St. Gallen are set for a new test after their 0-1 versus Zürich in the previous game. Lugano are coming to town!
- St. Gallen is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning added nervousness and significance.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for St. Gallen and Lugano.
St. Gallen form and stats
St. Gallen have collected 24 points from their Super League home games so far after 6-6-2.
Gallen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Zürich. The striker Moos outdid all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.14 out of 10. Moos dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Winterthur (2-3).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does St. Gallen handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
Sports bettors should know that 20 of the latest 26 league games from these players have had at least one goal from each team.
There will be little rest for Gallen after this match as they are travelling to Servette for a Super League game in only three days.
A decent goal production from St. Gallen in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Gallen have conceded 16 goals.
Lugano form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Lugano have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Amir Saipi. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.
The fans enjoyed Lugano's previous match versus Sion (placed 9th), a 2-0 win played at home. That victory felt sweet as this side had gone four league matches without victory. Attacker Steffen got a player rating of 7.73 in the game. "Man of the match" Steffen signed up for two assists, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to 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, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
A tale of few goals? 10 of this side's latest 12 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
A new game in only three days for Lugano, the Super League home match versus Grasshopper. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lugano have scored 19 goals in 14 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Lugano have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Lugano - Gallen 1-1 was the story when these two contenders last played each other, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (St. Gallen wins - draws - Lugano wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 13 goals |  J. Guillemenot 10 goals | E. Latte Lath 8 goals |
St. Gallen missing players
Lugano missing players
| St. Gallen | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 51 | 26 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 42 |
| 43 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 39 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 55% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 48% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 28% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 69% | 79% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 14% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 24% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 10% |
| 6 | 6.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 15.5 | 17.1 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.5 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 30% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 31% |
| 11.4 | 12.1 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.1 | 12.2 |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
- 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.
- St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Gallen have scored in all their home matches so far.
- St. Gallen have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Super League
- St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Super League
- St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Gallen is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| 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 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 69 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 48 | 61 |
| 2 | Luzern | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 42 |
| 3 | Servette | 29 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 35 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 28 | -7 | 41 |
| 4 | Lugano | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Grasshopper | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -5 | 37 |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Basel | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | Zürich | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -14 | 33 |
| 9 | Sion | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | -18 | 30 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -25 | 29 |
