Can St. Gallen continue their winning streak?
On the third matchday of the Swiss top flight, FC St. Gallen and FC Winterthur will face each other at Kybun Park. Looking at the start of the new season, the home side seem to have the slightly better chances of winning. The Espen defeated reigning champions FC Basel and Super League runners-up Servette Geneva in their opening games, picking up six points out of a possible six.
FCW cannot keep up, as Ulrich Forte’s team picked up just one point from their first two games. This will also be one of the reasons why the odds offered by German bookmakers for the St. Gallen vs. Winterthur match are relatively clear in favor of a home win. However, there are one or two factors that make us somewhat skeptical.
The home and away records of the two teams are not among them, as the picture here is clear. Espen picked up 33 points from 18 games last season and lost only three home games. Enrico Maaßen’s team scored 32 goals and conceded “only” 23. FCW cannot keep up with that, as their results away from home were anything but good, with only 13 points from 19 away games. In addition, the visitors have won only three away games, remaining winless in over 84 percent of their matches. Consequently, it comes as no surprise that the highest odds for an away win are 4.50. The first two paragraphs of our St. Gallen vs. Winterthur prediction paint a relatively clear picture.
In terms of form, however, the visitors have been impressive in recent weeks, losing only one of their last ten games. Their only defeat came against FC Lausanne-Sport and was due to a red card. By comparison, the hosts have lost three of their last ten games, including defeats to two clubs from the 2. Bundesliga (Darmstadt 98 & Schalke 04).
However, as these were mainly friendly matches, we are not paying too much attention to the form comparison. In our search for the best possible St. Gallen vs. Winterthur odds, we are sticking with a home win for the time being. This is also due to the market value comparison, which clearly favors the home side at 35 million to 9 million euros.
St. Gallen – Winterthur Head-to-head record / H2H record
However, the tide can turn quickly, as the Espen have been rather lackluster in recent head-to-head encounters. FC Winterthur is unbeaten in four games against the Green-Whites (11:3 goals) and has even won three of those matches.
St. Gallen – Winterthur Tip
We recommend the St. Gallen vs. Winterthur betting tip for “Both teams to score – yes.” The reasons for this are obvious. The home side are relatively strong at home, losing only three of their last 19 home games. Enrico Maaßen’s team scored 34 goals in those games and rarely failed to find the net themselves. However, the Green-Whites have struggled in their H2H matches against FCW and have now gone 11 games without a clean sheet. The highest odds for our main bet are currently available at VBET. The bookmaker is still relatively “new” and has only been on the German market since 2018.
Alternatively, you can also add the odds for over 2.5 goals to your betting slip or combine the two tips. In the last three matches between these two teams, there were 13 goals, which is an average of 4.33 goals per game. In addition, both teams have been very aggressive in the first two games of the new season, scoring a total of nine goals. This suggests that we are in for a high-scoring game.
