In this 4th week match, on Sunday Aug 7th, Lugano will play host to Luzern in a Super League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which is great football weather. 6th placed Lugano is fresh off their 4-1 win against Winterthur. Roman Buess scored the first goal for Winterthur in the 11th minute, then Žan Celar got the equalizer for Lugano in the 20th minute on a feed from Mattia Bottani Finally they completed the comback in the 22nd minute on a goal by Maren Haile-Selassie to cap off a wild match. Lugano looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while in their last match, Luzern recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Zürich. Neither Zürich nor Luzern could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Lugano won the head to head battle with 3 wins.
Luzern’s most prolific scorer has been Filip Ugrinic. The Swiss midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. For Lugano, their top scorers are Jonathan Sabbatini and Žan Celar, each having 3 goals in their last five matches.