The visiting St. Gallen side should be favourites in this visit to Lugano, as the away team holds a 24 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Lugano form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Lugano have managed 4 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Lugano after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Lugano faced defeat in their previous match, away at Young Boys (0-3). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Basel.
Lugano are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Luzern awaits in three days.
Lugano have scored 10 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Lugano have conceded only 12 goals.
St. Gallen form and stats
St. Gallen's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed St. Gallen, who have the most scored goals (60) in Super League, collect 28 points from their 13 away matches in the Super League. 9 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but St. Gallen are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Gallen won their last game, 2-1 versus Sion played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Neuchâtel Xamax with the score of 2-1.
St. Gallen has another fixture away, a Super League game, against Servette in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Gallen have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 28 goals from 13 away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Gallen in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; St. Gallen - Lugano 3-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Lugano won five games, one match ended with a draw and St. Gallen has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  C. Itten 13 goals | E. Demirović 12 goals |  J. Quintillà Guasch 10 goals |
Lugano missing players
St. Gallen missing players
| Lugano | St. Gallen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 29 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | 60 |
| 33 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 40 |
| 82% | 71% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 68% | 50% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 89% |
| 46% | 29% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 85% | 82% |
| 18% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 31% | 50% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 23% | 29% |
| 46% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 92% | 75% |
| 32% | 43% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 39% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 14% |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.9 |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 323 | 146 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 69 | 191 | 420 |
| 113 | 42 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 82 | 168 |
| 26% | 24% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 34% | 36% |
- Lugano has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- Lugano has the fewest scored goals (10) at home
- St. Gallen has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
- St. Gallen has the fewest conceded goals (17) away
- St. Gallen has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
- St. Gallen has the most points (28) away
- St. Gallen has the most scored goals (28) away
- St. Gallen has the most scored goals (60)
- St. Gallen has the most scored goals in the first half (30)
- St. Gallen has the the best goal difference (+11) away
- St. Gallen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Gallen have scored more than double the goals of Lugano.
- St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- St. Gallen is in the best form (4-1-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Gallen | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 60 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 20 | 57 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 59 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 55 |
| 3 | Basel | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 27 | 49 |
| 4 | Servette | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 41 |
| 5 | Luzern | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 41 |
| 6 | Zürich | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 51 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -12 | 41 |
| 7 | Lugano | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | -4 | 33 |
| 8 | Thun | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -26 | 25 |
| 9 | Sion | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -19 | 24 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 28 | -22 | 22 |