Zurich vs Sion Tips & Preview - Hosts to begin campaign with victory

By Tolu Shotade

24 Jul 2025

Tolu Shotade 24 Jul 2025

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Swiss Super League kicks off with Zurich vs Sion.
Zurich strong at home; unbeaten in 5 of last 7 home matches.
Sion struggle away; winless in 10 away matches.

FC Zurich vs Sion

The Swiss Super League kicks off this weekend, with a Friday night clash between Zurich and Sion.

Both teams are targeting an improvement on last season’s showings and will be keen to make a positive start. However, the hosts are often solid in front of their fans and should have the upper hand over the visitors, who tend to struggle on the road.

Zurich News

Zurich were never in the mix for the title last season and had to play in the relegation playoffs. Mitchell van der Gaag’s team will be targeting a much better campaign this term and looked good in preseason, claiming five straight wins before falling 3-0 to German side Ulm in their final warm-up game.

The one redeeming aspect of Zurich’s campaign last season was their home form, and they will be keen to carry that into this term. They are unbeaten in five of their last seven Super League home matches, winning four of these games.

Zurich also tend to show their attacking quality at home, scoring in six of their last seven league matches in front of their fans. All seven fixtures have produced over 2.5 goals, while they are without a clean sheet in six matches on this run.

Sion News

Sion are also looking to move on from a disappointing 2024-25 campaign where they played in the relegation playoffs. They were unconvincing in preseason, with just two wins and as many defeats from five matches.

Having ended their preseason campaign with a 3-0 victory over French lower league side Annecy, Sion will be keen to carry that form into their opening game. However, Didier Tholot’s team often struggle on their travels and are winless in their last 10 away matches across all competitions, suffering eight defeats on this run.

Sion often struggle to keep things tight at the back and are without a clean sheet in eight of their last 10 matches across all competitions. However, they have scored in eight of those fixtures, while their last three matches have produced over 2.5 goals.

Head to Head

Zurich have seven wins and two draws while Sion have earned just three victories from the last 12 matches. However, the visitors claimed a 2-1 home win in the last meeting back in May.

Verdict

FC Zurich v FC Sion

Zurich and Sion will be targeting a positive start to the season and are likely to serve up an open encounter. Both teams have scored in their last two meetings, which produced over 2.5 goals, and a repeat is expected here.

The hosts have a good record in this fixture and with five wins in six preseason matches, they should have the upper hand over Sion, who are poor travellers.

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