Home advantage could prove decisive in Luzern - St. Gallen battle

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: swissporarena (16490 seats)

The home advantage belongs to Luzern in this match against St. Gallen, but the away side will fight to the end. Here's the complete Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Super League

Luzern and St. Gallen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Luzern form and stats

Overall Super League statistics at home this season for Luzern are 5-6-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Luzern are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Grasshopper. Defender Frýdek got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.31/10. Frýdek hit five key passes and won 6 of 14 duels.

In the match before that, Luzern hosted Lugano and drew the game 2-2.

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 7 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 16 most recent league games highlights that 12 of them had at least one goal from each team.

The Luzern fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 16 league matches. 22 goals have been conceded.

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St. Gallen form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Gallen so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-9 (win-draw-lose).

St. Gallen are travelling after their nice 6-1 home win in the fixture against Basel (placed 6th). That victory was so crucial for this club, after a horrific period of ten league rounds in a row not winning. As you can tell from the results above, Gallen was very dominant against Basel, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-1 (!) with Görtler, Lath (2), Geubbels, Quintillà and Guillemenot providing the goals. Quintillà got a match rating of 8.65 in that game, top player of the team. Quintillà scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 38 successful passes (of 40 total).

A 0-2 loss hosting Young Boys before that.

We have checked recent matches where St. Gallen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 23 of this club's latest 30 league fixtures.

St. Gallen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 26 times in 16 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Gallen have conceded 28 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Luzern and St. Gallen have duelled previously this season: St. Gallen - Luzern 2-2. Zigi (St. Gallen) was shown a red card when these teams last played each other. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Luzern wins - draws - St. Gallen wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LuzernM. Meyer
M. Meyer
11 goals
St. GallenJ. Guillemenot
J. Guillemenot
11 goals
St. GallenE. Latte Lath
E. Latte Lath
10 goals

Luzern missing players

St. Gallen missing players

Luzern St. Gallen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 3 16 33
11 5 3 Won W 0 3 10
10 6 2 Drew D 1 4 10
11 5 1 Lost L 2 9 13
50 25 13 Scored S 5 26 59
49 22 7 Conceded C 7 28 49
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 85%
56% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 55%
38% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 36%
19% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 38% 27%
66% 69% 83% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 70%
16% 12% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 12%
22% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 18%
 
6.2 7.1 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.4 5.9
5.1 4.8 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 4.8
2.9 2.9 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.7 2.5
8 7 5 Red cards R C 2 5 9
 
13.7 14.9 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 13.9 15.9
5.3 5.5 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 5.1 5.9
30% 28% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 32% 30%
 
12.2 11.6 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 11.2 11.8
4.9 4.6 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.6 5
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • St. Gallen have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in Super League
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Super League
  • St. Gallen 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 Young Boys 33 19 11 3 78 27 17 13 4 0 52 10 16 6 7 3 26 17 51 68
2 Servette 33 12 15 6 48 45 17 8 8 1 28 15 16 4 7 5 20 30 3 51
3 Lugano 33 13 11 9 53 44 17 8 5 4 30 21 16 5 6 5 23 23 9 50
4 Luzern 33 12 10 11 53 49 16 5 6 5 25 22 17 7 4 6 28 27 4 46
5 Grasshopper 33 12 7 14 52 57 17 9 2 6 33 27 16 3 5 8 19 30 -5 43
6 Basel 33 10 12 11 44 45 16 5 7 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 21 26 -1 42
7 St. Gallen 33 10 10 13 59 49 17 7 6 4 33 21 16 3 4 9 26 28 10 40
8 Zurich 33 8 14 11 35 51 16 4 8 4 19 22 17 4 6 7 16 29 -16 38
9 Winterthur 33 8 8 17 31 61 16 5 4 7 15 29 17 3 4 10 16 32 -30 32
10 Sion 33 7 10 16 40 65 16 2 4 10 16 33 17 5 6 6 24 32 -25 31

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.