Delightful dogfight as daring Luzern duel with determined Grasshopper

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 13:15 (UTC)
Venue: swissporarena (16490 seats)

Luzern have accomplished 2 home victories this season, Grasshopper have won 1 away. Who improves their standings after this meeting?

Insights:
  • Luzern have the most points from losing position (10) in Super League
  • Grasshopper have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Super League

This should be an engaging match with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Luzern form and stats

Luzern have played 10 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by Luzern, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

An away draw last time out for Luzern, facing St. Gallen in a game that ended 2-2. Midfielder Jashari was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game. Jashari hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 51 total).

1-1 away at Lugano before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Luzern handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 11 most recent league matches highlights that 9 of them had goals from both teams.

Luzern has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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Grasshopper form and stats

There's been little loot from Grasshopper's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Super League. Grasshopper only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Zürich with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Dadaşov, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.1. Dadaşov scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that, Grasshopper secured a home win against Basel with the score 1-0.

Grasshopper are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 6 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored in 17 of this club's last 21 league games.

Grasshopper have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Grasshopper's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Luzern have put together a sequence of 15 consecutive matches without losing (8-7-0) when facing Grasshopper.

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent match: Grasshopper - Luzern 1-3.

Top Goalscorers

GrasshopperH. Kawabe
H. Kawabe
8 goals
LuzernM. Meyer
M. Meyer
7 goals
GrasshopperR. Dadaşov
R. Dadaşov
6 goals

Luzern missing players

Grasshopper missing players

Luzern Grasshopper
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 21
6 2 1 Won W 0 1 6
9 5 2 Drew D 1 4 6
6 3 0 Lost L 1 5 9
33 14 5 Scored S 2 13 33
32 15 3 Conceded C 6 19 37
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 86%
52% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 67%
38% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 38%
19% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 24%
67% 70% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 90% 81%
14% 10% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
24% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 5%
 
6.3 7.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.9 4.6
5.5 5.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.8 7.4
2.9 3.2 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.5
6 5 4 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
13.2 13.7 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9.2 9.6
5.7 5.8 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.8 4.5
28% 24% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 35%
 
12.1 11.7 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 13.8 15.7
5.4 5.1 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.3 6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Luzern's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Grasshopper have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Grasshopper have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Super League
  • Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Luzern have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Super League
  • Luzern have the most points from losing position (10) in Super League
  • Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 21 13 7 1 49 14 11 8 3 0 31 7 10 5 4 1 18 7 35 46
2 Servette 21 8 9 4 27 27 10 5 5 0 15 9 11 3 4 4 12 18 0 33
3 St. Gallen 21 8 5 8 40 33 11 6 4 1 21 10 10 2 1 7 19 23 7 29
4 Lugano 21 8 5 8 32 32 10 4 2 4 15 15 11 4 3 4 17 17 0 29
5 Luzern 21 6 9 6 33 32 10 2 5 3 14 15 11 4 4 3 19 17 1 27
6 Basel 21 6 8 7 29 25 11 4 5 2 19 13 10 2 3 5 10 12 4 26
7 Grasshopper 21 6 6 9 33 37 11 5 2 4 20 18 10 1 4 5 13 19 -4 24
8 Zürich 21 5 8 8 20 31 10 2 4 4 10 15 11 3 4 4 10 16 -11 23
9 Sion 21 5 7 9 28 38 10 2 2 6 11 21 11 3 5 3 17 17 -10 22
10 Winterthur 21 5 6 10 18 40 11 4 3 4 10 20 10 1 3 6 8 20 -22 21

Read more about Super League

Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.