Match preview Super League: Zurich - Luzern at Letzigrund

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Date: Sat 23.November
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Letzigrund (26104 seats)

With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Zurich fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Luzern.

Zürich and Luzern should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Zürich form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Zürich, who have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Super League, have to build on here at Letzigrund in the Super League. Zürich has recorded two wins in a row here at Letzigrund, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Zürich supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sion in Super League and win 4-2. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Thun.

A goal frenzy last time out for Zürich, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Sion. Fun stuff to watch!

The Zürich fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. Zürich are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (15 from 7 played).

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Luzern form and stats

Luzern have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Super League, after 2-1-4 (7 played). 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 Servette with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Lugano.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Luzern as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. Luzern have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Luzern - Zürich 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zürich 2 wins, 4 draws and Luzern 4 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LuzernI. Ndiaye
I. Ndiaye
5 goals
ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
3 goals
ZürichM. Schönbächler
M. Schönbächler
3 goals

Zürich missing players

Luzern missing players

Zürich Luzern
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 7 14
6 4 1 Won W 0 2 4
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 1 Lost L 2 4 7
16 13 4 Scored S 1 6 14
26 15 6 Conceded C 3 9 18
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 79%
64% 86% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 43%
57% 71% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 43%
36% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 29%
43% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 36%
 
5.8 6.9 9.7 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 5.6 7.1
4.9 4.6 4.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5.1
2.6 2.4 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 2.3
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • All of Zürich's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Luzern have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zürich have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Luzern have scored away.
  • Zürich haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 14 9 4 1 34 18 8 6 2 0 23 10 6 3 2 1 11 8 16 31
2 Basel 14 9 3 2 33 13 7 5 1 1 17 6 7 4 2 1 16 7 20 30
3 St. Gallen 14 8 2 4 29 19 7 4 1 2 15 8 7 4 1 2 14 11 10 26
4 Zürich 14 6 3 5 16 26 7 4 1 2 13 15 7 2 2 3 3 11 -10 21
5 Servette 14 4 6 4 19 16 7 2 3 2 7 5 7 2 3 2 12 11 3 18
6 Sion 14 5 2 7 19 25 6 2 1 3 9 11 8 3 1 4 10 14 -6 17
7 Luzern 14 4 3 7 14 18 7 2 2 3 8 9 7 2 1 4 6 9 -4 15
8 Lugano 14 3 4 7 13 18 7 0 3 4 2 9 7 3 1 3 11 9 -5 13
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 14 2 6 6 17 25 7 1 2 4 8 13 7 1 4 2 9 12 -8 12
10 Thun 14 2 3 9 13 29 7 0 2 5 5 14 7 2 1 4 8 15 -16 9

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.