The Super League tie at Stadion Schützenwiese on Thursday will see hosts Winterthur take on FC Sion.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Winterthur v FC Sion are shown on this page - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
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Winterthur
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Winterthur go into this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Super League drawn game vs FC Yverdon-Sports.
In that game, Winterthur managed 61% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Winterthur, the goals were scored by Loïc Lüthi (14' Own goal), Matteo Di Giusto (45') and Fabian Frei (90'). For their opponents, Yverdon-Sport had 7 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Marley Aké (38') was the scorer for FC Yverdon-Sports.
Winterthur haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, netting in each and every one of their last 6 games.
They have managed to rack up 11 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 7. With no two games being the same, time will tell whether that trend shall be sustained here in this match or not.
Coming into this meeting, Winterthur are unbeaten in their last 4 home league matches.
FC Sion
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FC Sion go into this match after a 2-1 Super League win vs Grasshopper Club Zürich in their previous fixture.
In that match, FC Sion had 53% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for FC Sion was Benjamin Kololli (56', 60'). Grasshoppers had 16 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Tomás Verón Lupi (90') scored for Grasshopper Club Zürich.
The stats don’t lie, and FC Sion have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 6 goals in all. In defence, FC Sion can certainly do much better.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that FC Sion:
- have not lost to Winterthur when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
- are without a win away from home in their last 9 league games. What a terrible run of away results.
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Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 18/10/2022 tells us that Winterthur have won 3 of these games and FC Sion 2, with the number of draws being 1.
A sum of 13 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 of them for Winterthur and 7 belonging to Sion. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.
The previous league contest between the two was Super League match day 30 on 02/04/2025 which ended up with the score at FC Sion 1-2 Winterthur.
In that game, FC Sion had 37% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. The scorer was Ilyas Chouaref (43').
At the other end, Winterthur had 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Roman Buess (80') and Christian Gomis (94') scored.
The referee was Luca Cibelli.
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Team News: Winterthur
It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Winterthur manager Uli Forte to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed group. Fabian Rohner (Cruciate ligament tear) is out of contention.
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Team News: FC Sion
FC Sion manager Didier Tholot has not got a full squad to pick from. Reto Ziegler (unknown injury), Kevin Bua (unknown injury), Théo Berdayes (unknown injury) and Pierrick Moulin (Knee injury) will not be playing here.
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Prediction
We’re of the view that FC Sion certainly have the ability to get a goal against this Winterthur team, but that isn’t expected to be enough to avoid a loss.
We can see a close game with a 2-1 victory for Winterthur at the end of the 90 minutes. Should be a good one.
Victor Martins,
09:10 18/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Winterthur
Formed: 1896
Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese (9,346)
Captain: Granit Lekaj
Chairman: Mike Keller
Manager: Uli Forte
Competitions: Super League position 11
🔑 Key Man: Labinot Bajrami
Mostly played in the Striker position, Labinot Bajrami was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. After having made a senior debut playing for FC Zürich in the 2023 - 2024 season, the gifted Forward has managed 4 league goals in this Super League 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in a total of 21 appearances.