An important duel in the bottom section of the Super League, with both Lugano and Thun experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 7th and the visitors in 8th place.
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.
Thun play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Thun when playing on grass are 13 wins, 4 draws and 18 defeats from 35 matches. They have scored 45 goals and conceded 53 times in these games.
Lugano form and stats
Overall Super League stats at home this season for Lugano are 4-7-4 (wins-draw-losses).
Lugano travelled for their previous game, a trip to Luzern that ended 3-3. In the match before that, Lugano hosted St. Gallen and drew the game 3-3.
A disappointing finish for Lugano in their match versus Luzern as their 3-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. A goal frenzy last time out for Lugano, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Luzern. Fun stuff to watch!
There will be little rest for Lugano after this match as they are travelling to Sion for a Super League game in only three days.
Lugano aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio di Cornaredo in the league, with only 13 goals from 15 games. 15 goals have been conceded.
Thun form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Thun, who have the most conceded goals (60) in Super League, so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-11 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Thun in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Basel.
Ridge Munsy and Gregory Karlen (2) scored in Thun's previous match, the home game against Neuchâtel Xamax that ended 3-0. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Young Boys's place.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting St. Gallen in just four days.
The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Thun manager M. Schneider has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Thun - Lugano 3-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Lugano, three draws and four wins for Thun. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Munsy 7 goals |   M. Marić 5 goals |  F. Holender 5 goals |
Lugano missing players
Thun missing players
| Lugano | Thun | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 35 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| 39 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 33 | 60 |
| 83% | 73% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 70% | 53% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 83% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 63% |
| 23% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 40% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 23% |
| 50% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 47% | 50% |
| 30% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 37% | 47% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 37% |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 6 | 5.6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 7.9 | 6.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 343 | 158 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 137 | 356 |
| 123 | 48 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 47 | 112 |
| 28% | 27% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 30% | 29% |
- Lugano has the fewest points from losing position (2)
- Lugano has the fewest scored goals (13) at home
- Thun has the fewest points (10) away
- Thun has the most conceded goals (33) away
- Thun has the most conceded goals (60)
- Thun has the most conceded goals in the second half (34)
- Thun has the the worst goal difference (-19) away
- Thun has the the worst goal difference (-27)
- Thun have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Thun have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Thun have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 59 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 58 |
| 3 | Basel | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 27 | 52 |
| 4 | Servette | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 45 |
| 5 | Luzern | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -3 | 42 |
| 6 | Zurich | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 52 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -12 | 42 |
| 7 | Lugano | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | -4 | 35 |
| 8 | Thun | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 60 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 33 | -27 | 28 |
| 9 | Sion | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 27 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 31 | -25 | 23 |