Lugano - Zürich: Super League dungeon sides hungry for points and praise. Here are all the available stats and tables before the match!
- Lugano have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals (9) in Super League
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game, against Arsenal, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Zürich.
Lugano form and stats
With 2 Super League wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Lugano are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The home team returns to Stadio di Cornaredo after drawing with Servette (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against Servette as Lugano were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Doumbia popped out and made it level in the 82nd minute. Lugano manager Croci-Torti lay sleepless for hours after the game against Servette. The match ended a draw, but Lugano hit the posts four times. Midfielder Doumbia was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.9 (out of ten) in that game. Doumbia scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 62 successful passes (of 69 total).
Heartbreak before that as Lugano lost 1-3 at Luzern's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Lugano perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lugano as a small favourite), we find 21 games. Lugano has won 9 of these, drawn 2 and lost 10.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Swiss Cup game versus Winterthur in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadio di Cornaredo.
Lugano has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches.
Zürich form and stats
There's been little loot from Zürich's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Super League. Zürich only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Two away games in a row for Zürich, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Arsenal in the Europa League. That win was so important for this team, after a terrible sequence of 13 league rounds in a row not winning.
Preceding that game was the away Super League victory against Sion with the score of 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Zürich playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 3 Zürich wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Zürich as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Zürich have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other already this season, with the match result Zürich - Lugano 1-2 logged in the official records. Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Lugano won three, Zürich triumphed in six and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 6 goals |   J. Okita 3 goals |  R. Ziegler 2 goals |
Lugano missing players
Zürich missing players
| Lugano | Zürich | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 21 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 25 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 71% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 43% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.9 | 12.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 10.4 | 10.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 17% | 18% |
| 13.3 | 13.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11 | 9.7 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
- Lugano have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Lugano have scored more than double the goals of Zürich.
- Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zürich have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals (9) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Super League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 31 |
| 2 | Servette | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 3 | Luzern | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Sion | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Basel | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Lugano | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -16 | 15 |
| 10 | Zürich | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -15 | 9 |
