Stadion Letzigrund: Zürich vs Lugano Super League preview

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadion Letzigrund haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Zürich languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Lugano will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Zürich is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Lugano have the fewest scored goals in the second half (17) in Super League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Lugano are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Zürich form and stats

When playing at home in the Super League, Zürich have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 15 games. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Zürich, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Zürich lost their last game at Luzern (placed 6th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Young Boys that was lost 1-2.

Zürich has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Zürich have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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Lugano form and stats

4 wins, 9 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Lugano playing as the away team in the Super League this season.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs St. Gallen.

Lugano have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. Lugano have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Lugano - Zürich 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Zürich victories, three draws and four Lugano wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
9 goals
LuganoM. Bottani
M. Bottani
6 goals
ZürichB. Kololli
B. Kololli
5 goals

Zürich missing players

Lugano missing players

Zürich Lugano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 6 15 31
9 4 2 Won W 3 4 10
8 4 1 Drew D 3 9 13
14 7 1 Lost L 0 2 8
42 18 8 Scored S 9 19 35
48 18 3 Conceded C 2 16 33
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 93% 94%
77% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 68%
61% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 35%
42% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 19%
16% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
61% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 53% 48%
26% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 32%
19% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 20% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.6
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
9.5 9.4 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 7 8
3.7 3.8 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 3.4
36% 32% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 40% 34%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lugano have the fewest scored goals in the second half (17) in Super League
  • Lugano have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Super League
  • Zürich is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 31 21 9 1 60 23 16 12 3 1 31 12 15 9 6 0 29 11 37 72
2 Basel 31 12 8 11 53 47 15 6 6 3 28 21 16 6 2 8 25 26 6 44
3 Servette 31 12 8 11 38 45 15 5 7 3 24 22 16 7 1 8 14 23 -7 44
4 Lugano 31 10 13 8 35 33 16 6 4 6 16 17 15 4 9 2 19 16 2 43
5 Lausanne Sport 31 11 8 12 43 42 16 9 1 6 29 23 15 2 7 6 14 19 1 41
6 Luzern 31 10 9 12 53 50 16 6 7 3 32 21 15 4 2 9 21 29 3 39
7 St. Gallen 31 9 10 12 36 41 16 6 5 5 19 17 15 3 5 7 17 24 -5 37
8 Zürich 31 9 8 14 42 48 15 4 4 7 18 18 16 5 4 7 24 30 -6 35
9 Vaduz 31 8 9 14 31 47 15 4 4 7 16 24 16 4 5 7 15 23 -16 33
10 Sion 31 6 12 13 38 53 15 3 6 6 17 24 16 3 6 7 21 29 -15 30

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.