St. Gallen and Zürich meet forces at AFG Arena, in a match for Matchday 25 of the Super League. In the last head ‑ to ‑ head for this edition of the league, played on 14‑12‑2019, Zürich won out by (1‑3). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which registers 4 victories and 3 defeats in the last 7 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 14‑12‑2019, for the Super League, which ended in Zürich’s victory by (1‑3). The goals of the match were scored by Jordi Quintillà (28 ‘), for St. Gallen, and M. Schönbächler (3’), A. Marchesano (44 ‘) and T. Aiyegun (74’), for Zürich. The home advantage may play an important role in this match, since Zürich presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.
St. Gallen :
The home team is currently in 1st position, with 45 points won, after 14 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Luzern by (1‑0). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Young Boys, by (3‑3). This is a team that presents similar results at home and away, so it is not usually affected by the home factor, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 8 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses as a visitor; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. In their last 10 home games for the championship, St. Gallen has won 7, tied 2 and lost 1, winning 23 points in 30 possible. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 matches, so it has not had great defensive strength, but its attack has marked regularly, since it has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 23 games played in this competition, he got the comeback in 3 of the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Making a campaign as surprising as it is positive, the Sankt Gallen team reaches day 25 of the Swiss championship at the top of the standings, with the same 48 points as the current champion, Young Boys, and with an advantage of eight points over Basel. Last Saturday, the formation trained by the German Peter Zeidler returned to the competition after almost four months of interregnum. On the visit to the Sion stadium, the Sankt Gallen managed to add all three points after a 1-2 victory in a match in which they justified the victory, especially due to the dynamic attack that they managed to keep presenting from the break. At an individual level, striker Cedric Itten, author of the two goals (20 ‘and 53’) of Sankt Sankt Gallen, stood out, who only suffered one goal and a penalty, beyond the regular time of the second half (90 + 3 ‘ ).
Zürich :
After 9 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, the visiting team is currently in 5th position, with 32 points won. In their last match, they tied with Neuchâtel Xamax at home by (1‑1), after in the previous match they had lost away, in a match against Servette, by (4‑1). This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats as a visitor, with 17 goals scored and 25 suffered; against 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in his stadium, with 26 goals scored and 36 suffered. In their last 10 away matches for the championship, Zürich has recorded 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 14 points in 30 possible. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches, so it has not had great defensive strength, but its attack has marked regularly, since it has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 5 of the last 11 matches for this competition have ended with Under 1,5 goals. In 23 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 11 times and only got 1 comeback. In the last 11 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have suffered 7 of their 17 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
The Zurich team is doing a balanced campaign and reaches the 25th day of the Swiss Super League in sixth place in the leaderboard, with 32 points, six points from the first place of qualification for the Europa League and with an advantage of 10 points on Neuchátel Xamax, the first team at risk of falling for the second division. When the Swiss championship was interrupted in February, the team led by Ludovic Magnin had a streak of five straight games without a win, which coincided with the return after the winter break. Zurich still had no win in official games in 2020, after losing last Friday in the post-pandemic comeback, when they visited Young Boys (3-2).
