Soccer betting preview: Zürich welcomes St. Gallen in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Wed 09.December
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

It's advantage Zürich so far with their 3rd position in the Super League table, welcoming St. Gallen who are placed 5th.

Insights:
  • Zürich has the most scored goals (17) in Super League
  • Zürich have scored more than double the goals of St. Gallen.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Super League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lausanne Sport, was also a home game here at Stadion Letzigrund. The away team is better rested.

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Zürich form and stats

Zürich, who have the most scored goals (17) in Super League, have played 4 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Zürich, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Zürich's last game was hosting Lausanne Sport (placed 6th) and winning 4-0. Heartbreak before that as Zürich lost 1-2 at Servette's place.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Zürich played a great game against Lausanne Sport and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Zürich have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won six, drawn one and lost zero.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Zürich as they are travelling to their away game against Lugano in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), Zürich's attacking play is working. As for guarding their own goal, Zürich have only let in 2 goals at home.

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St. Gallen form and stats

1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for St. Gallen in their Super League matches away.

Gallen delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Lausanne Sport (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Super League game. A 0-0 draw at Young Boys's stadium before that.

St. Gallen's last match (vs Lausanne Sport) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 88th minute equalizer by Kwadwo Duah.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with St. Gallen playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two St. Gallen wins, two draws and one defeat.

The schedule is very tough for St. Gallen now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Lausanne Sport is waiting in only four days.

The attacking power of Gallen when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. St. Gallen are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Zürich wins - draws - St. Gallen wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ZürichB. Kololli
B. Kololli
4 goals
ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
3 goals
St. GallenK. Duah
K. Duah
3 goals

Zürich missing players

St. Gallen missing players

Zürich St. Gallen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 2 4 8
4 3 2 Won W 0 1 3
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
17 9 5 Scored S 0 3 8
13 2 0 Conceded C 1 3 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 75% 88%
89% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 38%
78% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
56% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 38%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 38%
33% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 12.5 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 13.5 14.4
4.8 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.6
40% 47% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 28%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Zürich has the most scored goals (17) in Super League
  • Zürich has the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zürich have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Zürich have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Zürich have scored more than double the goals of St. Gallen.
  • 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 Young Boys 9 6 3 0 13 5 5 4 1 0 7 3 4 2 2 0 6 2 8 21
2 Lugano 8 4 4 0 11 7 4 3 1 0 6 3 4 1 3 0 5 4 4 16
3 Zürich 9 4 2 3 17 13 4 3 1 0 9 2 5 1 1 3 8 11 4 14
4 Basel 9 4 1 4 12 11 4 3 1 0 8 5 5 1 0 4 4 6 1 13
5 St. Gallen 8 3 3 2 8 8 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 12
6 Lausanne Sport 10 3 3 4 14 15 5 3 0 2 9 5 5 0 3 2 5 10 -1 12
7 Luzern 10 2 3 5 16 18 5 1 3 1 9 8 5 1 0 4 7 10 -2 9
8 Servette 9 2 2 5 6 11 5 2 2 1 5 5 4 0 0 4 1 6 -5 8
9 Sion 8 1 4 3 7 11 4 1 3 0 4 2 4 0 1 3 3 9 -4 7
10 Vaduz 8 1 3 4 9 14 4 1 1 2 6 7 4 0 2 2 3 7 -5 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.