Winterthur v Lugano betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 31.July
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Schützenwiese (9450 seats)

Lugano have travelled here for an interesting battle against the home team Winterthur. Prepare for the fixture with this in-depth Super League preview!

This should be an engaging match with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Winterthur form and stats

The first Super League game here at Stadion Schützenwiese resulted in a draw. Last season Winterthur's home game statistics were 12 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats from 18 games.

Winterthur faced defeat in their previous match, away at St. Gallen (0-2). Midfielder Rodriguez was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.01 (out of ten) in that game. Rodriguez hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

In the match before that, Winterthur hosted Basel and drew the game 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Winterthur have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Early season league goal statistics from Winterthur's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.

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Lugano form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Super League ended in defeat. Last season Lugano had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 6, drew 3 and lost 9.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Lugano, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Grasshopper (placed 3rd). Celar, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.41. Celar scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A loss against Sion was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Lugano in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Lugano, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Lugano have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Winterthur won two games, two matches ended in a draw and Lugano managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

WinterthurS. Ramizi
S. Ramizi
1 goals
LuganoJ. Sabbatini Perfecto
J. Sabbatini Perfecto
1 goals
LuganoŽ. Celar
Ž. Celar
1 goals

Winterthur missing players

Lugano missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Winterthur Lugano
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
1 1 0 Scored S 0 1 3
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 11 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 8
3.5 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 5
3.5 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.5 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 18 16
2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5
25% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 30%
 
14 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 12
4.5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 6
Winterthur Last season Lugano
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
18 12   Won W   6 16
11 4   Drew D   3 6
7 2   Lost L   9 14
76 44   Scored S   23 50
45 20   Conceded C   30 54
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
86% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 92%
61% 72%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 56%
44% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 31%
28% 28%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 11%
61% 61%   BTTS BTTS   50% 56%
33% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 19%
17% 11%   Failed to Score F T   28% 25%
 
5.5 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.1
4.3 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 4.9
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.3
3 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.4 11   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 10.4
4.8 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.8
44% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 36%
 
7.5 7.1   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11.4
3.3 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.6

  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 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 7 6
2 Servette 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
3 Grasshopper 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 St. Gallen 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
5 Sion 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 -2 3
6 Basel 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
7 Luzern 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Winterthur 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
9 Zurich 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
10 Lugano 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 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 Winterthur 36 18 11 7 76 45 18 12 4 2 44 20 18 6 7 5 32 25 31 65
2 FC Schaffhausen 36 19 8 9 73 49 18 12 4 2 41 21 18 7 4 7 32 28 24 65
3 Aarau 36 20 5 11 67 47 18 10 2 6 28 23 18 10 3 5 39 24 20 65
4 Vaduz 36 18 6 12 68 58 18 9 3 6 33 26 18 9 3 6 35 32 10 60
5 Thun 36 17 5 14 62 57 18 10 2 6 36 29 18 7 3 8 26 28 5 56
6 Neuchatel Xamax 36 14 8 14 56 54 18 9 4 5 35 28 18 5 4 9 21 26 2 50
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 36 12 8 16 46 50 18 9 4 5 28 20 18 3 4 11 18 30 -4 44
8 Yverdon Sport 36 11 11 14 44 52 18 7 7 4 25 24 18 4 4 10 19 28 -8 44
9 Wil 36 11 8 17 68 80 18 8 5 5 44 32 18 3 3 12 24 48 -12 41
10 Kriens 36 3 4 29 25 93 18 3 2 13 10 38 18 0 2 16 15 55 -68 13
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 Zurich 36 23 7 6 78 46 18 12 4 2 45 23 18 11 3 4 33 23 32 76
2 Basel 36 15 17 4 70 41 18 8 8 2 39 20 18 7 9 2 31 21 29 62
3 Young Boys 36 16 12 8 80 50 18 11 5 2 41 21 18 5 7 6 39 29 30 60
4 Lugano 36 16 6 14 50 54 18 10 3 5 27 24 18 6 3 9 23 30 -4 54
5 St. Gallen 36 14 8 14 68 63 18 7 7 4 36 27 18 7 1 10 32 36 5 50
6 Servette 36 12 8 16 50 66 18 7 5 6 25 26 18 5 3 10 25 40 -16 44
7 Sion 36 11 8 17 46 67 18 6 4 8 21 26 18 5 4 9 25 41 -21 41
8 Grasshopper 36 9 13 14 54 58 18 5 6 7 33 34 18 4 7 7 21 24 -4 40
9 Luzern 36 9 13 14 52 64 18 6 4 8 27 29 18 3 9 6 25 35 -12 40
10 Lausanne Sport 36 4 10 22 37 76 18 3 5 10 23 38 18 1 5 12 14 38 -39 22

Table
  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 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 7 6
2 Servette 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
3 Grasshopper 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 St. Gallen 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
5 Sion 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 -2 3
6 Basel 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
7 Luzern 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Winterthur 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
9 Zurich 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
10 Lugano 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0

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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.