Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lugano & Winterthur 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 Winterthur 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
3 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Lugano have to build on here at Stadio di Cornaredo in the Super League.
Lugano's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Zurich. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Steffen got a match rating of 9.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Steffen scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
2-2 away at Servette before that.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lugano, as the Super League home game vs Winterthur is only four days away.
Lugano has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Lugano have conceded 12 from these games.
Winterthur form and stats
Winterthur's mission in Swiss Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.Winterthur have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-2-4 (7 played).
Winterthur has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Luzern for a 1-1 draw. Midfield player Giusto was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Giusto scored one goal and hit five key passes.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus St. Gallen in the Super League.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Winterthur when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Lugano.
The attacking power of Winterthur when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Winterthur have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Lugano have been victorious in every one of the 4 most recent battles versus this team. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 6 goals |   R. Buess 3 goals |  R. Ziegler 2 goals |
Lugano missing players
Winterthur missing players
| Lugano | Winterthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 17 | Scored | S | 24 | 42 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Conceded | C | 14 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 9.8 | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 11 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 32 |
| 2 | Servette | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Luzern | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Sion | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Lugano | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Basel | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Grasshopper | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -16 | 16 |
| 10 | Zurich | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -17 | 9 |
