Delightful dogfight as daring St. Gallen duel with determined Lugano

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 24.April
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

Super League: The average league table positions tell a story of the journey St. Gallen and Lugano have undertaken uptil now. Both squads are ready for the match; bring it!

Insights:
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Super League
  • Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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St. Gallen form and stats

When playing at home in the Super League, St. Gallen have managed 5 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games.

Gallen are returning here after guesting Yverdon Sport in a Swiss Cup match and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

Heartbreak before that as St. Gallen lost 2-3 at Luzern's place.

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

St. Gallen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kybunpark with 28 goals in 15 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.

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Lugano form and stats

As the visiting team in Super League matches, Lugano have produced an overall stat of 6-2-7 so far.

Lugano delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Luzern in their previous game; a Swiss Cup duel.

Prior to that match, the Lugano manager Croci-Torti faced defeat when travelling to Lausanne Sport and losing 1-4.

We have checked recent matches where Lugano have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, three draws and four defeats.

Lugano have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 20 goals have been scored. Lugano's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Lugano - Gallen 0-2 was the output when these two squads formerly played each other, some time ago this season. Quintilla (St. Gallen) was shown a red card when these teams previously met this season. St. Gallen-Lugano H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St. Gallen three wins, Lugano four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GallenK. Duah
K. Duah
12 goals
St. GallenJ. Guillemenot
J. Guillemenot
8 goals
LuganoŽ. Celar
Ž. Celar
8 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Lugano missing players

St. Gallen Lugano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 2 Played P 1 15 30
11 5 2 Won W 1 6 14
8 7 0 Drew D 0 2 4
11 3 0 Lost L 0 7 12
55 28 7 Scored S 2 20 41
54 25 2 Conceded C 0 23 44
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
70% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 53% 50%
50% 53% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 30%
27% 27% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 13%
70% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 47% 50%
17% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 27% 23%
13% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 27%
 
5.8 5.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.4 4.2
5.1 5.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 4.7
2.5 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.1 2.4
7 4 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.9 11.7 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4 8.3 10.4
5 4.9 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.7
37% 38% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 44% 37%
 
11.4 11.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.8 11.3
5.2 5.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.9 4.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (29) 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 Zurich 30 20 6 4 64 37 15 11 3 1 36 17 15 9 3 3 28 20 27 66
2 Basel 30 13 14 3 64 37 14 6 7 1 33 16 16 7 7 2 31 21 27 53
3 Young Boys 30 12 11 7 65 42 15 8 5 2 31 19 15 4 6 5 34 23 23 47
4 Lugano 30 14 4 12 41 44 15 8 2 5 21 21 15 6 2 7 20 23 -3 46
5 St. Gallen 30 11 8 11 55 54 15 5 7 3 28 25 15 6 1 8 27 29 1 41
6 Servette 30 12 5 13 44 52 15 7 3 5 23 22 15 5 2 8 21 30 -8 41
7 Sion 30 9 7 14 37 53 15 6 3 6 16 18 15 3 4 8 21 35 -16 34
8 Grasshopper 30 7 11 12 46 49 15 3 6 6 27 30 15 4 5 6 19 19 -3 32
9 Luzern 30 5 12 13 37 56 15 4 3 8 18 27 15 1 9 5 19 29 -19 27
10 Lausanne Sport 30 4 8 18 33 62 16 3 4 9 22 36 14 1 4 9 11 26 -29 20

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.