Early odds line movement suggest Zürich superiority versus Sion

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Zürich are impatient to add to their goals scored at their own stadium in this game versus Sion.

Insights:
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Super League
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (57) 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 overall Super League statistics playing at home this season for Zürich are 4-7-4 (wins-draws-losses). When Zürich hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Zürich, Winterthur and St. Gallen), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

No payout for Zürich in their previous match, an away game at Servette that ended in defeat 0-4. 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's goalkeeper Brecher was extremely busy against Servette, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against St. Gallen.

The Zürich fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 15 matches. On the other hand, Zürich have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Zürich has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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Sion form and stats

Playing away, Sion have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats in the Super League this season.

Sion failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Basel (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Sio, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.75. Sio scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Prior to that match, the Sion manager Bettoni faced defeat when travelling to Lugano and losing 0-2.

Sion find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Sion's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 25 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The latest reported match featuring both these participants is the Sion - Zürich 0-1 played not long ago this season. Zürich-Sion H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zürich five wins, Sion one win, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ZürichT. Aiyegun
T. Aiyegun
11 goals
SionG. Sio
G. Sio
8 goals
ZürichJ. Okita
J. Okita
7 goals

Zürich missing players

Sion missing players

Zürich Sion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 3 15 30
7 4 2 Won W 1 5 7
12 7 2 Drew D 1 5 9
11 4 0 Lost L 1 5 14
30 17 3 Scored S 3 22 38
48 20 1 Conceded C 3 25 57
87% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
73% 67% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 87% 83%
47% 47% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 60% 63%
33% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 40%
17% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 13%
53% 60% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 60%
27% 33% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 13%
33% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 33%
 
4.4 4.1 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.5 4.3
5.5 5.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 8.1 6.7
2.8 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.9 3
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 5 6
 
10.9 11 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 11 11.7
3.6 3.4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 4.4
28% 33% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 37% 29%
 
10.6 9.2 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 15.4 13.2
4.4 3.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 4.6 4.7
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Sion have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (57) in Super League
  • Sion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Zürich have the fewest dropped points from leading position (8) in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Super League

  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 30 17 10 3 70 25 15 12 3 0 46 8 15 5 7 3 24 17 45 61
2 Luzern 30 12 9 9 50 40 15 5 5 5 23 20 15 7 4 4 27 20 10 45
3 Servette 30 10 14 6 39 42 15 7 7 1 22 14 15 3 7 5 17 28 -3 44
4 Lugano 30 11 10 9 44 40 15 6 5 4 23 19 15 5 5 5 21 21 4 43
5 Grasshopper 30 11 7 12 47 49 15 8 2 5 29 24 15 3 5 7 18 25 -2 40
6 Basel 30 9 12 9 39 36 15 5 7 3 23 17 15 4 5 6 16 19 3 39
7 St. Gallen 30 9 9 12 52 45 15 6 6 3 27 18 15 3 3 9 25 27 7 36
8 Zürich 30 7 12 11 30 48 15 4 7 4 17 20 15 3 5 7 13 28 -18 33
9 Sion 30 7 9 14 38 57 15 2 4 9 16 32 15 5 5 5 22 25 -19 30
10 Winterthur 30 7 8 15 28 55 15 5 4 6 14 25 15 2 4 9 14 30 -27 29

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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.