Delightful dogfight as daring Zürich duel with determined Luzern

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Zürich get ready to host Luzern for another intriguing Super League fixture here at Stadion Letzigrund.

The hosts Zürich saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. That game was an away game at Qarabag, so at least Zürich are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Zürich form and stats

The previous season, Zürich's league stats were 23 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses, leading to 1st place in the Super League. During these 36 matches they scored 78 goals and gave away 46. Appearing as the home team in the former season Zürich delivered 12-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 45 goals and 23 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Zürich handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Champions League game versus Qarabag in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadion Letzigrund.

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Luzern form and stats

Let's have a look at how Luzern performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 13 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 64 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 9 and lost 6 with 25/35 goals scored/conceded.

Luzern are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zürich four wins, one draw and Luzern five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Zürich missing players

Luzern missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Zürich Luzern
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
12 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Zürich Last season Luzern
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
23 12   Won W   3 9
7 4   Drew D   9 13
6 2   Lost L   6 14
78 45   Scored S   25 52
46 23   Conceded C   35 64
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
86% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 92%
69% 78%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 61%
47% 56%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 47%
19% 28%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 17%
64% 67%   BTTS BTTS   89% 69%
28% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 14%
8% 6%   Failed to Score F T   11% 17%
 
5.2 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.1
5.2 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.2
2.4 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.4
1 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
12.2 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   12.3 13.1
5.6 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.4
39% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 27%
 
11.3 9.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12 12
4.2 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.9

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Sion 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Servette 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Basel 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Winterthur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Luzern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lugano 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 St. Gallen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
10 Zürich 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 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 Zürich 36 23 7 6 78 46 18 12 4 2 45 23 18 11 3 4 33 23 32 76
2 Basel 36 15 17 4 70 41 18 8 8 2 39 20 18 7 9 2 31 21 29 62
3 Young Boys 36 16 12 8 80 50 18 11 5 2 41 21 18 5 7 6 39 29 30 60
4 Lugano 36 16 6 14 50 54 18 10 3 5 27 24 18 6 3 9 23 30 -4 54
5 St. Gallen 36 14 8 14 68 63 18 7 7 4 36 27 18 7 1 10 32 36 5 50
6 Servette 36 12 8 16 50 66 18 7 5 6 25 26 18 5 3 10 25 40 -16 44
7 Sion 36 11 8 17 46 67 18 6 4 8 21 26 18 5 4 9 25 41 -21 41
8 Grasshopper 36 9 13 14 54 58 18 5 6 7 33 34 18 4 7 7 21 24 -4 40
9 Luzern 36 9 13 14 52 64 18 6 4 8 27 29 18 3 9 6 25 35 -12 40
10 Lausanne Sport 36 4 10 22 37 76 18 3 5 10 23 38 18 1 5 12 14 38 -39 22

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Sion 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Servette 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Basel 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Winterthur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Luzern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lugano 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 St. Gallen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
10 Zürich 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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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.