Read up on this engaging match in the Super League. Luzern is in the 6th spot after completing two games. They receive Grasshopper who are placed 3rd after three fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Luzern nor Grasshopper as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Luzern form and stats
A strong away win for Luzern against Lugano the last match, as Beloko and Dorn were on target. At last, a league victory after four matches without. Midfielder Beloko was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.84 (out of ten) in that game. Beloko scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Zurich the opponent.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Luzern have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Luzern as they are travelling to their away game against St. Gallen in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
Grasshopper form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Super League away game of the season. During their previous season 18 away games resulted in 4 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats.
Ndenge (2) and Momoh scored in Grasshopper's previous match, the home game against St. Gallen that ended 3-2. Grasshopper can call themselves comeback kings after the match against St. Gallen. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 3-2 victory. Ndenge scored the final goal. Grasshopper goalie Moreira was high and low in the St. Gallen game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Midfielder Ndenge was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.05. Ndenge scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Young Boys.Grasshopper are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Sion.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Grasshopper has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Luzern won six games, four matches ended with a draw and Grasshopper managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six
Top Goalscorers
  H. Kawabe 2 goals |  T. Ndenge 2 goals |  P. Dorn 1 goals |
Luzern missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| Luzern | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 4.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 8.7 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 4.7 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 13.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 18 | 17 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Luzern | Last season | Grasshopper | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 52 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 54 | ||
| 64 | 29 | Conceded | C | 24 | 58 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 86% | ||
| 61% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 53% | ||
| 47% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 44% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 17% | ||
| 69% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 69% | ||
| 14% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 11% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 22% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 38% | ||
| 12 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Servette | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Sion | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Luzern | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Lugano | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Basel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| 10 | Zurich | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
| 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 |
