St. Gallen vs Zurich Prediction: League-leading Zurich to keep things rolling

AFG Arena will be the venue for round 5 of the Swiss Super League game between St. Gallen and Zurich. The last meeting between these teams ended in a win for Zurich. Can St. Gallen return to winning ways?

St. Gallen were unlucky against Luzern the previous weekend and will look to do better here. St. Gallen took a 2-0 win in the first half of that game through Albert Vallci and Willem Geubbel's strikes. However, their second-half performance saw St. Gallen concede three times, their first defeat in seven consecutive matches. Heading into this game, St. Gallen have 10 points from their first six season matches.

Zurich were brilliant on the road against Basel, a game that ended 0-2. In that encounter, Zurich took the lead in the 31st minute of the game through Mounir Chouiar, and a 55th-minute strike from Juan Perea was good enough to seal the win for them. In the meantime, a look at Zurich's recent matches saw them win three, two coming against Zug and CS Le Locle. However, Zurich lost to Hoffenheim while playing to a draw with Luzern. 

This is going to be a very close game, with the two teams having a long history of competitiveness. While St. Gallen are at home, they will be confident of stepping up their game after losing only one of their last seven matches. In the meantime, Zurich have been very good this season, and despite being on the road, I expect them to be the side for the job. Expect a high offensive encounter while Zurich take maximum points.