Home advantage could prove decisive in Luzern - Sion battle

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: swissporarena (16490 seats)

Luzern are yearning to add to their goals scored at home in this upcoming game against Sion.

Insights:
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Super League
  • Sion have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Super League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Luzern form and stats

Luzern's struggle is real here at swissporarena with only 5 points collected from 6 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.

The home team returns to swissporarena after being equal after 90 minutes with Lausanne Sport (placed 10th) on their last time out; the Super League game ended 1-1. The versatile forward Filip Ugrinic bettered all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Ugrinic scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).

Before that match, a Swiss Cup win away at FC Schaffhausen.

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 eleven games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost three.

A decent goal production from Luzern in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. Luzern are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 6 played).

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Sion form and stats

Sion have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-2-3 (6 played).

The manager P. Tramezzani was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Stade de Tourbillon. Sion suffered a 1-3 loss to Grasshopper (placed 4th). Birama Ndoye was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.02. The defender Ndoye won 3 of 4 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Servette with the score of 2-1.

Sion are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, six draws and four defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

The visiting Sion have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games. There are big problems for the Sion defense as they have conceded 18 goals in 6 away games.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head encounter ended Sion - Luzern 1-1, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Luzern wins - draws - Sion wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LuzernF. Ugrinic
F. Ugrinic
4 goals
LuzernI. Ndiaye
I. Ndiaye
3 goals
SionG. Hoarau
G. Hoarau
3 goals

Luzern missing players

Sion missing players

Luzern Sion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
1 1 1 Won W 0 1 3
7 2 1 Drew D 2 2 3
4 3 0 Lost L 0 3 6
17 10 3 Scored S 2 8 15
22 12 1 Conceded C 2 18 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
42% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 58%
42% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 42%
25% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 25%
92% 83% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 83%
8% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 8%
 
4.3 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.5 4.1
5.2 4.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 7.8 6.9
2.8 2.8 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 14.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.8 8.2
5.9 7.5 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.4
24% 22% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 44% 37%
 
12.2 13.3 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 17.2 13.8
5.2 5.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 6.8 5.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Luzern's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Sion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luzern have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Luzern have the fewest points (5) at home in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
  • Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sion have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Super League
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (18) away in Super League
  • Sion have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Super League
  • Sion 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 Basel 12 7 5 0 29 11 6 4 2 0 18 5 6 3 3 0 11 6 18 26
2 Zurich 12 6 4 2 29 23 6 4 2 0 17 9 6 2 2 2 12 14 6 22
3 Young Boys 11 6 3 2 28 13 5 3 2 0 10 4 6 3 1 2 18 9 15 21
4 Grasshopper 12 4 5 3 22 18 6 3 2 1 15 10 6 1 3 2 7 8 4 17
5 Lugano 11 5 2 4 15 14 6 3 2 1 8 6 5 2 0 3 7 8 1 17
6 Servette 12 3 3 6 19 26 6 2 1 3 11 13 6 1 2 3 8 13 -7 12
7 St. Gallen 12 3 3 6 18 27 6 2 3 1 11 10 6 1 0 5 7 17 -9 12
8 Sion 12 3 3 6 15 27 6 2 1 3 7 9 6 1 2 3 8 18 -12 12
9 Luzern 12 1 7 4 17 22 6 1 2 3 10 12 6 0 5 1 7 10 -5 10
10 Lausanne Sport 12 1 5 6 15 26 6 1 3 2 9 13 6 0 2 4 6 13 -11 8

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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.