Zürich favourites for feisty fight facing Sion

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Zürich fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Sion.

Insights:
  • Zürich has the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Super League
  • Sion has the most conceded goals (14) away in Super League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Zürich and Sion.

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Zürich form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for Zürich, who have the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Super League, at their home stadium (Stadion Letzigrund) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The Zürich manager L. Magnin might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Zürich haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 212 minutes ago. B. Kramer scored that one.

Zürich's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Servette (placed 7th). Before that, Zürich played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Luzern.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Zürich's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.

The Zürich fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Zürich have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sion form and stats

There's been little loot from Sion's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 6 away games in the Super League. Sion, who have the most conceded goals (14) away in Super League, only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

Sion won their last game, 2-1 versus Vaduz played at home. A 1-1 draw at Servette's stadium before that.

The end of the last match, against Vaduz, was very satisfying as Ayoub Abdellaoui scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

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

Sion find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. For Sion, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Sion - Zürich 2-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Zürich won three, Sion won four and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ZürichB. Kololli
B. Kololli
4 goals
ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
3 goals
ZürichT. Aiyegun
T. Aiyegun
3 goals

Zürich missing players

Sion missing players

Zürich Sion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 6 12
5 3 1 Won W 0 0 2
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
5 2 1 Lost L 0 4 5
19 10 2 Scored S 2 6 13
16 5 1 Conceded C 2 14 19
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
69% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 75%
62% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
38% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 33%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 17%
46% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 58%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
23% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.2 10.5 6 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.3 9.1
4.1 3.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.3 3.2
36% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 33%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Sion has the most conceded goals (14) away in Super League
  • Sion has the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Super League
  • 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 yet to win a game away.
  • Sion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zürich has the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Super League
  • 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 12 7 4 1 18 9 7 4 2 1 10 7 5 3 2 0 8 2 9 25
2 Basel 13 6 2 5 18 15 7 4 2 1 12 9 6 2 0 4 6 6 3 20
3 St. Gallen 12 5 5 2 11 9 5 2 2 1 5 5 7 3 3 1 6 4 2 20
4 Zürich 13 5 3 5 19 16 6 3 1 2 10 5 7 2 2 3 9 11 3 18
5 Lugano 11 4 6 1 13 10 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 1 5 0 7 6 3 18
6 Lausanne Sport 13 5 3 5 18 17 7 4 0 3 11 7 6 1 3 2 7 10 1 18
7 Servette 13 5 3 5 12 13 6 2 3 1 6 6 7 3 0 4 6 7 -1 18
8 Luzern 13 3 4 6 19 21 6 1 4 1 9 8 7 2 0 5 10 13 -2 13
9 Sion 12 2 5 5 13 19 6 2 3 1 7 5 6 0 2 4 6 14 -6 11
10 Vaduz 12 1 3 8 10 22 7 1 1 5 6 13 5 0 2 3 4 9 -12 6

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.