FC Luzern vs FC Sion Prediction

Form across all competitions

Sion's recent run covers league games, Conference League nights, a cup tie and some pre-season friendlies, and it's been high-scoring in both directions. They've won 12 of their last 20 matches in that mixed sample, but they've also shipped goals in some of the bigger games, including a 5-3 defeat away at Ajax.

FC Luzern: 20 completed matches; FC Sion: 20 completed matches.

FC Luzern

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

43

Conceded

33

Difference

+10

FC Sion

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

53

Conceded

38

Difference

+15

Luzern's log is a bit steadier, with 11 wins from 20 across their various fixtures, though draws have been a recurring theme, including three in their last five Super League outings. Neither team's overall form sample should be read as a pure guide to Super League strength, given how much else is mixed in.

Both logs are inflated by cup and friendly fixtures, so the league standings below probably tell a cleaner story.

Comparative Team Statistics: FC Luzern vs FC Sion

A tight recent head-to-head

These two have met regularly down the years, and the last five meetings have been close: a 3-0 Sion win, two draws, a narrow Luzern win and a high-scoring 3-3 draw. There's no obvious pattern of one side dominating lately.

Specifically at Luzern's own ground, the last two visits from Sion produced a 3-3 draw and a 2-1 Luzern win, so home advantage has counted for something recently even though Sion have had the better of this fixture overall in the last year or so.

League table paints a clearer gap

Strip away the noise and the Super League table itself shows a real difference: Sion sit third with 19 points from nine games, while Luzern are sixth with 12. Sion have also conceded fewer goals, 14 against to Luzern's 18, in the same number of matches.

That's a genuine gap in current league form, even allowing for how early in the season nine games still is.

Sion's league position is the strongest piece of current evidence pointing their way.

Key players and discipline

Sion's attack has a clear focal point in Winsley Boteli Mokango, who has six goals and four assists in nine appearances this term, with J. Lukembila also chipping in with three goals and four assists. Luzern's main threat is D. Mikołajewski, who has four goals and three assists despite only seven matches.

FC Luzern:

Best scorers:

D. Mikołajewski - 4

Best assist providers:

D. Mikołajewski - 3

M. Di Giusto - 2

Penalty cards:

B. Freimann x 1 x 4

T. Owusu x 1 x 1

O. tshikomb x 1

FC Sion:

Best scorers:

Winsley Boteli Mokango - 6

J. Lukembila - 3

Best assist providers:

Winsley Boteli Mokango - 4

J. Lukembila - 4

F. Surdez - 2

Penalty cards:

F. Sylla x 2 x 1

On the discipline side, Luzern have a couple of players already on four yellow cards each, and both squads have had a player sent off this season, so this isn't necessarily a clean, low-card fixture waiting to happen.