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 Sion in 6th place.
It's no vacation for neither Zürich nor Sion as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Zürich form and stats
Zürich, who have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Super League, have played 7 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Zürich bring valid hopes of a third.
Zürich's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Sion (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Thun.
A goal frenzy last time out for Zürich, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Sion. Fun stuff to watch!
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Zürich have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won 8 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Zürich have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Letzigrund with 13 goals in 7 league matches. Zürich are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (15 from 7 played).
Sion form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Sion playing as the away team in the Super League this season. Bitter travels for Sion as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Neuchatel Xamax match.
Sion play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to Zürich (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting St. Gallen's place.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Sion, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Sion are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Sion have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Sion have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Zürich - Sion 4-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Zürich victories, 3 draws and 3 Sion wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Lenjani 4 goals |  P. Kasami 4 goals |   A. Marchesano 3 goals |
Zürich missing players
Sion missing players
| Zürich | Sion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 26 | 15 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 25 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 93% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 79% |
| 64% | 86% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 71% |
| 57% | 71% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 36% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 21% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 14% |
| 5.8 | 6.9 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- All of Zürich's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | Basel | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 30 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Zürich | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
| 5 | Servette | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Sion | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 7 | Luzern | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Lugano | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 9 | Neuchatel Xamax | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Thun | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -16 | 9 |