📊 Form Guide

St Gallen

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St Gallen go into this match following a 2-2 Super League drawn match versus BSC Young Boys.

In that match, St Gallen had 50% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For St Gallen, the goalscorers were Mihailo Stevanović (10') and Lukas Görtler (71'). On the other side, Young Boys Bern got 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Silvère Ganvoula (79') and Joel Mvuka (87') scored for BSC Young Boys.

Matches involving St Gallen have tended to be entertaining ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action anticipated. Over their past half dozen games alone, a total of 21 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 9 of them belonging to St Gallen. We shall soon see if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

A look at their previous results shows us that St Gallen:

• are unbeaten in their last 2 home league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 3 matches in the league.

FC Yverdon-Sports

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FC Yverdon-Sports head into the encounter following a 3-2 Super League win with the eclipse of Grasshopper Club Zürich in their previous fixture.

In that match, FC Yverdon-Sports managed 52% possession and 17 shots on goal with 9 on target. For FC Yverdon-Sports, the goals were scored by Kevin Carlos (9'), Ricardo Alves (54') and Boris Céspedes (59'). Grasshoppers got 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. Pascal Schürpf (51', 62') was the scorer for Grasshopper Club Zürich.

The stats don’t lie, and FC Yverdon-Sports have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 9 goals overall. At the back, FC Yverdon-Sports have not been doing too well.

Coming into this clash, FC Yverdon-Sports haven’t won away from home in the past 13 league games. What a horror away run it has been.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 11/12/2005, both clubs have shared the honours with St Gallen winning 3 of those games, FC Yverdon-Sports 3 and 0 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

A combined sum of 13 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 9 from Espen and 4 netted by Yverdon. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Super League match day 16 on 06/12/2023 when the final score was St Gallen 4-0 FC Yverdon-Sports.

In that game, St Gallen managed 45% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 11 of them on target. The goals were scored by Willem Geubbels (8', 29'), Chadrac Akolo (16') and Isaac Schmidt (61').

On the other side, FC Yverdon-Sports got 13 shots at goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Esther Staubli.

ℹ️ Team News: St Gallen

The St Gallen manager Peter Zeidler will be happy not to have any fitness concerns at all before this game thanks to a fully healthy squad available for selection.

📰 Team News: FC Yverdon-Sports

Thanks to a fully injury-free group to pick from, the FC Yverdon-Sports boss Alessandro Mangiarratti has no fitness worries at all before this game.

✨ Prediction

It’s pretty clear that FC Yverdon-Sports will need to play some great football to find the net against a St Gallen outfit who should dominate.

Our selection here is for a comprehensive 3-0 victory for St Gallen when the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 18:09 13/04/2024