Super League information and preview: Lugano modest front runner to overwhelm Sion

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio di Cornaredo (6390 seats)

This fixture has been long awaited by regulars of both contenders, as it's the first Super League game of the season. Both Lugano and Sion are aiming for a good start to their campaign.

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Lugano form and stats

The previous season, Lugano's league statistics were 16 wins, 6 draws and 14 losses, results that produced 4th place in the Super League. In these 36 matches they scored 50 goals and let in 54. Playing as the home team in the previous season Lugano delivered 10-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 24 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lugano handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Lugano have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Lugano scored 25 goals and let in 8 goals during these five games.

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Sion form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sion performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 8 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 67 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 25/41 goals scored/conceded.

Sion are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Just as the home team, Sion have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Sion win, 1 draw and 3 losses.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these squads: Lugano won four, Sion were winners in two and we saw four draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Lugano missing players

Sion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lugano Sion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
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 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Lugano Last season Sion
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
16 10   Won W   5 11
6 3   Drew D   4 8
14 5   Lost L   9 17
50 27   Scored S   25 46
54 24   Conceded C   41 67
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
92% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 78%
56% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 56%
31% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 36%
11% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   28% 19%
56% 61%   BTTS BTTS   78% 64%
19% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 19%
25% 22%   Failed to Score F T   11% 19%
 
4.1 4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 3.6
4.9 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   7.2 6.5
2.3 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.4
2 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
10.4 12.3   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 8.9
3.8 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.9
36% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 33%
 
11.4 10.8   Shots against (avg) S A   15.4 13.6
4.6 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.9 5.1

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