Zürich vs Luzern: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Zürich should be expected winners of this home game versus Luzern, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Zürich have the most scored goals (33) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Super League

This looks to be an action-packed match with lots of action and energy as both squads are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Zürich form and stats

Zürich are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Stadion Letzigrund. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.

The Zürich goalkeeper Yanick Brecher is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 204 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.

Zürich's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Young Boys (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of A. Breitenreiter when Degnand Wilfried Gnonto scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute. Midfielder Nikola Boranijašević was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.31 (out of ten) in that game. Boranijašević served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Sion.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Zürich handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, four draws and three defeats.

Zürich are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion Letzigrund in their league games, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 7 matches. On the other hand, Zürich have conceded 9 goals.

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Luzern form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Luzern so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-2 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Luzern as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super League home defeat versus Basel with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Christian Gentner got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Gentner hit three key passes.

A 1-3 defeat away at Lugano before that.

We have checked recent matches where Luzern have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were one victory, two draws and three defeats.

Luzern have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Luzern struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head game ended Luzern - Zürich 1-3, earlier this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Zürich won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Luzern got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
6 goals
LuzernF. Ugrinic
F. Ugrinic
4 goals
ZürichA. Ceesay
A. Ceesay
3 goals

Zürich missing players

Luzern missing players

Zürich Luzern
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 2 7 15
9 5 2 Won W 0 0 1
4 2 0 Drew D 1 5 7
2 0 0 Lost L 1 2 7
33 18 9 Scored S 2 8 19
24 9 3 Conceded C 4 13 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 93%
73% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 47%
60% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 47%
27% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 20%
67% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 87%
27% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
4.8 4.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.9 4.7
4.6 3.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.6 4.7
2.8 2.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.8 11.9 15 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.3 12.4
5.1 5.4 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 4.7 5.8
43% 47% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 24% 22%
 
11.6 9.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11 11.7
5.1 4.3 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.6 5.5
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Luzern's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Luzern have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Luzern have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Luzern have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
  • Luzern have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Luzern have yet to win a game away.
  • Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zürich have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zürich have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Luzern have scored away.
  • Zürich have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Zürich have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points (17) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points from losing position (10) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most scored goals (33) in Super League
  • Zürich haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zürich is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 Zürich 15 9 4 2 33 24 7 5 2 0 18 9 8 4 2 2 15 15 9 31
2 Basel 14 8 5 1 32 13 7 4 2 1 18 6 7 4 3 0 14 7 19 29
3 Lugano 14 8 2 4 21 15 7 4 2 1 11 7 7 4 0 3 10 8 6 26
4 Young Boys 13 6 4 3 29 15 5 3 2 0 10 4 8 3 2 3 19 11 14 22
5 Grasshopper 15 4 6 5 25 23 8 3 3 2 16 12 7 1 3 3 9 11 2 18
6 Servette 15 5 3 7 26 30 8 3 1 4 15 17 7 2 2 3 11 13 -4 18
7 Sion 15 5 3 7 19 29 8 3 1 4 10 11 7 2 2 3 9 18 -10 18
8 St. Gallen 15 4 3 8 20 31 7 2 3 2 11 11 8 2 0 6 9 20 -11 15
9 Lausanne Sport 15 2 5 8 16 31 8 1 3 4 9 18 7 1 2 4 7 13 -15 11
10 Luzern 15 1 7 7 19 29 8 1 2 5 11 16 7 0 5 2 8 13 -10 10

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.