Winterthur will hope that their home support is enough to get a result from this grim battle, versus gutsy Lugano.
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (14) in Super League
- Lugano have scored more than double the goals of Winterthur.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Winterthur form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Winterthur have to build on here at Stadion Schützenwiese in the Super League. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Winterthur, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Winterthur lost their last game at Young Boys (placed 1st) after a 1-5 scoreline. Winterthur were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Heartbreak before that as Winterthur lost 1-3 at Lugano's place.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Servette are coming to town in three days.
Winterthur aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Schützenwiese in the league, with only {7 goals} from 8 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Winterthur with 17 goals conceded in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Lugano form and stats
4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lugano in their Super League matches away.
There were no winners in Lugano's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Grasshopper (placed 7th). The draw against Grasshopper came from a losing position. The Lugano manager Croci-Torti brought on Aliseda as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Bottani was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.01. Bottani hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 31 successful passes (of 33 total).
Prior to that result Lugano won their away game at Sion. The scoreline was 3-2.The travelling fans enjoy Lugano's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. As for defending, Lugano rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 6 most recent fixtures featuring these sides have all ended as Lugano wins. Another one?The most recent archived meeting involving both these sides is the Lugano - Winterthur 3-1 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 9 goals |  S. Ramizi 3 goals |  R. Buess 3 goals |
Winterthur missing players
Lugano missing players
| Winterthur | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 36 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 47% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 67% |
| 41% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 44% |
| 24% | 38% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 28% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.1 | 8.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 28% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | 35% |
| 12.7 | 13.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 11 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
- All of Lugano's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lugano have scored more than double the goals of Winterthur.
- Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Winterthur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Winterthur have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (14) in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Super League
- Winterthur have the most conceded goals (36) in Super League
- Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Super League
- Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Super League
- Winterthur 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 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 31 | 41 |
| 2 | Lugano | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 3 | Servette | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Luzern | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Basel | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 21 |
| 8 | Sion | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | -7 | 21 |
| 9 | Zürich | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 16 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -22 | 16 |
