Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Thun & Lugano face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Swiss Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Lugano have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 4-2-1 (win-draw-loss) from seven matches.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Super League game only four days ago.
Thun form and stats
Last season, Thun's Swiss Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.The story so far in the Challenge League for Thun at their home stadium (Stockhorn Arena) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Thun's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Wil. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus FC Schaffhausen that ended 2-2.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 Thun have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost six.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Thun as they are travelling to their away game against Aarau in the Challenge League. That match is three days after this one.
Thun have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stockhorn Arena with 19 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Thun have conceded 14 goals.
Lugano form and stats
Lugano's mission in Swiss Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Lugano have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Super League this season.
Lavanchy and Haile-Selassie scored in Lugano's previous match, the home game against Luzern that ended 2-1. Midfield player Custodio was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Custodio hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A 0-1 defeat away at Young Boys before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Lugano in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Lugano, two draws and two defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Lugano now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Zurich is waiting in only three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lugano have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. 13 goals have been conceded by Lugano in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Thun victories, four draws and two Lugano wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Gerndt 5 goals |  D. dos Santos Correia 4 goals |   R. Ziegler 4 goals |
Thun missing players
Lugano missing players
| Thun | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 54 | 24 | Scored | S | 22 | 43 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 11.2 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 11.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vaduz | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 35 |
| 2 | Aarau | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Winterthur | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Thun | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 5 | Yverdon Sport | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Neuchatel Xamax | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 28 |
| 7 | FC Schaffhausen | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Wil | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -3 | 25 |
| 10 | Kriens | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 32 | -41 | 6 |
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 46 |
| 2 | Basel | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 36 |
| 4 | Lugano | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 33 |
| 5 | Servette | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 28 |
| 6 | Sion | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 27 | -9 | 25 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -13 | 20 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -24 | 12 |
| 10 | Luzern | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 11 |
