Home advantage could prove decisive in Lugano - Luzern battle

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio di Cornaredo (6390 seats)

Most would pick Lugano in this match vs Luzern, but the guests will resist to the finish. Here's our match preview!

Insights:
  • Lugano is in the best form (4-0-2) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Super League

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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Lugano form and stats

Lugano have collected 11 points from their Super League home games so far after 3-2-1. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio di Cornaredo.

A good away victory last time out for Lugano, who won 2-0 against Lausanne Sport (placed 10th). The goalie Amir Saipi was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.84 out of ten. Saipi stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Lugano had a home game versus Servette which ended with a victory 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lugano handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, six draws and zero defeats.

The Lugano fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Luzern form and stats

Luzern have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Super League, after 0-5-1 (6 played). The away side now have four draws on the trot when involved as the away team.

The manager F. Celestini was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground swissporarena. Luzern suffered a 0-1 loss to Sion (placed 7th). Midfield player Filip Ugrinic was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.6/10. Ugrinic hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 46 successful passes (of 50 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Lausanne Sport that ended 1-1.

Luzern are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

Luzern find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Luzern have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Lugano and Luzern have met previously this season: Luzern - Lugano 2-3. Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Lugano won five, Luzern triumphed in two and we saw three draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

LuzernF. Ugrinic
F. Ugrinic
4 goals
LuganoR. Ziegler
R. Ziegler
3 goals
LuganoM. Bottani
M. Bottani
3 goals

Lugano missing players

Luzern missing players

Lugano Luzern
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 6 13
6 3 2 Won W 0 0 1
2 2 0 Drew D 1 5 7
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 5
17 8 4 Scored S 2 7 17
14 6 1 Conceded C 2 10 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
33% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 38%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 38%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 23%
50% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 85%
25% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
25% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 8%
 
5 4.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.8 4.7
5 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 4.8
2.7 2.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.3 13.3 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 18 9.8 12.2
4.1 4.7 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.3 5.6
35% 29% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 23%
 
11.2 10.8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 11.2 11.8
4.4 3.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5 5.1
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Lugano's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Luzern's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lugano have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Super League
  • Lugano have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Super League
  • Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lugano is in the best form (4-0-2) in Super League
  • Luzern have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Luzern have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
  • Luzern have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Luzern have yet to win a game away.
  • Luzern 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 Basel 13 7 5 1 29 12 7 4 2 1 18 6 6 3 3 0 11 6 17 26
2 Zürich 13 7 4 2 31 24 6 4 2 0 17 9 7 3 2 2 14 15 7 25
3 Young Boys 12 6 4 2 29 14 5 3 2 0 10 4 7 3 2 2 19 10 15 22
4 Lugano 12 6 2 4 17 14 6 3 2 1 8 6 6 3 0 3 9 8 3 20
5 Grasshopper 13 4 6 3 23 19 7 3 3 1 16 11 6 1 3 2 7 8 4 18
6 St. Gallen 13 4 3 6 19 27 6 2 3 1 11 10 7 2 0 5 8 17 -8 15
7 Sion 13 4 3 6 16 27 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 2 2 3 9 18 -11 15
8 Servette 13 3 3 7 20 28 7 2 1 4 12 15 6 1 2 3 8 13 -8 12
9 Luzern 13 1 7 5 17 23 7 1 2 4 10 13 6 0 5 1 7 10 -6 10
10 Lausanne Sport 13 1 5 7 15 28 7 1 3 3 9 15 6 0 2 4 6 13 -13 8

Read more about Super League

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.