Grasshopper opposes Lugano in Super League fray

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 24.July
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Lugano have travelled here for an absorbing game against the home team Grasshopper. Read up on the match with this thorough Super League preview!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Grasshopper form and stats

Last season, Grasshopper's league results were 9 wins, 13 draws and 14 losses, leading to 8th position in the Super League. Over these 36 matches they scored 54 goals and let in 58. Playing as the home team in the former season Grasshopper generated 5-6-7 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 34 conceded.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Grasshopper have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 2.

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Lugano form and stats

Let's have a look at how Lugano performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 6 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 23/30 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Lugano in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Lugano, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Grasshopper wins - draws - Lugano wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LuganoJ. Sabbatini Perfecto
J. Sabbatini Perfecto
1 goals

Grasshopper missing players

Lugano missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Grasshopper Lugano
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 9
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 12
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Grasshopper Last season Lugano
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
9 5   Won W   6 16
13 6   Drew D   3 6
14 7   Lost L   9 14
54 33   Scored S   23 50
58 34   Conceded C   30 54
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
86% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 92%
53% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 56%
44% 61%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 31%
17% 28%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 11%
69% 83%   BTTS BTTS   50% 56%
11% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 19%
22% 17%   Failed to Score F T   28% 25%
 
4.9 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.1
5.2 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 4.9
2.7 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.3
4 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.3 10.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 10.4
4 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.8
38% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 36%
 
11.7 10.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11.4
4.9 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.6

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Sion 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Servette 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Basel 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Winterthur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Luzern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lugano 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 St. Gallen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
10 Zurich 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zurich 36 23 7 6 78 46 18 12 4 2 45 23 18 11 3 4 33 23 32 76
2 Basel 36 15 17 4 70 41 18 8 8 2 39 20 18 7 9 2 31 21 29 62
3 Young Boys 36 16 12 8 80 50 18 11 5 2 41 21 18 5 7 6 39 29 30 60
4 Lugano 36 16 6 14 50 54 18 10 3 5 27 24 18 6 3 9 23 30 -4 54
5 St. Gallen 36 14 8 14 68 63 18 7 7 4 36 27 18 7 1 10 32 36 5 50
6 Servette 36 12 8 16 50 66 18 7 5 6 25 26 18 5 3 10 25 40 -16 44
7 Sion 36 11 8 17 46 67 18 6 4 8 21 26 18 5 4 9 25 41 -21 41
8 Grasshopper 36 9 13 14 54 58 18 5 6 7 33 34 18 4 7 7 21 24 -4 40
9 Luzern 36 9 13 14 52 64 18 6 4 8 27 29 18 3 9 6 25 35 -12 40
10 Lausanne Sport 36 4 10 22 37 76 18 3 5 10 23 38 18 1 5 12 14 38 -39 22

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Sion 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Servette 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Basel 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Winterthur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Luzern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lugano 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 St. Gallen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
10 Zurich 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.