3rd position in the Super League table for St. Gallen so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 4th-placed Lugano visits Kybunpark.
- St. Gallen has the most clean sheets (8) in Super League
- Lugano have not yet lost a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Gallen nor Lugano as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
St. Gallen form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, St. Gallen, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Super League, have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
St. Gallen's last game was hosting Vaduz (placed 10th) and winning 2-0. Ahead of that match, Gallen lost 1-2 at home to Young Boys.
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 Gallen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost zero.
Gallen has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Lugano form and stats
The visitors are W1-D6-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. Lugano are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super League home defeat versus Young Boys with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sion.
Lugano are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and three defeats. From a total of nine matches.
Lugano are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 7 goals have been conceded by Lugano in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Gallen - Lugano 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Gallen won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Lugano has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  K. Duah 4 goals |  M. Bottani 3 goals | V. Ruiz Abril 2 goals |
St. Gallen missing players
Lugano missing players
| St. Gallen | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 43% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 36% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 29% | 29% |
| 21% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.5 | 15 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.1 | 7.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 26% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 30% |
- Lugano have not yet lost a game away.
- St. Gallen has the most clean sheets (8) in Super League
- St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | Basel | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Lugano | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Zurich | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Lausanne Sport | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Servette | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Luzern | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Sion | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 10 | Vaduz | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -14 | 7 |