Super League prediction and preview: St. Gallen small betting favourite to outplay Luzern

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 06.Aug
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

Luzern have come here for an absorbing game versus the hosting St. Gallen. Get ready for the fixture with this thorough Super League preview!

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago.

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St. Gallen form and stats

The hosts won their first Super League game here at Kybunpark, lifting spirits. Home statistics for St. Gallen last season were 8 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses from 18 games.

St. Gallen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Lugano. Görtler (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.05/10. Görtler hit five key passes.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Sion.

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 14 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 6 and lost 3.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the St. Gallen at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Luzern form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Super League away game of the season. During their previous season 18 away games resulted in 8 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Luzern delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Djurgården in their previous game; a Europa Conference League duel. Midfield player Beloko was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.3/10. Beloko dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Stade Lausanne-Ouchy in the Super League.

We have checked recent matches where Luzern have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Luzern now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa Conference League game at Hibernian is waiting in only three days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Luzern has managed {0 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

St. Gallen have won or drawn the last 4 matches (1-3-0) against Luzern.

Top Goalscorers

LuzernV. Villiger
V. Villiger
2 goals
St. GallenL. Görtler
L. Görtler
1 goals
St. GallenW. Geubbels
W. Geubbels
1 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Luzern missing players

St. Gallen Luzern
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 2 Scored S 0 0 2
2 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
7 9 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 5.5
2 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 3.5
5 5 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
19 21 21 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 12.5
6.5 8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3
15% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
8 8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 21 15.5
2 1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 9 7
St. Gallen Last season Luzern
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   17 35
11 8   Won W   7 12
12 6   Drew D   4 11
13 4   Lost L   6 12
66 37   Scored S   27 53
52 21   Conceded C   28 52
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
86% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 89%
56% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 54%
39% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 34%
25% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 17%
69% 72%   BTTS BTTS   65% 66%
14% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 14%
17% 6%   Failed to Score F T   24% 23%
 
6 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 6.2
4.8 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5.1
2.5 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.8
9 4   Red cards R C   1 9
 
16.4 18.1   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 13.7
5.9 6.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 5.3
31% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 29%
 
11.8 12.3   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 12.3
4.9 5.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lugano 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
2 Servette 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
3 Zurich 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
4 Young Boys 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
5 Luzern 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Basel 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 St. Gallen 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Lausanne Sport 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
9 Grasshopper 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
10 Yverdon Sport 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
11 Winterthur 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 1
12 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 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 21 11 4 82 30 18 14 4 0 54 11 18 7 7 4 28 19 52 74
2 Servette 36 14 16 6 53 46 18 8 9 1 31 16 18 6 7 5 22 30 7 58
3 Lugano 36 15 12 9 59 47 18 9 5 4 32 21 18 6 7 5 27 26 12 57
4 Luzern 36 13 11 12 54 52 18 5 7 6 26 24 18 8 4 6 28 28 2 50
5 Basel 36 11 14 11 51 50 18 6 8 4 27 21 18 5 6 7 24 29 1 47
6 St. Gallen 36 11 12 13 66 52 18 8 6 4 37 21 18 3 6 9 29 31 14 45
7 Grasshopper 36 12 8 16 56 64 18 9 3 6 35 29 18 3 5 10 21 35 -8 44
8 Zurich 36 10 14 12 41 55 18 5 8 5 23 26 18 5 6 7 18 29 -14 44
9 Winterthur 36 8 8 20 32 66 18 5 4 9 15 32 18 3 4 11 17 34 -34 32
10 Sion 36 7 10 19 41 73 18 2 4 12 17 37 18 5 6 7 24 36 -32 31

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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.