Possible nail-biting contest in Zürich - Lugano game

It's no vacation for neither Zürich nor Lugano 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.

Zürich form and stats

Zürich's first home game here at Stadion Letzigrund ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats from 18 matches.

Zürich's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-4 versus Lugano. Before that, Zürich drew at home versus St. Gallen.

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 Zürich have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 2 Lost 0.

At Stadion Letzigrund, Zürich has the goal stats of 0-4 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

Last season, Zürich's league statistics were 11 wins, 11 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Super League. Over these 36 matches they scored 43 goals and conceded 52. Playing at home last season Zürich managed 7-7-4 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 15 conceded.

Lugano form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats from 18 matches.

Lugano play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Zürich. A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Grasshopper.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lugano playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were 4 Lugano wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Lugano has scored 4 and conceded 0 goals from their travels so far (1 game).

Let's have a look at how Lugano performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 16 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 8 and lost 6 with 24/24 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Zürich - Lugano 0-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 3 - 4 (Zürich wins - draws - Lugano wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Marić 1 goals

Zürich missing players

Lugano missing players