A lot at stake in this game, with Luzern in 2nd and Zürich placed 1st. Read the preview!
- Luzern have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Super League
Luzern have less rest than Zürich in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Basel.
Luzern form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Luzern have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at swissporarena.
Luzern travelled for their previous game, a trip to Basel that ended 1-1. Beka, defender, was given a rating of 7.73/10 in that game, top of the team. Beka won 8 of 11 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Servette in a game that was won 2-0.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 13 games. Luzern has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
At swissporarena, Luzern has the goal stats of 8-4 (for/against) from 4 league fixtures.
Zürich form and stats
The visitors are W1-D3-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. Zürich has drawn their two previous away games.
The followers enjoyed Zürich's previous game versus Grasshopper (placed 10th), a 2-1 win played at home. That win felt good as this club had gone three league fixtures without victory. Marchesano came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Grasshopper last time out, making the manager Henriksen feel like a tactical genius. Attacker Okita got a player rating of 7.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Okita hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Lausanne Sport that ended 0-0.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 7 relevant matches. Results were 1 Zürich win, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Zürich are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these squads: Luzern won four, Zürich triumphed in four and we saw two draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Okita 5 goals |   V. Villiger 3 goals |  M. Meyer 3 goals |
Luzern missing players
Zürich missing players
| Luzern | Zürich | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 6.4 | 6.8 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.2 | 13.9 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 39% | 50% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 37% | 42% |
| 18.5 | 17.5 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 6.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
- All of Luzern's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Luzern have not yet lost a game at home.
- Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Luzern have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Luzern have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Super League
- Luzern have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Super League
- Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Zürich have not yet lost a game.
- Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Zürich have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zürich have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Super League
- Zürich have the most clean sheets (4) in Super League
- Zürich have the most points (6) away in Super League
- Zürich have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Super League
- Zürich have the the best goal difference (+9) 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 | Zürich | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Luzern | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Lugano | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Winterthur | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Yverdon Sport | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Servette | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 9 | Basel | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Grasshopper | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Lausanne Sport | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 12 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 5 |
