Perhaps a welcome break from league football as La Chaux-de-Fonds & Lugano face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Swiss Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
La Chaux-de-Fonds form and stats
Chaux-de-Fonds was eliminated in the 32nd finals last season in the Swiss Cup.Chaux-de-Fonds's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Vevey Sports.
In the game before, an away victory in the 1.Liga Classic match versus Olympique de Geneve with a 2-1 scoreline.Lugano form and stats
They also participated in Swiss Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lugano in their Super League matches away. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Lugano are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Numa Lavanchy and Reto Ziegler scored in Lugano's previous match, the home game against St. Gallen that ended 2-1. Midfield player Numa Lavanchy was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Lavanchy scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away Super League victory against Servette with the score of 2-0.Lugano have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Lavanchy 1 goals |  R. Ziegler 1 goals |  M. Bottani 1 goals |
La Chaux-de-Fonds missing players
Lugano missing players
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 23 | 37 | ||
| 50 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Basel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 |
| 2 | Zurich | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Lugano | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Young Boys | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Servette | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 8 | Sion | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 9 | Luzern | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 0 |