Struggling Luzern will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying St. Gallen in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Super League
It's no vacation for neither Luzern nor St. Gallen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Luzern form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Luzern, who have the most scored goals (20) at home in Super League, at their home stadium (swissporarena) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
A strong away win for Luzern against Zürich the last match, as Dejan Sorgic and Louis Schaub were on target. Before that, Luzern drew at home versus Young Boys.
This is expected to be a close game, with Luzern perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Luzern as a small favourite), we find three games. Luzern has won zero of these, drawn one and lost two.
There will be little rest for Luzern after this match as they are travelling to Chiasso for a Swiss Cup game in only three days.
The Luzern fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Luzern have conceded 13 goals.
St. Gallen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
St. Gallen might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Servette proved too strong as St. Gallen slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Kybunpark. Before that, St. Gallen secured a home win against Basel with the score 3-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gallen playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three St. Gallen wins, three draws and one defeat.
Gallen find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, St. Gallen have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
St. Gallen - Luzern 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Luzern won six, St. Gallen won three and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Sorgić 10 goals |  M. Schulz 7 goals |   K. Duah 7 goals |
Luzern missing players
St. Gallen missing players
| Luzern | St. Gallen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 39 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 27 |
| 36 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 87% |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 55% | 57% |
| 74% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 45% | 48% |
| 39% | 45% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | 30% |
| 17% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | 9% |
| 78% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 55% | 52% |
| 17% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 36% | 35% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 12.4 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12.8 | 13.7 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 34% | 36% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 28% | 28% |
- Luzern have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Super League
- Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Super League
- Luzern have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Super League
- Luzern have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Super League
- Luzern have the most scored goals (20) at home in Super League
- Luzern have the most scored goals in the second half (23) 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 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 23 | 52 |
| 2 | Basel | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 33 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 31 |
| 4 | Servette | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 31 |
| 5 | Lausanne Sport | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | Lugano | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Zürich | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Luzern | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Sion | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -11 | 22 |
| 10 | Vaduz | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 22 |