With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Super League game of the season. Zürich look forward to welcoming Lugano in front of their home support.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Zürich form and stats
In their previous game, the manager L. Magnin led his Zürich to a defeat in the Super League match away at Young Boys. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Letzigrund. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Chiasso (2-3).
Zürich's goalkeeper Yanick Brecher was extremely busy against Young Boys, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
Last season, Zürich's league statistics were 12 wins, 7 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Super League. Over these 36 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 72. Playing at home last season Zürich managed 7-3-8 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 41 conceded.
Lugano form and stats
Mattia Bottani and Alexander Gerndt scored in Lugano's previous match, the home game against Luzern that ended 2-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Neuchatel Xamax with the score of 1-0.
Lugano goalie Sebastian Osigwe was high and low in the Luzern game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
Let's have a look at how Lugano performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 14 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 28/29 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Zürich victories, three draws and five Lugano wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Kololli 1 goals |   M. Bottani 1 goals |  A. Gerndt 1 goals |
Zürich missing players
Lugano missing players
| Zürich | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| Zürich | Last season | Lugano | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 14 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 26 | Scored | S | 28 | 46 | ||
| 72 | 41 | Conceded | C | 29 | 46 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 86% | ||
| 81% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 69% | ||
| 64% | 72% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 47% | ||
| 56% | 61% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 14% | ||
| 44% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 53% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 31% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 31% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 389 | 221 | Total Shots | T S | 212 | 400 | ||
| 159 | 90 | Shots on Target | S O | 92 | 151 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lugano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Luzern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Zürich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 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 | Young Boys | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 41 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 39 | 76 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 56 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 23 | 68 |
| 3 | Basel | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 36 | 62 |
| 4 | Servette | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 57 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Lugano | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 0 | 47 |
| 6 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -8 | 46 |
| 7 | Zürich | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 72 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -27 | 43 |
| 8 | Sion | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -15 | 39 |
| 9 | Thun | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 67 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 38 | -22 | 38 |
| 10 | Neuchatel Xamax | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 68 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 42 | -35 | 27 |