In a weekend match on Sun Oct 2nd, in week 9, Servette and Lugano will play a match in St. Gallen in a clash of these two mismatched Super League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Lugano recorded a 0-3 loss against Young Boys. Jean-Pierre Nsame struck first for Young Boys in the 2nd minute on a feed from Cédric Itten, then Cédric Itten added another in the 41st minute on a penalty kick At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lugano couldn’t manage to score, and Young Boys took the shutout win. Lugano is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while servette sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Zürich. Timothé Cognat scored the first goal for Servette in the 3rd minute, then Jonathan Okita tied it up for Zürich in the 21st minute on a feed from Ole Selnaes , but luckily for Servette it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Servette should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Lugano won the head to head battle with 3 wins and 1 draw.
Servette’s most prolific scorer has been Timothé Cognat. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Boris Babic has been the most prolific scorer on Lugano in the last 5 matches with two goals.