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FC Sion vs Grasshopper Club Zürich Live Stream, Predictions
The Super League fixture at Stade de Tourbillon on Saturday sees hosts FC Sion doing battle with Grasshopper Club Zürich.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for FC Sion v Grasshopper Club Zürich - plus the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide
FC Sion
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FC Sion won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 4-0 Super League defeat in their last game at the hands of BSC Young Boys.
In that game, FC Sion managed 30% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Young Boys Bern got 33 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Meschak Elia (2', 38') and Fabian Rieder (65', 86') scored for BSC Young Boys.
FC Sion have really been misfiring of late. Their goals record stands at just 3 against opponents during their previous 6 fixtures. In those games, FC Sion have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them come to 16. Despite that, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend shall be replicated in this next game.
A look at their previous results shows us that FC Sion:
- have not lost a league tie with Grasshopper Club Zürich in their last 4 games.
- have not beaten Grasshopper Club Zürich in their previous 2 league games.
- are without a home win in the past 6 matches in the league. Fans are getting restless.
Grasshopper Club Zürich
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Grasshopper Club Zürich come into this clash after a 2-1 Super League win to beat Winterthur in their last outing.
In that match, Grasshopper Club Zürich managed 51% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Grasshopper Club Zürich, the goalscorers were Renat Dadaşov (41') and Schettine (63'). Winterthur had 10 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Francisco Rodríguez (47') was the scorer for Winterthur.
The stats don’t lie, and Grasshopper Club Zürich have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 7 goals in total. Defensively, Grasshopper Club Zürich have clearly had some problems.
Leading up to this clash, Grasshopper Club Zürich:
- have not won against FC Sion when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 5 league matches.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head duels going back to 26/09/2021, there has been little between the sides with FC Sion winning 2 of those games, Grasshopper Club Zürich 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.
There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 23 in all which averages out at 3.83 goals per match.
The previous league contest between these clubs was Super League match day 10 on 08/10/2022 and the score finished Grasshopper Club Zürich 4-4 FC Sion.
In that game, Grasshopper Club Zürich had 49% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorers were Tsiy-William Ndenge (5'), Schettine (8'), Bendegúz Bolla (35') and Hayao Kawabe (69').
On the other side, FC Sion had 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Filip Stojilković (34'), Luca Zuffi (75'), Mario Balotelli (82') and Giovanni Sio (84') scored.
The referee was Anojen Kanagasingam.
🗞️ Team News: FC Sion
We are thinking that FC Sion look set to kick off with a 4-3-3 formation and select Heinz Lindner, Numa Lavanchy, Joel Schmied, Reto Ziegler, Dennis Iapichino, Denis Will Poha, Wylan Cyprien, Anto Grgic, Ylyas Chouaref, Mario Balotelli and Itaitinga.
🗞️ Team News: Grasshopper Club Zürich
Grasshopper Club Zürich boss Giorgio Contini has some current player fitness concerns. Francis Momoh (Knee Surgery) and Tsiy William Ndenge (Ill) are names that won’t be on the team sheet. Renat Dadashov will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.
We’re of the thinking that GCZ appear most likely to utilise a 3-4-1-2 system, going with Andre Moreira, Ayumu Seko, Noah Loosli, Tomas Ribeiro, Bendeguz Bolla, Dominik Schmid, Christian Herc, Hayao Kawabe, Meritan Shabani, Guilherme Schettine and Shkelqim Demhasaj.
⚡ Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Grasshopper Club Zürich will have a tough ask to be putting a goal past this FC Sion lineup who we reckon will gain the upper hand.
Our tip is therefore for a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 win for FC Sion at the end of this game.
Hopefully it’s a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 02:25 14/03/2023

🏟️ Team Focus:
FC Sion
Formed: 1909
Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon (14,283)
Captain: Anto Grgić
Chairman: Christian Constantin
Manager: David Bettoni
Competitions: Super League position 9
🔑 Star Man: Mario Balotelli

Generally taking up the Striker position, Mario Balotelli was born in Palermo, Italy. Having made a first senior appearance for Inter Milan in the 2007 - 2008 season, the dangerous Forward has managed 5 league goals in this Super League 2022 - 2023 season to date in a total of 13 appearances.
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24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 39 | 51 | WDDDW |
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24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | -1 | 35 | WDDDL |
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24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 34 | LDWDD |
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24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 34 | DDDDW |
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25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 33 | DDWLW |
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24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | WDDWD |
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24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 28 | LLLDW |
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25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | -12 | 28 | DWDDL |
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24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -18 | 23 | LDLDL |
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24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -23 | 23 | LDDDL |
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Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 2.2 |
Time first goal scored | 30 |
Time first goal conceded | 32 |
Yellow cards | 3 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 7-2 |
Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1.8 |
Time first goal scored | 38 |
Time first goal conceded | 43 |
Yellow cards | 3.1 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
Giovanni Sio | 6 |
Mario Balotelli | 5 |
Filip Stojilković | 5 |
Musa Araz | 2 |
Itaitinga | 2 |
Hayao Kawabe | 8 |
Renat Dadaşov | 7 |
Schettine | 5 |
Christián Herc | 3 |
Tsiy-William Ndenge | 3 |
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