Lugano hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 27 points and a 7th position in the Super League table. Visiting Luzern holds 5th place with 34 pts.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lugano and Luzern.
Lugano form and stats
With 2 Super League wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Lugano are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Lugano travelled for their previous game, a trip to Servette that ended 1-1. Before that, Lugano had a home game versus Young Boys which ended with a victory 2-1.
The Lugano goalkeeper Noam Baumann was crucial in the match against Servette last time out, making six saves.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lugano have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost three.
The manager M. Jacobacci will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Zürich in only four days.
Lugano has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 6 goals from 12 games. Lugano have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Luzern form and stats
Playing away, Luzern have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 6 defeats in the Super League this season.
The supporters enjoyed Luzern's previous game versus Basel (placed 3rd), a Super League 2-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Thun that ended 1-1.
Blessing Eleke came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Basel last time out, making the manager F. Celestini feel like a tactical genius.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Luzern playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Luzern wins, one draw and four defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Luzern are hosting Servette in the Super League only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Luzern as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Luzern in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Luzern - Lugano 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Lugano victories, two draws and four Luzern wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Margiotta 7 goals |   M. Marić 5 goals | I. Ndiaye 5 goals |
Lugano missing players
Luzern missing players
| Lugano | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 25 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 28 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 79% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 67% | 42% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | 75% |
| 46% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 33% | 46% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 33% | 46% |
| 33% | 42% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | 29% |
| 38% | 58% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 42% | 29% |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 282 | 126 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 120 | 282 |
| 98 | 32 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 45 | 108 |
| 26% | 19% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 25% |
- Lugano has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- Lugano has the fewest scored goals (6) at home
- Luzern has the fewest matches over the total-line (9)
- Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Luzern is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Gallen | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 21 | 48 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 48 |
| 3 | Basel | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 40 |
| 4 | Servette | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 38 |
| 5 | Luzern | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 34 |
| 6 | Zürich | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -18 | 32 |
| 7 | Lugano | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | -3 | 27 |
| 8 | Sion | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -14 | 23 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 20 | -12 | 22 |
| 10 | Thun | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -24 | 19 |