FC Sion will visit Stadion Schützenwiese on Thursday for the Super League fixture with home team Winterthur.
View all Winterthur v FC Sion tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
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Winterthur
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Winterthur go into this game following a 2-2 Super League stalemate vs FC Yverdon-Sports.
In that match, Winterthur managed 61% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Winterthur, the goalscorers were Loïc Lüthi (14' Own goal), Matteo Di Giusto (45') and Fabian Frei (90'). At the other end, Yverdon-Sport had 7 attempts on 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 will come into the game following a 2-1 Super League win as they beat Grasshopper Club Zürich in their previous fixture.
In that match, FC Sion had 53% possession and 14 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for FC Sion was Benjamin Kololli (56', 60'). At the other end, Grasshoppers got 16 attempts at 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
Inspecting their prior head to head meetings going back to 18/10/2022 shows us that Winterthur have won 3 of these & FC Sion 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.
An aggregate of 13 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 for Winterthur and 7 netted by Sion. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.
The last 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.
On that day, FC Sion had 37% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. Their only player to score was Ilyas Chouaref (43').
Winterthur had 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Roman Buess (80') and Christian Gomis (94') scored.
The referee was Luca Cibelli.
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Team News: Winterthur
Looking at personnel, there is just the sole fitness concern for the Winterthur gaffer Uli Forte to be concerned with due to a largely intact group of players. Fabian Rohner (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t play.
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Team News: FC Sion
FC Sion boss Didier Tholot has some current player fitness concerns. Théo Berdayes (unknown injury), Reto Ziegler (unknown injury), Kevin Bua (unknown injury) and Pierrick Moulin (Knee injury) will miss out on this game.
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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,
08:04 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.