The league table shows that 0 points split the pair of rivals in this Super League match. St. Gallen own both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Super League
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
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.
St. Gallen form and stats
4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for St. Gallen so far this season.
Gallen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Young Boys. The striker Akolo won the honour of being "man of the match" for St. Gallen with the rating of 7.34/10. Akolo scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Heartbreak before that as Gallen lost 2-3 at Basel's place.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 St. Gallen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 6 and lost 3.
Goals from both sides! That has been the case in 7 league rounds in a row for this club. Will it happen again?
St. Gallen are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Luzern awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Gallen are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. From these home matches, St. Gallen have conceded only 4 goals.
Lugano form and stats
Playing away, Lugano have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Super League this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Lugano goalkeeper Amir Saipi is eager to challenge this, with his 207 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Lugano go into this game after a win, the home game against Basel that ended 1-0. Valenzuela was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Valenzuela won 7 of 11 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Servette.Lugano are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
A new game in only three days for Lugano, the Super League home match versus Young Boys. Busy days.
Lugano has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded by Lugano in these games.
Head 2 Head
St. Gallen and Lugano have faced off already this season: Lugano - Gallen 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): St. Gallen three wins, two draws and Lugano five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 4 goals |   L. Görtler 3 goals | F. Schubert 3 goals |
St. Gallen missing players
Lugano missing players
| St. Gallen | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 10% |
| 5.2 | 6 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 16.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.8 | 11.5 |
| 6.8 | 8.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 28% | 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 32% |
| 10.4 | 9.4 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.2 | 12.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 10 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
- All of Lugano's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of St. Gallen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Gallen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- St. Gallen have scored in all their home matches so far.
- St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (11) 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 23 |
| 2 | Servette | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Lugano | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Sion | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Basel | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Luzern | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -17 | 6 |
| 10 | Zürich | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 4 |
