National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lugano or Luzern that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Lugano nor Luzern as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Lugano form and stats
Lugano was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Swiss Cup.When playing at home in the Super League, Lugano have managed 8 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games.
No payout for Lugano in their previous match, an away game at Lausanne Sport that ended in defeat 1-4. Sabbatini (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.13/10. Sabbatini hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Sion with the scoreline 1-3.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 Lugano have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn two and lost six.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lugano as they are travelling to their away game against St. Gallen in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
Lugano are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. Lugano's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Luzern form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Luzern, as they won the Swiss Cup.There's been little loot from Luzern's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 15 away games in the Super League. Luzern only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 9 draws.
Ndiaye, Sorgic and Schulz scored in Luzern's previous match, the home game against St. Gallen that ended 3-2. Late drama in the previous game, when Ndiaye scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat St. Gallen. Schulz, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Schulz scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and won 7 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match was the Super League away draw versus Grasshopper that ended 2-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Luzern in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Luzern, two draws and three defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Luzern now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Basel is waiting in only three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Luzern have scored 19 goals in 15 league games away. Luzern struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Lugano-Luzern H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lugano five wins, Luzern two wins, three draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 8 goals | M. Bottani 6 goals |  F. Ugrinic 5 goals |
Lugano missing players
Luzern missing players
| Lugano | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 17 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 24% | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 27% | ||
| 11 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zurich | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 27 | 66 |
| 2 | Basel | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 64 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 23 | 47 |
| 4 | Lugano | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -3 | 46 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 1 | 41 |
| 6 | Servette | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -8 | 41 |
| 7 | Sion | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 35 | -16 | 34 |
| 8 | Grasshopper | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | -3 | 32 |
| 9 | Luzern | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 29 | -19 | 27 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 62 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -29 | 20 |
