Zürich regulars predict points in home fixture against Winterthur

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 09.October
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Zürich are itching to increase their points at their own ground in the upcoming game against Winterthur.

Insights:
  • Zürich is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (24) in Super League

These are active days for the home side, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. This match was also played here at Stadion Letzigrund. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Winterthur have had more rest.

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Zürich form and stats

Zürich have played 4 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Zürich's previous game was also a home event, the loss 1-5 versus PSV (in Europa League). Attacking player Aiyegun edged out all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.31 out of 10. Aiyegun served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 10 times.

Before that, Zürich played out a Super League draw 1-1 when visiting Grasshopper.

Goals from both teams! That has occurred in 5 league fixtures in a row for this team. Could it happen again?

Zürich are traveling soon after this match as the Europa League match at PSV awaits in four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Zürich here at Stadion Letzigrund in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Zürich with 9 goals conceded in these matches.

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Winterthur form and stats

Playing away, Winterthur have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Super League this season.

Two travels in a row for Winterthur, whose manager Berner could celebrate last time after the win against Sion. Hooray; their first win in the league after eight rounds not winning. The attacker Buess got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Buess scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Earlier, the Swiss Cup win away at Meyrin. As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Winterthur playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.

The attacking power of Winterthur when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Winterthur have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Zürich have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (3-2-0) when facing Winterthur.

Goals galore for the away team, in fact last time they were involved in a match with under 2.5 goals they were facing today's opponent (Winterthur - Zürich 1-1 five league fixtures ago)!

Top Goalscorers

WinterthurR. Buess
R. Buess
3 goals
ZürichJ. Okita
J. Okita
2 goals
ZürichF. Rohner
F. Rohner
1 goals

Zürich missing players

Winterthur missing players

Zürich Winterthur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 0 4 9
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
6 3 1 Lost L 0 3 6
7 3 1 Scored S 0 3 7
20 9 2 Conceded C 0 7 24
89% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
89% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 89%
56% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 56%
33% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 44%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
56% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 56%
11% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
44% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 75% 44%
 
4.8 5.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.2 4.4
4.4 5.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.8 4.8
3.2 2.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.8 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.1 10.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.2 9.1
3.7 2.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.8 3
21% 27% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 26%
 
10.8 9.2 12 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.5 12.4
5.7 5 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.2 6.2
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Winterthur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Winterthur have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Winterthur have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (24) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Super League
  • Winterthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zürich have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zürich have the fewest points (1) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Super League
  • Zürich have yet to win a game.
  • Zürich is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 2 1 22 5 4 3 1 0 11 1 5 3 1 1 11 4 17 20
2 Servette 9 5 2 2 11 8 4 4 0 0 8 3 5 1 2 2 3 5 3 17
3 St. Gallen 9 5 0 4 18 13 5 4 0 1 11 4 4 1 0 3 7 9 5 15
4 Sion 9 4 2 3 13 14 5 1 2 2 5 9 4 3 0 1 8 5 -1 14
5 Grasshopper 9 3 4 2 15 16 4 3 1 0 9 4 5 0 3 2 6 12 -1 13
6 Basel 8 3 3 2 15 11 5 2 2 1 9 6 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 12
7 Lugano 9 4 0 5 15 15 4 1 0 3 6 8 5 3 0 2 9 7 0 12
8 Luzern 8 3 2 3 13 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 2 1 1 9 5 3 11
9 Winterthur 9 1 2 6 7 24 5 0 2 3 4 17 4 1 0 3 3 7 -17 5
10 Zürich 9 0 3 6 7 20 4 0 1 3 3 9 5 0 2 3 4 11 -13 3

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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.