Perhaps a welcome break from league football as St. Gallen & Luzern face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Swiss Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Gallen and Luzern.
St. Gallen form and stats
Last season, Gallen's Swiss Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.The story so far in the Super League for St. Gallen at their home stadium (Stadion Wankdorf) is 7 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Swiss Cup for St. Gallen.
Happy days for St. Gallen in their previous game, a Super League match away at Servette that ended with a 2-1 victory. Musah Nuhu, defender, was given a rating of 7.72/10 in that game, top of the team. Nuhu hit one key pass and won 8 of 8 duels.
Ahead of that match, Gallen won a home game hosting Lausanne Sport (5-0).The Gallen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 18 matches. St. Gallen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Luzern form and stats
Luzern's mission in Swiss Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Luzern so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 5-3-10 (win-draw-lose). Total Swiss Cup statistics for Luzern: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Luzern's previous game was their home loss versus Lugano (1-2). Midfield player Varol Tasar was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Tasar hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-5 loss visiting Young Boys's place.Luzern are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 26 away goals from 18 games (in the league). For Luzern, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Gallen won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Luzern has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  D. Sorgić 13 goals |   K. Duah 9 goals |  L. Schaub 8 goals |
St. Gallen missing players
Luzern missing players
| St. Gallen | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Scored | S | 22 | 48 | ||
| 39 | 14 | Conceded | C | 26 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 93% | 80% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.8 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 74 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 45 | 84 |
| 2 | Basel | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 53 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 53 |
| 3 | Servette | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 56 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -11 | 50 |
| 4 | Lugano | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 22 | -2 | 49 |
| 5 | Luzern | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 59 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 3 | 46 |
| 6 | Lausanne Sport | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 55 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -3 | 46 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -3 | 44 |
| 8 | Zurich | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 57 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 36 | -4 | 43 |
| 9 | Sion | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 58 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 32 | -10 | 38 |
| 10 | Vaduz | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 58 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 27 | -22 | 36 |