Super League fixture tips and preview for the Luzern vs Servette battle

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: swissporarena (16490 seats)

Luzern hope to get a lot of fans in for this fixture even though the season has been difficult so far with 30 points and a 9th place in the Super League table. Guests Servette have 6th place with 41 pts.

Insights:
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in Super League
  • Servette have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Luzern form and stats

Overall Super League statistics at home this season for Luzern are 5-3-8 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Luzern bring valid hopes of a third.

The Luzern fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Lausanne Sport and win 3-0. Midfielder Ugrinic was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.2 (out of ten) in that game. Ugrinic scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Basel.

This is expected to be a close game, with Luzern perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Luzern as a small favourite), we find four games. Luzern has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.

There will be little rest for Luzern after this match as they are travelling to Sion for a Super League game in only three days.

Luzern has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.

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Servette form and stats

Playing away, Servette have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 9 defeats in the Super League this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Servette's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Servette failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs St. Gallen (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Douline got a match rating of 7.54 in that game, top player of the team. Douline hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Young Boys's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Servette in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Servette, three draws and eight defeats.

A new game in only three days for Servette, the Super League home match versus Lugano. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Servette have scored 22 goals in 16 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Servette have conceded 33 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head encounter ended Servette - Luzern 1-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Luzern three wins, two draws and Servette five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ServetteK. Imeri
K. Imeri
11 goals
LuzernF. Ugrinic
F. Ugrinic
6 goals
ServetteT. Cognat
T. Cognat
5 goals

Luzern missing players

Servette missing players

Luzern Servette
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 5 16 32
6 5 2 Won W 3 5 12
12 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
14 8 1 Lost L 1 9 15
40 21 9 Scored S 11 22 45
59 27 7 Conceded C 8 33 57
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 84%
56% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 69% 59%
41% 38% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 34%
16% 19% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 25% 25%
69% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 80% 69% 62%
12% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 16%
19% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 22%
 
5.2 5.4 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4 4.5
5.1 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 4.1 3.8
2.5 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.2
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
13 13.7 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.9 11.2
5.3 5.8 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 4.1
24% 23% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 52% 33% 34%
 
11.7 11.6 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 11.9 11
4.9 4.6 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 5.4 5.1
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in Super League
  • Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Servette have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Servette 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 Zürich 32 22 6 4 71 38 16 12 3 1 41 18 16 10 3 3 30 20 33 72
2 Basel 32 14 14 4 67 39 16 7 7 2 36 18 16 7 7 2 31 21 28 56
3 Young Boys 32 14 11 7 70 44 16 9 5 2 34 20 16 5 6 5 36 24 26 53
4 St. Gallen 32 13 8 11 60 54 16 6 7 3 31 25 16 7 1 8 29 29 6 47
5 Lugano 32 14 5 13 42 48 16 8 3 5 22 22 16 6 2 8 20 26 -6 47
6 Servette 32 12 5 15 45 57 16 7 3 6 23 24 16 5 2 9 22 33 -12 41
7 Grasshopper 32 8 12 12 50 51 16 4 6 6 30 31 16 4 6 6 20 20 -1 36
8 Sion 32 9 7 16 39 60 16 6 3 7 17 20 16 3 4 9 22 40 -21 34
9 Luzern 32 6 12 14 40 59 16 5 3 8 21 27 16 1 9 6 19 32 -19 30
10 Lausanne Sport 32 4 8 20 34 68 16 3 4 9 22 36 16 1 4 11 12 32 -34 20

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.