In a weekend match on Saturday Jan 21st, in week 17, Luzern will host Zürich at Swissporarena in a meeting of these two Super League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only -2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Luzern is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Young Boys. Christian Fassnacht scored the first goal for Young Boys in the 5th minute, then Jean-Pierre Nsame added another in the 32nd minute on a feed from Ulisses Garcia In the end, Luzern couldn’t muster any offence and Young Boys ran away with the shutout win. Luzern is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Zürich is fresh off their 4-1 win against Servette. Tosin Aiyegun struck first for Zürich in the 31st minute, then Nikola Katić added another in the 50th minute. Zürich looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Stadion Letzigrund, Zürich and Luzern battled to a 0-0 draw. 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 scoreless draw,.
Zürich’s most prolific scorer has been Jonathan Okita. The German attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. Both Thibault Klidje and Sofiane Chader have been the hottest scorers for Luzern in the last five each having scored 2 goals.