 0 2 1 4 7 -7 4
10 Lausanne Sport 8 0 4 4 9 19 4 0 2 2 5 11 4 0 2 2 4 8 -10 4

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.