Super League duel: Close contest expected between Lausanne Sport and Lugano

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Tuilière

Match-goers at Stade de la Tuilière haven’t enjoyed many wins this season, with Lausanne Sport languishing in the 10th spot. The opposing Lugano will attempt to protect their higher league place in this one.

Insights:
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest scored goals (29) in Super League
  • Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both squads have had enough rest since their previous game. Let's hope for an in-your-face game!

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Lausanne Sport form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Lausanne Sport have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses from their games here at Stade de la Tuilière.

Lausanne Sport shared the glory with Young Boys in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The Lausanne Sport goalkeeper Castella was crucial in the match against Young Boys last time out, making six saves. The striker Amdouni outperformed all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.05 out of 10. Amdouni scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 6 of 10 times and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).

Ahead of that match, Lausanne won a home game hosting Servette (4-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Lausanne Sport perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lausanne Sport as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Lausanne Sport has won five of these, drawn one and lost six.

The Lausanne Sport fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 matches. Lausanne Sport have conceded 35 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Lugano form and stats

Playing away, Lugano have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 6 defeats in the Super League this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Lugano in their previous game as they lost hosting Sion, 1-3. Midfield player Lovrić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Lovrić scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 72 successful passes (of 87 total).

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Luzern.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lugano playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were six Lugano wins, four draws and two defeats.

A new game in only three days for Lugano, the Swiss Cup home match versus Luzern. Busy days.

The visiting Lugano have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. As opposed to that, Lugano have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also met each other earlier on this season: Lugano - Lausanne 3-1. Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Lausanne Sport won three, Lugano were winners in six and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Lausanne SportM. Amdouni
M. Amdouni
10 goals
LuganoŽ. Celar
Ž. Celar
8 goals
Lausanne SportS. Kukuruzovic
S. Kukuruzovic
6 goals

Lausanne Sport missing players

Lugano missing players

Lausanne Sport Lugano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 6 14 29
3 2 1 Won W 4 6 14
8 4 0 Drew D 1 2 4
18 9 3 Lost L 1 6 11
29 18 6 Scored S 13 19 40
61 35 11 Conceded C 8 19 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 79% 90%
55% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 50% 48%
41% 47% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 28%
14% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 10%
66% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 48%
3% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 24%
31% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 28%
 
3.9 4.1 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.2 4.1
5.3 5.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.9 4.8
3.2 3.7 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 2.4
5 5 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9.1 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.2 10.4
3.5 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.7
29% 36% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 46% 37%
 
12.5 11.1 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11.6 11.2
5.2 4.7 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 4.4
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Lausanne Sport's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lausanne Sport have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lausanne Sport have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Lausanne Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest points (10) at home in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest scored goals (29) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the most conceded goals (35) at home in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the most conceded goals (61) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the most conceded goals in the second half (41) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the the worst goal difference (-17) at home in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zürich 29 19 6 4 62 36 14 10 3 1 34 16 15 9 3 3 28 20 26 63
2 Basel 29 13 13 3 64 37 14 6 7 1 33 16 15 7 6 2 31 21 27 52
3 Young Boys 29 12 11 6 64 40 15 8 5 2 31 19 14 4 6 4 33 21 24 47
4 Lugano 29 14 4 11 40 40 15 8 2 5 21 21 14 6 2 6 19 19 0 46
5 St. Gallen 29 11 8 10 53 51 15 5 7 3 28 25 14 6 1 7 25 26 2 41
6 Servette 29 12 5 12 44 51 14 7 3 4 23 21 15 5 2 8 21 30 -7 41
7 Sion 29 9 6 14 37 53 14 6 2 6 16 18 15 3 4 8 21 35 -16 33
8 Grasshopper 29 6 11 12 45 49 15 3 6 6 27 30 14 3 5 6 18 19 -4 29
9 Luzern 29 4 12 13 34 54 14 3 3 8 15 25 15 1 9 5 19 29 -20 24
10 Lausanne Sport 29 3 8 18 29 61 15 2 4 9 18 35 14 1 4 9 11 26 -32 17

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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.