Can Luzern beat St. Gallen in swissporarena clash?

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 16.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: swissporarena (16490 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Luzern have their presumed home advantage while St. Gallen are ahead 17 points in the Super League table.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Luzern form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for Luzern at their home stadium (swissporarena) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Luzern has won four games in a row. The Young Boys match was the last time out without a victory. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at swissporarena.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Luzern, as their goalkeeper Marius Muller has completely shut out the opponents for 192 minutes in the Super League.

A good away victory last time out for Luzern, who won 1-0 against Neuchâtel Xamax (placed 9th). Ahead of that match, Luzern won a home game hosting Young Boys (2-0).

Marius Müller loved the game against Neuchâtel Xamax. With a stunning 13 saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory.

Luzern has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Luzern's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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St. Gallen form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (48) in Super League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Super League. St. Gallen have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

St. Gallen are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Super League against Servette (placed 4th). Prior to that result St. Gallen won their away game at Basel. The scoreline was 2-1.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, St. Gallen are regular goalscorers on their travels. 14 goals have been conceded by St. Gallen in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Luzern - St. Gallen 1-4 earlier this season. Luzern-St. Gallen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Luzern nine wins, St. Gallen one win, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

St. GallenJ. Quintillà Guasch
J. Quintillà Guasch
9 goals
St. GallenC. Itten
C. Itten
9 goals
St. GallenE. Demirović
E. Demirović
9 goals

Luzern missing players

St. Gallen missing players

Luzern St. Gallen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 21
8 4 2 Won W 1 7 14
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
10 4 0 Lost L 1 2 5
23 13 6 Scored S 3 24 48
29 14 3 Conceded C 3 14 27
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
76% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
48% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 90% 81%
19% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 52%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 30% 29%
43% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 76%
29% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 19%
33% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
5.8 6.9 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.7 5.7
5.7 4.9 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.4 3.7
2.8 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.9 2.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
256 144 28 Total Shots T S 29 151 309
93 54 14 Shots on Target S O 10 67 129
25% 24% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 36% 37%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of St. Gallen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Luzern has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St. Gallen has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • St. Gallen has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
  • St. Gallen has the most points (22) away
  • St. Gallen has the most scored goals (24) away
  • St. Gallen has the most scored goals (48)
  • St. Gallen has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
  • St. Gallen has the the best goal difference (+10) away
  • St. Gallen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St. Gallen have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • St. Gallen have scored more than double the goals of Luzern.
  • St. Gallen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • St. Gallen is in the best form (5-0-1)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 St. Gallen 21 14 2 5 48 27 11 7 1 3 24 13 10 7 1 2 24 14 21 44
2 Young Boys 21 13 5 3 42 26 11 9 2 0 27 10 10 4 3 3 15 16 16 44
3 Basel 21 12 3 6 46 21 10 7 1 2 25 8 11 5 2 4 21 13 25 39
4 Servette 21 9 6 6 32 20 10 5 3 2 13 6 11 4 3 4 19 14 12 33
5 Zürich 21 9 4 8 26 40 11 5 1 5 18 27 10 4 3 3 8 13 -14 31
6 Luzern 21 8 3 10 23 29 10 4 2 4 13 14 11 4 1 6 10 15 -6 27
7 Lugano 21 5 7 9 22 26 10 1 5 4 4 10 11 4 2 5 18 16 -4 22
8 Sion 21 6 4 11 27 39 10 3 3 4 16 18 11 3 1 7 11 21 -12 22
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 21 2 9 10 22 36 11 1 3 7 10 18 10 1 6 3 12 18 -14 15
10 Thun 21 4 3 14 21 45 11 2 2 7 11 24 10 2 1 7 10 21 -24 15

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.