Sion (home)
- Sion have lost three of 14 home Super League matches, winning seven and drawing four.
- 5th-placed FC Sion Sitten have put together a solid league campaign to date, accumulating 41 points from 27 Super League games and keeping pace with the top five of the competition.
- Sion’s structure-first approach has provided a steady and reliable foundation from which Didier Tholot can play his brand of possession-based soccer.
- Sion have played some of their best soccer over the last few weeks, going into the matchday break off the back of a stunning 3-1 home win over Young Boys and a determined 0-0 away draw with Servette.
- Rilind Nivokazi is Sion’s talisman, the dynamic midfielder has scored 11 goals in 27 Super League appearances this term and has scored three of Sion’s last eight goals.
Winterthur (away)
- Winterthur have lost five straight games, including their last three away.
- 12th-placed Winterthur have earned just 14 points from 27 Super League fixtures, sitting bottom of the table and with little hope of surviving the drop zone.
- Patrick Rahmen’s return to the club hasn’t yet turned the tide, but his high-intensity pressing approach is the exact medicine needed to re-energise a squad that have seemingly lost their way in the past months.
- Winterthur’s best soccer has often come from #10 Andrin Hunziker, who has 8 goals in 25 Super League outings this term, but he has been goalless during the team’s five-game losing streak.
Key Players
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Rilind Nivokazi is Sion’s talisman, the dynamic midfielder has scored 11 goals in 27 Super League appearances this term and has scored three of Sion’s last eight goals.
- 11 goals in 27 appearances
- 3 of Sion’s last 8 goals
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Winterthur’s best soccer has often come from #10 Andrin Hunziker, who has eight goals to his name in 25 Super League outings this term, but he has been goalless during the team’s five-game losing streak.
- 8 goals in 25 appearances
- Goalless in last 5 matches
Betting Insights
- There is a lot to like about the game-state odds on a home win for Sion, which come in at 1.31, but there is likely to be a lot of goals in this one, especially given Winterthur’s tendency to flood forward.
- The Total Score Over 2.5 option is currently at 1.38, but Winterthur’s poor form and leaky defense makes it less likely that they’ll be able to score against a defensively-solid Sion.
Prediction
Sion to win ; under 3 goals looks plausible given Winterthur’s form and Sion’s defensive solidity.
