Luzern manager F. Celestini looking for three points in Zürich showdown

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

Luzern battle against Zürich for glory and sporting success.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Luzern form and stats

Luzern's first Super League home game here at swissporarena ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats from 18 matches.

Luzern shared the glory with St. Gallen in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The goalie Vaso Vasic was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.82 out of ten. Vasic stopped the opponent with six saves. Late drama in the game against St. Gallen as Luzern were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Varol Tasar popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. The Luzern goalkeeper Vaso Vasic was crucial in the match against St. Gallen last time out, making six saves.

Ahead of that match, Luzern lost 3-4 at home to Young Boys.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Luzern handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and two defeats.

At swissporarena, Luzern has the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Zürich form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Super League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 18 matches.

Nikola Boranijašević scored in Zürich's previous match, the home game against Lausanne Sport that ended 3-1. The attacker Assan Ceesay got a match rating of 8.32 in that game. Ceesay hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Lugano.

Zürich are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, five draws and five defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

2 goals so far away for Zürich, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Luzern won six, Zürich won two and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LuzernP. Schürpf
P. Schürpf
2 goals
LuzernI. Ndiaye
I. Ndiaye
1 goals
LuzernV. Taşar
V. Taşar
1 goals

Luzern missing players

Zürich missing players

Luzern Zürich
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 3 0 Scored S 0 2 5
6 4 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
6 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 11 7
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 12.5
6 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 5.5
42% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 45%
Luzern Last season Zürich
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
12 7   Won W   5 11
10 7   Drew D   5 10
14 4   Lost L   8 15
62 36   Scored S   26 53
59 23   Conceded C   36 57
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
92% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 81%
72% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   78% 67%
39% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   67% 47%
22% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 17%
78% 67%   BTTS BTTS   67% 61%
19% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 25%
8% 6%   Failed to Score F T   22% 19%
 
5.9 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.2
4.7 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 6.1
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
3 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
11.8 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 9.3
5 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.9
35% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 38%

  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 2 2 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 6
2 Zürich 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
3 St. Gallen 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
4 Young Boys 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 4
5 Lugano 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
6 Servette 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
7 Luzern 2 0 1 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
8 Grasshopper 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
9 Lausanne Sport 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
10 Sion 2 0 0 2 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 -6 0
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 25 9 2 74 29 18 14 3 1 38 14 18 11 6 1 36 15 45 84
2 Basel 36 15 8 13 60 53 18 9 6 3 35 21 18 6 2 10 25 32 7 53
3 Servette 36 14 8 14 45 56 18 6 7 5 28 29 18 8 1 9 17 27 -11 50
4 Lugano 36 12 13 11 40 42 18 7 4 7 19 20 18 5 9 4 21 22 -2 49
5 Luzern 36 12 10 14 62 59 18 7 7 4 36 23 18 5 3 10 26 36 3 46
6 Lausanne Sport 36 12 10 14 52 55 18 9 2 7 33 29 18 3 8 7 19 26 -3 46
7 St. Gallen 36 11 11 14 45 48 18 7 5 6 24 20 18 4 6 8 21 28 -3 44
8 Zürich 36 11 10 15 53 57 18 6 5 7 27 21 18 5 5 8 26 36 -4 43
9 Sion 36 8 14 14 48 58 18 4 8 6 23 26 18 4 6 8 25 32 -10 38
10 Vaduz 36 9 9 18 36 58 18 4 4 10 18 31 18 5 5 8 18 27 -22 36

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.