Lugano will battle it out with Luzern in this Super League game. Everything you must know about the match can be found right here!
These are full days for the host team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Hapoel Be'er Sheva, was also a home game here at Stadio di Cornaredo. The away team is better rested.
Lugano form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Super League game of the season here at Stadio di Cornaredo. Last season these fans witnessed 10 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from Lugano's 18 home games.
The Lugano supporters got no joy from their last match, a Europa Conference League duel also played here at Stadio di Cornaredo: A 0-2 defeat against Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Midfielder Bottani was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.04 (out of ten) in that game. Bottani dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that match, a Super League win away at Winterthur.This is expected to be a close game, with Lugano perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lugano as a small favourite), we find 19 games. Lugano has won 8 of these, drawn 3 and lost 8.
Lugano are traveling soon after this match as the Europa Conference League match at Hapoel Be'er Sheva awaits in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Lugano's 1 home game: 2 goals, 3 conceded.
Luzern form and stats
Let's have a look at how Luzern performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 13 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 64 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 9 and lost 6 with 25/35 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Super League for Luzern and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses from 18 games.
Luzern are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Zürich (placed 10th). Müller was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.65. The agile goalkeeper Müller topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against FC Schaffhausen in the Super League Play-offs.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Luzern playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 3 Luzern wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Luzern, the Super League home match versus Grasshopper. Busy days.
0 goals so far away for Luzern, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
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; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 3 goals | J. Sabbatini Perfecto 1 goals | M. Bottani 1 goals |
Lugano missing players
Luzern missing players
| Lugano | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 6.3 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 4.7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.3 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 41% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11.7 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Lugano | Last season | Luzern | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 9 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Scored | S | 25 | 52 | ||
| 54 | 24 | Conceded | C | 35 | 64 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 61% | ||
| 31% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 11% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 17% | ||
| 56% | 61% | BTTS | BTTS | 89% | 69% | ||
| 19% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | ||
| 25% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 17% | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.4 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 27% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Servette | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Grasshopper | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Sion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 6 | Lugano | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Basel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Luzern | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Zürich | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| 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 | Zürich | 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 |
