With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Super League game of the season. Servette look forward to welcoming Lugano in front of their home support.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Servette form and stats
Last season, Servette's league statistics were 14 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Super League. Over these 36 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 56. Playing at home last season Servette managed 6-7-5 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 29 conceded.
It's back home for Servette, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sion away with the result 2-1. Kastriot Imeri and Grejohn Kyei found the net in that victory. Defender Vincent Sasso got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Sasso won 5 of 7 duels. Servette goalkeeper Jeremy Frick did an outstanding job against Sion with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.
Ahead of that match, Servette lost 1-2 at home to St. Gallen.Lugano form and stats
Let's have a look at how Lugano performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 13 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 9 and lost 4 with 21/22 goals scored/conceded.
The manager A. da Silva Braga was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Kybunpark. Lugano suffered a 0-2 loss to Zurich (placed 2nd). Mickaël Facchinetti got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Facchinetti hit two key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 41 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Luzern at their stadium, the result 2-1.Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Servette won one game, five matches ended with a draw and Lugano has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  K. Imeri 1 goals | G. Kyei 1 goals |
Servette missing players
Lugano missing players
| Servette | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Servette | Last season | Lugano | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Drew | D | 9 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 28 | Scored | S | 21 | 40 | ||
| 56 | 29 | Conceded | C | 22 | 42 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 81% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 39% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 19% | ||
| 11% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 64% | 89% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 28% | ||
| 22% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 31% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Zurich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Servette | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Luzern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Lausanne Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Sion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Grasshopper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Lugano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Zurich | 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 |