Super League: Luzern - St. Gallen preview and statistics

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 18.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: swissporarena (16490 seats)

The Super League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Luzern and St. Gallen are placed 8th and 1st respectively.

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

A Super League draw at home so far for Luzern. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 18 matches.

Luzern lost their last game at Basel (placed 5th) after a 2-3 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Basel.

Early season league goal statistics from Luzern's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.

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St. Gallen form and stats

Only one away game in the Super League so far for St. Gallen and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 10 victories, 3 draws and 5 losses from 18 travels.

The Gallen goalkeeper Lawrence Ati-Zigi is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 274 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

St. Gallen are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Super League against Servette (placed 6th). Before that, Gallen secured a home win against Servette with the score 1-0.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, St. Gallen has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Luzern, zero draws and two wins for St. Gallen. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

LuzernL. Alves de Araujo
L. Alves de Araujo
1 goals
LuzernS. Knežević
S. Knežević
1 goals
LuzernP. Schürpf
P. Schürpf
1 goals

Luzern missing players

St. Gallen missing players

Luzern St. Gallen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 2 2 Scored S 1 1 3
7 2 2 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
39 13 13 Total Shots T S 13 13 38
19 7 7 Shots on Target S O 2 2 9
26% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 33%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Luzern has the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Super League
  • St. Gallen has the fewest conceded goals (0) in Super League
  • St. Gallen has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Super League
  • St. Gallen has the most clean sheets (3) in Super League
  • St. Gallen has the most points (3) away in Super League
  • St. Gallen has the the best goal difference (+1) away in Super League
  • St. Gallen is in the best form (3-0-0)
Luzern Last season St. Gallen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
13 8   Won W   10 21
7 4   Drew D   3 5
16 6   Lost L   5 10
42 28   Scored S   37 79
50 25   Conceded C   27 56
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
78% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 92%
50% 72%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   83% 83%
19% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 56%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 33%
47% 67%   BTTS BTTS   94% 75%
28% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 14%
31% 11%   Failed to Score F T   6% 14%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.6 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.6
3 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
380 224   Total Shots T S   266 552
153 97   Shots on Target S O   109 220
27% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 36%

  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 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
2 Lausanne Sport 3 2 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 7
3 Young Boys 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
4 Lugano 3 1 2 0 6 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
5 Basel 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
6 Servette 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 3
7 Sion 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2
8 Luzern 3 0 1 2 5 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 1
9 Vaduz 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 1
10 Zürich 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 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 Young Boys 36 23 7 6 80 41 18 16 2 0 51 15 18 7 5 6 29 26 39 76
2 St. Gallen 36 21 5 10 79 56 18 11 2 5 42 29 18 10 3 5 37 27 23 68
3 Basel 36 18 8 10 74 38 18 11 4 3 42 17 18 7 4 7 32 21 36 62
4 Servette 36 12 13 11 57 48 18 8 7 3 29 15 18 4 6 8 28 33 9 49
5 Lugano 36 11 14 11 46 46 18 6 8 4 18 17 18 5 6 7 28 29 0 47
6 Luzern 36 13 7 16 42 50 18 8 4 6 28 25 18 5 3 10 14 25 -8 46
7 Zürich 36 12 7 17 45 72 18 7 3 8 26 41 18 5 4 9 19 31 -27 43
8 Sion 36 10 9 17 40 55 18 4 6 8 22 28 18 6 3 9 18 27 -15 39
9 Thun 36 10 8 18 45 67 18 7 4 7 26 29 18 3 4 11 19 38 -22 38
10 Neuchatel Xamax 36 5 12 19 33 68 18 2 5 11 15 26 18 3 7 8 18 42 -35 27

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.