Lugano have managed 6 home victories up until now, St. Gallen have won 3 away. Who improves their standings after this one?
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
This should be an action-packed game with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Lugano form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio di Cornaredo as Lugano have scored 15 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 6-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for Lugano in their previous match, an away game at Zurich that ended in defeat 0-3. Lovrić (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.04/10. Lovrić hit one key pass.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lugano have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn two and lost five.
A decent goal production from Lugano in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. On the other hand, Lugano have conceded 13 goals.
St. Gallen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Gallen so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-7 (win-draw-lose).
St. Gallen won their last game, 5-1 versus Servette played at home. Guillemenot, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.04. Guillemenot scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with St. Gallen playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four St. Gallen wins, one draw and five defeats.
Gallen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. The St. Gallen manager Zeidler has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
St. Gallen - Lugano 1-1 was the story when these two participants last played each other, also in this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Lugano won four games, three matches ended in a draw and St. Gallen have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  K. Duah 7 goals | J. Guillemenot 5 goals |   R. Ziegler 4 goals |
Lugano missing players
St. Gallen missing players
| Lugano | St. Gallen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 27 | 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 35 |
| 29 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 24 | 44 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 71% |
| 24% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 52% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 30% | 29% |
| 48% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 76% |
| 24% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.7 | 6 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10.2 | 12.8 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.9 | 12 |
| 3.9 | 5.1 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| 33% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | 33% |
| 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 11.2 | 12 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
- All of Lugano's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Gallen 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 | Zurich | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 49 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 24 | 39 |
| 3 | Basel | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 45 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 37 |
| 4 | Lugano | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 33 |
| 5 | Servette | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Sion | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 28 | -10 | 25 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -9 | 23 |
| 9 | Luzern | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -19 | 14 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -26 | 12 |
