St. Gallen favourites for feisty fight facing Luzern

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

The lights are on for Super League and St. Gallen - Luzern. In this super-preview you'll find stats, scores, data, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • St. Gallen is in the best form (4-2-0) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Super League

St. Gallen and Luzern should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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St. Gallen form and stats

4-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for St. Gallen so far this season.

Gallen enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Zürich's place. The match ended 3-0 with Lungoyi, Maglica and Moos scoring. Ati, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.62 out of 10 in that game. Ati topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sion that ended 1-1.

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

A decent goal production from St. Gallen in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 13 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Gallen defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Luzern form and stats

Luzern have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-8-4 (13 played).

The supporters enjoyed Luzern's previous fixture versus Grasshopper (placed 8th), a 1-0 win played at home. Attacker Čumić got a player rating of 7.43 in the game. "Man of the match" Čumić hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Young Boys.

We have checked recent matches where Luzern have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were zero victories, three draws and five defeats.

Luzern are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Luzern have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other already this season, with the final score Luzern - Gallen 2-0 registered in the official records. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): St. Gallen won three games, three matches ended with a tie and Luzern managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

St. GallenK. Duah
K. Duah
10 goals
St. GallenJ. Guillemenot
J. Guillemenot
6 goals
LuzernF. Ugrinic
F. Ugrinic
4 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Luzern missing players

St. Gallen Luzern
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 13 26
9 4 1 Won W 0 1 4
7 6 2 Drew D 1 8 10
10 3 2 Lost L 3 4 12
45 23 4 Scored S 4 15 28
47 21 7 Conceded C 10 24 47
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 92% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
65% 54% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 54% 46%
46% 46% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 35%
23% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 12%
69% 69% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 92% 69%
15% 8% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
15% 23% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 19%
 
5.8 5.6 7.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.9 4.6
5.1 5.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.9 4.9
2.5 2.8 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2.4
7 4 2 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
12.2 12.3 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.3 11.8
5 5 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.5 4.9
34% 35% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 26% 22%
 
11.5 11.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.1 12
5.2 5.3 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.2 5
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 most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Super League
  • Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Gallen is in the best form (4-2-0) in Super League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zürich 26 18 5 3 59 33 13 10 2 1 33 15 13 8 3 2 26 18 26 59
2 Basel 26 12 11 3 56 31 13 6 6 1 31 14 13 6 5 2 25 17 25 47
3 Young Boys 26 12 9 5 59 34 13 8 4 1 28 15 13 4 5 4 31 19 25 45
4 Lugano 26 13 3 10 34 34 13 7 2 4 17 17 13 6 1 6 17 17 0 42
5 Servette 26 10 5 11 40 46 12 5 3 4 20 20 14 5 2 7 20 26 -6 35
6 St. Gallen 26 9 7 10 45 47 13 4 6 3 23 21 13 5 1 7 22 26 -2 34
7 Sion 26 8 6 12 33 47 13 6 2 5 16 15 13 2 4 7 17 32 -14 30
8 Grasshopper 26 6 9 11 40 42 13 3 5 5 23 24 13 3 4 6 17 18 -2 27
9 Luzern 26 4 10 12 28 47 13 3 2 8 13 23 13 1 8 4 15 24 -19 22
10 Lausanne Sport 26 2 7 17 22 55 14 1 4 9 14 34 12 1 3 8 8 21 -33 13

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.