It's advantage St. Gallen so far with their 1st position in the Super League table, welcoming Luzern who are placed 5th.
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.
St. Gallen form and stats
9-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for St. Gallen so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for St. Gallen after consecutive victories at their own ground.
An away draw last time out for Gallen, facing Servette in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that game was the away draw at Lugano that finished 3-3.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (32 in 15 games), Gallen's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.
Luzern form and stats
Playing away, Luzern have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 8 defeats in the Super League this season.
Luzern's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Lugano that finished 3-3. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Servette wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Luzern's duel with Lugano. It looked bad at 0-3 but the team were not done and fought back to 3-3 after Pascal Schürpf found the equalizer. As you can tell from the result, the match against Lugano was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Bringing on Pascal Schürpf was absolutely vital to the comeback against Lugano as the player changed the game with two goals and ensuring the draw 3-3.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Luzern as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Luzern have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Luzern - Gallen 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Gallen won one, Luzern won nine and zero draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Itten 13 goals | E. Demirović 13 goals |  J. Quintillà Guasch 11 goals |
St. Gallen missing players
Luzern missing players
| St. Gallen | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 64 | 32 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 37 |
| 44 | 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 40 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 90% | 87% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 80% | 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 47% |
| 50% | 67% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 20% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 77% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| 13% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| 13% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 47% | 30% |
| 6.7 | 7.7 | 9.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 441 | 229 | 65 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 141 | 339 |
| 175 | 86 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 49 | 134 |
| 37% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 28% |
- Luzern has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
- Luzern has the fewest matches over the total-line (11)
- Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- St. Gallen has the fewest matches under the total-line (9)
- St. Gallen has the most matches over the total-line (18)
- St. Gallen has the most scored goals in the first half (33)
- St. Gallen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Luzern have scored away.
- St. Gallen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Gallen | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 59 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 58 |
| 3 | Basel | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 27 | 52 |
| 4 | Servette | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 45 |
| 5 | Luzern | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -3 | 42 |
| 6 | Zurich | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 52 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -12 | 42 |
| 7 | Lugano | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | -4 | 35 |
| 8 | Thun | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 60 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 33 | -27 | 28 |
| 9 | Sion | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 27 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 31 | -25 | 23 |