Zürich look to Stadion Letzigrund supporters for inspiration before St. Gallen match

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Zürich - St. Gallen. 1st spot welcomes 8th spot. The ball is round - get a thorough preview here!

Insights:
  • Zürich have the most scored goals (40) in Super League
  • St. Gallen have the most conceded goals (36) in Super League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Zürich form and stats

Home games in the Super League have been a walk in the park for Zürich so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

It's back home for Zürich, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Lausanne Sport away with the result 3-1. Marchesano and Gnonto (2) found the net in that victory. The gifted forward Degnand Wilfried Gnonto bested all the other players in that match and received a match rating of 8.31 out of 10. Gnonto scored two goals.

Ahead of that match, Zürich won a home game hosting Luzern (4-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Zürich handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, four draws and three defeats.

Zürich are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion Letzigrund in their league games, having scored an impressive 22 goals in 8 matches. Zürich's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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St. Gallen form and stats

There's been little loot from St. Gallen's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Super League. St. Gallen only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws.

St. Gallen's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Lugano that finished 1-1. Defender Boubacar Traorè was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Traorè hit three key passes and won 12 of 17 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Grasshopper.

Gallen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.

Gallen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Gallen are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 9 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the squads faced each other earlier this season; St. Gallen - Zürich 3-3. Zürich-St. Gallen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zürich four wins, St. Gallen two wins, four draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
8 goals
St. GallenE. Youan
E. Youan
6 goals
ZürichD. Gnonto
D. Gnonto
4 goals

Zürich missing players

St. Gallen missing players

Zürich St. Gallen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 8 17
11 6 3 Won W 1 2 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 4
2 0 0 Lost L 1 6 9
40 22 13 Scored S 2 9 21
25 9 3 Conceded C 2 20 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 88% 88%
76% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 65%
65% 62% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 41%
24% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 18%
65% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 71%
29% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 12% 6%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 24%
 
4.9 4.6 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 10 6.1 6.2
4.8 3.9 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5.9 6
2.8 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
12 12.6 16 Shots (avg) S ( 16.5 13.1 11.9
5.1 5.5 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.8 4.5
46% 50% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 24% 27%
 
11.3 9 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 12.2 12.8
4.9 4.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.5 5.5
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • St. Gallen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St. Gallen have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super League
  • St. Gallen have the most conceded goals (36) in Super League
  • St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 at least twice as many goals at home as St. Gallen have scored away.
  • Zürich have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Zürich have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points (20) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points from losing position (10) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most scored goals (22) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the most scored goals (40) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Super League
  • Zürich have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Super League
  • Zürich haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zürich is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Zürich 17 11 4 2 40 25 8 6 2 0 22 9 9 5 2 2 18 16 15 37
2 Basel 15 8 6 1 33 14 8 4 3 1 19 7 7 4 3 0 14 7 19 30
3 Lugano 17 9 3 5 25 19 8 5 2 1 13 7 9 4 1 4 12 12 6 30
4 Young Boys 15 7 4 4 33 18 7 4 2 1 14 7 8 3 2 3 19 11 15 25
5 Grasshopper 16 5 6 5 29 23 8 3 3 2 16 12 8 2 3 3 13 11 6 21
6 Servette 16 6 3 7 28 31 8 3 1 4 15 17 8 3 2 3 13 14 -3 21
7 Sion 16 5 3 8 19 31 8 3 1 4 10 11 8 2 2 4 9 20 -12 18
8 St. Gallen 17 4 4 9 21 36 9 2 4 3 12 16 8 2 0 6 9 20 -15 16
9 Lausanne Sport 17 2 6 9 18 35 9 1 3 5 10 21 8 1 3 4 8 14 -17 12
10 Luzern 16 1 7 8 19 33 8 1 2 5 11 16 8 0 5 3 8 17 -14 10

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.