While Winterthur have made massive strides forward over the last couple of years, last season's playoff round proved they still have a bit more work to do to close the gap between themselves and the top five.
While an away game to kick the season off is not ideal, St. Gallen have had a solid preseason, and we feel they will get the new campaign underway with a victory.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a FC Winterthur win with a probability of 46.23%. A win for St Gallen had a probability of 30.16% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a FC Winterthur win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.28%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.07%) and 2-0 (6.91%). The likeliest St Gallen win was 1-2 (7.27%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.83%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with an 8.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that FC Winterthur would win this match.
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