Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lugano & Luzern face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Swiss Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Lugano nor Luzern 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.
Lugano form and stats
Last season, Lugano's Swiss Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.Overall Super League stats at home this season for Lugano are 5-4-5 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Lugano bring valid hopes of a third.
The Lugano supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Lausanne Sport in Super League and win 1-0.
Lugano are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 14 games. Lugano's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Luzern form and stats
Luzern was sent out of Swiss Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Luzern so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-9 (win-draw-lose). Luzern has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The manager F. Celestini was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground swissporarena. Luzern suffered a 3-4 loss to Basel. Prior to that match, the Luzern manager F. Celestini faced defeat when travelling to Lausanne Sport and losing 1-2.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Basel was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Late heartbreak for Luzern in the Basel match, as the deciding 3-4 goal came deep into overtime.
Luzern has another fixture away, a Super League game, against St. Gallen in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The travelling fans enjoy Luzern's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 14 league matches away. Luzern have conceded 29 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Lugano victories, three draws and two Luzern wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Sorgić 10 goals |  L. Schaub 8 goals |  M. Schulz 7 goals |
Lugano missing players
Luzern missing players
| Lugano | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 26 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 32% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 53 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 32 | 63 |
| 2 | Servette | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 41 |
| 3 | Lugano | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 40 |
| 4 | Basel | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 39 |
| 5 | Lausanne Sport | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 37 |
| 6 | Zurich | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | -3 | 34 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 33 |
| 8 | Luzern | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Vaduz | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -14 | 32 |
| 10 | Sion | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -16 | 26 |