Football news and preview: Zürich odds-on when Winterthur arrive

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Zürich are located at 1st, while Winterthur are lagging 7 points behind in the league table. Can they decrease the gap?

Insights:
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (20) 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

Zürich have collected 10 points from their Super League home games so far after 3-1-0.

Zürich are returning here after visiting Luzern and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Marchesano (2), Oko-Flex and Katić scored the goal(s). Marchesano, an attacker, was the best player for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 8.51 (out of 10). Marchesano scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that, Zürich had a home game versus Grasshopper which ended with a victory 2-1.

From these home matches, Zürich have conceded only 2 goals.

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Winterthur form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Winterthur playing as the away team in the Super League this season.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Lugano with 2-3 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points. Defender Gantenbein was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Gantenbein served one assist, hit one key pass and won 7 of 7 duels.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Servette.

Both teams to score? This club's fresh statistics suggest that, having finished 8 league games in a row with one or more goals from each side.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 11 goals in 4 league games away this season. There are big problems for the Winterthur defense as they have conceded 14 goals in 4 away games.

Head 2 Head

Zürich have put together a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (4-4-0) when playing Winterthur.

Top Goalscorers

ZürichJ. Okita
J. Okita
5 goals
ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
4 goals
WinterthurM. Di Giusto
M. Di Giusto
3 goals

Zürich missing players

Winterthur missing players

Zürich Winterthur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
19 8 2 Scored S 2 11 19
7 2 0 Conceded C 5 14 20
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
67% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 78%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 67%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 75% 44%
56% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 89%
44% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
4.9 5.2 9 Corners for (avg) C F 6 2.2 3.4
3.9 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8.5 6.8
1.6 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 13.5 18 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14.2 15
4.6 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.5 6.7
46% 47% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 42% 32%
 
11.6 11 6 Shots against (avg) S A 20 20 14.7
3.6 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 8.2 5.7
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Winterthur's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • All of Zürich's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Winterthur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Winterthur have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Winterthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Winterthur have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (14) away in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (20) in Super League
  • Winterthur have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Winterthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zürich have not yet lost a game.
  • Zürich have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Zürich have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most clean sheets (2) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the most clean sheets (4) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Super League
  • Zürich have the the best goal difference (+12) 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 Zürich 9 5 4 0 19 7 4 3 1 0 8 2 5 2 3 0 11 5 12 19
2 Young Boys 8 5 2 1 17 9 3 3 0 0 11 4 5 2 2 1 6 5 8 17
3 Lugano 8 5 0 3 18 14 3 3 0 0 9 2 5 2 0 3 9 12 4 15
4 St. Gallen 9 4 3 2 11 9 4 4 0 0 8 4 5 0 3 2 3 5 2 15
5 Luzern 9 4 3 2 12 11 5 3 1 1 9 8 4 1 2 1 3 3 1 15
6 Yverdon Sport 9 4 3 2 15 16 4 3 1 0 10 5 5 1 2 2 5 11 -1 15
7 Winterthur 9 3 3 3 19 20 5 2 2 1 8 6 4 1 1 2 11 14 -1 12
8 Servette 9 2 4 3 12 15 5 1 3 1 7 7 4 1 1 2 5 8 -3 10
9 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 8 2 2 4 9 13 5 1 2 2 4 9 3 1 0 2 5 4 -4 8
10 Basel 8 1 2 5 13 18 5 1 2 2 9 10 3 0 0 3 4 8 -5 5
11 Grasshopper 9 1 2 6 9 15 5 1 1 3 5 7 4 0 1 3 4 8 -6 5
12 Lausanne Sport 9 1 2 6 10 17 4 0 2 2 4 8 5 1 0 4 6 9 -7 5

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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.