St. Gallen — Zurich 2:1: match report and statistics

• 1.64 Expected goals (xG) 1.11
• 46% Possession 54%
• 15 Total shots 12
• 4 Shots on target 3
• 3 Big Chances 6
• 4 Corners 4
• 67 (199/298)Assists(251/354) 71
• 1 Yellow cards 3
• 1.74 xG on target (xGOT) 0.75
• 6 Shots off target 6
• 5 Shots blocked 3
• 13 Shots from inside the penalty area 9
• 2 Shots from outside the penalty area 3
• 0 Hit the woodwork 0
• 1 Headed goals 0
• 31 Touches in opposition box 17
• 0 Accurate through passes 0
• 2 Offsides 1
• 27 Free kicks 13
• 39 (33/84)Long Balls(35/83) 42
• 54 (65/120)Passes in final third(52/91) 57
• 47 (8/17)Crosses(7/17) 41
• 1.31 Expected assists (xA) 0.89
• 15 Throw-ins 22
• 13 Fouls 27
• 71 (12/17)Tackles(10/15) 67
• 62 Duels won 53
• 22 Clearances 27
• 8 Steals 8
• 0 Errors leading to shot 0
• 0 Errors leading to goal 0
• 2 Saves 2
• 0.75 xGOT faced 1.74
• -0.25 Goals prevented -0.26
• 6 Goal kicks 9

Tournament

Switzerland Championship

Season

2026/2027

Attendance

19,326

Referee

Sven Wolfensberger

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	+/-	Pts	Form
1	Lugano	12	11	1	0	36:10	+26	34	WWWWW
2	Young Boys	12	7	4	1	38:23	+15	25	LWWWD
3	Sion	12	7	2	3	25:18	+7	23	DWLDW
4	Zurich	12	6	2	4	25:26	-1	20	WWWDW
5	St. Gallen	12	6	1	5	19:22	-3	19	WLWWL
6	Servette	12	5	1	6	17:16	+1	16	LWWLW
7	Basel	12	4	2	6	18:22	-4	14	LDLLW
8	Luzern	12	3	4	5	19:25	-6	13	DLLWL
9	Thun	12	4	1	7	24:34	-10	13	WLLWL
10	Vaduz	12	3	1	8	24:25	-1	10	DLWLL
11	Grasshopper Club Zurich	12	2	4	6	15:28	-13	10	DDLLL
12	Lausanne-Sport	12	1	3	8	11:22	-11	6	LLLLL

• Promotion - Superliga (Play-off)
• Superliga (Relegation Group)

• The model expects 6.84 goals: 2.84 for St. Gallen and 4 for Zurich.
• Most likely score is 2–3 (5%), followed by 2–4 (5%).
• Most goals in both teams' matches come in 31-45: 9 in total.
• Expected goals by half: 1st — 3.34, 2nd — 3.5.

Market	history	history	Model	Fair odds
Over 0.5	100%	100%	100%	1.00
Over 1.5	100%	100%	99%	1.01
Over 2.5	100%	100%	97%	1.03
Over 3.5	33%	100%	91%	1.10
Over 4.5	33%	100%	81%	1.23

Poisson model on recent matches: home team at home (3), away team away (1). History — share of each team's matches where the line came in.

Both teams St. Gallen Zurich

• Both teams scored in 6 matches in a row100%
• Over 2.5 in 6 matches in a row100%
• Scored in 6 matches in a row100%
• 4 defeats in a row100%
• Winless in 4 matches100%
• Over 2.5 in 3 matches in a row100%
• Over 2.5 goals in 6 of 6 matches100%
• Conceded over 1.5 in 6 of 6 matches100%
• First-half goal in 6 of 6 matches100%
• Under 3.5 cards in 6 of 6 matches100%
• Over 2.5 goals in 5 of 6 matches83%
• Scored over 0.5 in 5 of 6 matches83%

Based on recent matches: home team — 6, away team — 6

St. Gallenmatches: 3 · 1Zurich

3.7Avg match total10.0

100%3/3Over 0.5100%1/1

0%0/3Under 0.50%0/1

100%3/3Over 1.5100%1/1

0%0/3Under 1.50%0/1

100%3/3Over 2.5100%1/1

0%0/3Under 2.50%0/1

33%1/3Over 3.5100%1/1

67%2/3Under 3.50%0/1

33%1/3Over 4.5100%1/1

67%2/3Under 4.50%0/1

Share of each team's recent matches where the match total went over / under the line.

First to score…

St. GallenZurich

67%2/3Scores first0%0/1

100%2/2…and wins—

0%0/2…and draws—

0%0/2…and loses—

100%2/2…and then concedes—

First to concede…

Overall

• • St. Gallen opened the scoring in 67% of matches.
• • St. Gallen avoided defeat after conceding first in 0% of such matches.
• • Zurich opened the scoring in 0% of matches.
• • Zurich avoided defeat after conceding first in 100% of such matches.

St. Gallen				Zurich
For	Ag.	%	Period	%	For	Ag.
0	1	33%	1–15	100%	1	1
0	0	0%	16–30	0%	0	0
3	4	100%	31–45	100%	1	1
0	1	33%	46–60	100%	2	0
1	0	33%	61–75	100%	1	2
1	0	33%	76–90	100%	1	0
2	3	100%	37–HT	100%	1	1
0	0	0%	87–FT	0%	0	0

• • St. Gallen scores most in 31–45: 3 of 5 goals (60%).
• • St. Gallen concedes most in 31–45: 4 of 6 conceded.
• • St. Gallen scores 40% of goals after the 60th minute.
• • Zurich scores most in 46–60: 2 of 6 goals (33%).
• • Zurich concedes most in 61–75: 2 of 4 conceded.
• • Zurich scores 33% of goals after the 60th minute.
• Framed — the period where the team scores / concedes the most. % — share of matches with an event in the period.

Averages per match

St. GallenZurich

6.0Corners won, avg—

5.0Corners conceded, avg—

11.0Match corners, avg—

3.0Corners in 1st half, avg—

Match total

1st half total

Team total

Corner handicap

Corners by 10 minutes (avg)

St. Gallen				Zurich
For	Ag.	%	Period	%	For	Ag.
1	0	100%	1–10	—	—	—
1	1	100%	11–20	—	—	—
0	0	0%	21–30	—	—	—
1	0	100%	31–40	—	—	—
0	0	0%	41–HT	—	—	—
0	0	0%	46–55	—	—	—
2	2	100%	56–65	—	—	—
1	0	100%	66–75	—	—	—
0	1	100%	76–85	—	—	—
0	1	100%	86–FT	—	—	—
1	0	100%	37–HT	—	—	—
0	1	100%	87–FT	—	—	—

Corners by minute are counted only for matches with full text commentary.

St. Gallenper matchZurich

1.74xG for—

1.32xG against—

17.0Shots—

14.0Shots against—

6.0Shots on target—

4.0On target against—

10%Conversion—

10.2Shots per goal—

15.0Fouls—

1.0Offsides—

• • St. Gallen scores 0.07 per match below its xG — wasteful in front of goal.
• • St. Gallen concedes 0.68 per match more than opponents' xG.

From the team's point of view: W — winning, D — draw, L — losing.

Head-to-head matches: 6 · 3.33 goals per match on average.