Lugano vs St. Gallen: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio di Cornaredo (6390 seats)

Lugano contest St. Gallen for praise and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Lugano have the fewest points (0) at home in Super League
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Super League

This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning more tension and importance.

Lugano and St. Gallen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lugano form and stats

Lugano have collected 0 points from their Super League home games so far after 0-0-2.

Lugano are returning here after visiting Linth in a Swiss Cup fixture and winning with a 5-1 scoreline.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Basel and winning 2-0.

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 20 games. Lugano has won 8 of these, drawn 3 and lost 9.

Early season league goal statistics from Lugano's 2 home games: 3 goals, 5 conceded.

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St. Gallen form and stats

It's not happening yet for St. Gallen on their Super League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?

Two away matches in a row for St. Gallen, whose boss Zeidler could celebrate last time after the Swiss Cup win against Rorschach.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Luzern.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by St. Gallen in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for St. Gallen, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

St. Gallen have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Lugano won five, St. Gallen triumphed in two and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

LuganoŽ. Celar
Ž. Celar
3 goals
St. GallenF. Schubert
F. Schubert
3 goals
St. GallenJ. Vonmoos
J. Vonmoos
2 goals

Lugano missing players

St. Gallen missing players

Lugano St. Gallen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 2 0 Lost L 1 2 2
10 3 0 Scored S 0 2 10
8 5 0 Conceded C 1 4 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 80%
80% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
40% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
40% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 40%
80% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 20%
 
5.8 7.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.5 6.4
5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.2
1.2 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13.4 13.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.5 16.4
5.4 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 6 7.8
37% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 26%
 
14 14.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 7 7 8
5.2 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.5 3.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Lugano's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Lugano have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Lugano have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Lugano have the fewest points (0) at home in Super League
  • Lugano have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Gallen have lost all their away matches so far.
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Super League
  • St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Lugano Last season St. Gallen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
16 10   Won W   7 14
6 3   Drew D   1 8
14 5   Lost L   10 14
50 27   Scored S   32 68
54 24   Conceded C   36 63
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
92% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 94%
56% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   78% 72%
31% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 50%
11% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 28%
56% 61%   BTTS BTTS   67% 67%
19% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   28% 22%
25% 22%   Failed to Score F T   6% 11%
 
4.1 4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.8
4.9 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.9
2.3 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.4
2 1   Red cards R C   3 7
 
10.4 12.3   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 12.5
3.8 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.1
36% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 37%
 
11.4 10.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 11.2
4.6 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 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 Young Boys 5 3 2 0 11 1 3 2 1 0 8 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 10 11
2 St. Gallen 5 3 0 2 10 5 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 5 9
3 Grasshopper 5 2 3 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 5 3 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 9
4 Sion 5 2 2 1 8 7 3 0 2 1 2 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 8
5 Servette 5 2 2 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 4 -1 8
6 Lugano 5 2 0 3 10 8 2 0 0 2 3 5 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 6
7 Luzern 4 1 2 1 4 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 5 -2 5
8 Basel 4 0 3 1 2 4 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 3
9 Winterthur 5 0 2 3 3 9 3 0 2 1 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 -6 2
10 Zurich 5 0 2 3 1 10 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 7 -9 2

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.