Early betting action imply Zürich advantage when meeting Sion

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Super League: Top-notch versus subpar, at least based on the points won so far. Zürich - Sion. Home win or a shock result?

Insights:
  • Zürich have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
  • Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in Super League

Zürich and Sion should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Zürich form and stats

Zürich have performed here at Stadion Letzigrund this season with 11 wins from 15 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.

Zürich's last game was hosting Young Boys (placed 3rd) and winning 2-1. Ceesay, who usually features in attack, was the best performer for the side in that game, and was presented with a rating of 8.61 (out of 10). Ceesay scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Servette (0-1).

The Zürich manager Breitenreiter has got the team scoring with 36 from 15 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Zürich's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sion form and stats

Sion have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Super League, after 3-4-8 (15 played).

Sion's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Basel that finished 0-0. Goalkeeper Fickentscher got the top player rating of the team with 8.43/10. Fickentscher topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Lugano with the score of 3-1.

The visiting Sion have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 15 games. The Sion manager Tramezzani has some worries about the defense as 35 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Sion has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played previously this season: Sion - Zürich 1-1. Cipriano (Sion) was sent off by the referee when these teams previously met this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Zürich victories, six draws and one Sion win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
12 goals
ZürichA. Ceesay
A. Ceesay
9 goals
ZürichD. Gnonto
D. Gnonto
9 goals

Zürich missing players

Sion missing players

Zürich Sion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
20 11 3 Won W 0 3 9
6 3 1 Drew D 1 4 7
4 1 0 Lost L 3 8 14
64 36 10 Scored S 8 21 37
37 17 3 Conceded C 16 35 53
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
83% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 77%
67% 73% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 50%
47% 47% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 47% 33%
17% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 75% 27% 17%
60% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 60%
30% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 20%
10% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 23%
 
5 4.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3 3.5
5.1 4.7 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 7.5 6.5
2.5 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.4 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.5 12.3 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.8 8.4
5.8 5.9 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.5 3.5
37% 41% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 40% 35%
 
10.6 8.9 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 18.8 15.8 13.6
4.1 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.2 6.1 5.1
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Sion have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sion have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Super League
  • Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in Super League
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (35) away in Super League
  • Sion have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Super League
  • Sion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zürich have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (18) in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points (36) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points from losing position (18) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most scored goals (36) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Super League
  • 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 Zürich 30 20 6 4 64 37 15 11 3 1 36 17 15 9 3 3 28 20 27 66
2 Basel 30 13 14 3 64 37 14 6 7 1 33 16 16 7 7 2 31 21 27 53
3 Young Boys 30 12 11 7 65 42 15 8 5 2 31 19 15 4 6 5 34 23 23 47
4 Lugano 30 14 4 12 41 44 15 8 2 5 21 21 15 6 2 7 20 23 -3 46
5 St. Gallen 30 11 8 11 55 54 15 5 7 3 28 25 15 6 1 8 27 29 1 41
6 Servette 30 12 5 13 44 52 15 7 3 5 23 22 15 5 2 8 21 30 -8 41
7 Sion 30 9 7 14 37 53 15 6 3 6 16 18 15 3 4 8 21 35 -16 34
8 Grasshopper 30 7 11 12 46 49 15 3 6 6 27 30 15 4 5 6 19 19 -3 32
9 Luzern 30 5 12 13 37 56 15 4 3 8 18 27 15 1 9 5 19 29 -19 27
10 Lausanne Sport 30 4 8 18 33 62 16 3 4 9 22 36 14 1 4 9 11 26 -29 20

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.