St. Gallen vs Luzern: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Super League, with both St. Gallen and Luzern experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 7th and the visitors in 8th place.

Insights:
  • St. Gallen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals (49) in Super League

It's no vacation for neither Gallen nor Luzern 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.

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St. Gallen form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for St. Gallen at their home stadium (Kybunpark) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Heartbreak before that as Gallen lost 0-2 at Young Boys's place.

There will be little rest for St. Gallen after this match as they are travelling to Lugano for a Super League game in only four days.

St. Gallen has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Gallen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Luzern form and stats

There's been little loot from Luzern's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 14 away games in the Super League. Luzern, who have the most conceded goals (49) in Super League, only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 1 draw. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Luzern have lost on their last two travels.

Two travels in a row for Luzern, whose manager F. Celestini could celebrate last time after the Swiss Cup win against Lugano (after extra-time). Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus Basel.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lausanne Sport in just four days.

Luzern are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 14 away games so far. The Luzern manager F. Celestini has some worries about the defense as 29 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Luzern - St. Gallen 4-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Gallen, one draw and six wins for Luzern. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

LuzernD. Sorgić
D. Sorgić
10 goals
St. GallenK. Duah
K. Duah
9 goals
LuzernL. Schaub
L. Schaub
8 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Luzern missing players

St. Gallen Luzern
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 2 Played P 2 14 28
8 5 2 Won W 1 4 8
9 4 0 Drew D 1 1 8
11 5 0 Lost L 0 9 12
35 18 3 Scored S 3 21 49
39 17 0 Conceded C 2 29 49
89% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
64% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 96%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 86% 75%
36% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 43%
14% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 25%
57% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 93% 82%
29% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
25% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 7%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.5
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
13.2 13.9 16 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.8 12.1
4.2 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5 5
30% 30% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 30% 35%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Luzern's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Luzern have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Luzern have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Super League
  • Luzern have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals (29) away in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals (49) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most points from losing position (14) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Super League
  • Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • St. Gallen is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 28 18 9 1 53 21 14 10 3 1 26 11 14 8 6 0 27 10 32 63
2 Servette 28 11 8 9 34 35 14 5 7 2 21 17 14 6 1 7 13 18 -1 41
3 Lugano 28 9 13 6 33 29 14 5 4 5 14 16 14 4 9 1 19 13 4 40
4 Basel 28 11 6 11 44 43 14 5 6 3 23 21 14 6 0 8 21 22 1 39
5 Lausanne Sport 28 10 7 11 38 37 14 8 0 6 24 19 14 2 7 5 14 18 1 37
6 Zurich 28 9 7 12 38 41 14 4 4 6 17 16 14 5 3 6 21 25 -3 34
7 St. Gallen 28 8 9 11 35 39 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 3 5 6 17 22 -4 33
8 Luzern 28 8 8 12 49 49 14 4 7 3 28 20 14 4 1 9 21 29 0 32
9 Vaduz 28 8 8 12 29 43 14 4 3 7 15 23 14 4 5 5 14 20 -14 32
10 Sion 28 5 11 12 30 46 14 3 5 6 15 22 14 2 6 6 15 24 -16 26

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.