Zürich will cross fingers that their home comfort is enough to get all three points from this difficult battle, versus lively Lugano.
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (17) in Super League
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Zürich are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Lugano are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Zürich and Lugano.
Zürich form and stats
Zürich have played 17 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-8-4 (wins-draws-losses). The Zürich fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadion Letzigrund and will expect new points from this game. Zürich has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
Zürich enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Winterthur's place. The match ended 2-0 with Marchesano and Guerrero scoring. Aliti was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.04 out of 10. The defender Aliti served one assist and won 4 of 6 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Grasshopper in a game that was won 2-1.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 Zürich have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Zürich has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. On the other hand, Zürich have conceded 23 goals.
Lugano form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Lugano have produced an overall stat of 5-7-5 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Lugano, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Lugano had fun at their own home (Stadion Letzigrund) last time out, beating Young Boys 2-0. Aliseda and Amoura scored. Aliseda, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.6. Aliseda scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times.
Before that, Lugano travelled to Basel and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Lugano in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Lugano, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Observe! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 19 of this club's last 25 league games.
Lugano have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Lugano have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Lugano have been victorious in every one of the 4 most recent duels against this opponent. Something to take note of?This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lugano - Zürich 2-0.
Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 15 goals |  T. Aiyegun 11 goals | M. Amoura 8 goals |
Zürich missing players
Lugano missing players
| Zürich | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 35 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 39 | 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | 56 |
| 52 | 23 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 24 | 45 |
| 89% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 77% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | 89% |
| 46% | 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 59% | 51% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 31% |
| 14% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 17% |
| 54% | 65% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 76% | 71% |
| 29% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 23% |
| 29% | 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 18% | 9% |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 8.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 2.9 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 11.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13.1 | 12.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 30% | 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | 34% |
| 10.9 | 9.1 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.4 | 12.3 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zürich have the fewest dropped points from leading position (8) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (17) 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 | Young Boys | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 80 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 51 | 71 |
| 2 | Servette | 35 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 52 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 4 | 55 |
| 3 | Lugano | 35 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 45 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 54 |
| 4 | Luzern | 35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 5 | 50 |
| 5 | Basel | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 48 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 29 | -1 | 44 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 55 | 61 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -6 | 44 |
| 7 | Zürich | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 52 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -13 | 44 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 35 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 62 | 52 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 42 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 35 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 64 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -33 | 32 |
| 10 | Sion | 35 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 41 | 69 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 32 | -28 | 31 |
