Lugano vs Sint-Truiden prediction and preview
Europa Conference League · Thursday 17 December 2026, 20:00 UTC
Match facts
Lugano vs Sint-Truiden
Europa Conference League · Thursday 17 December 2026, 20:00 UTC
Lugano · Sint-Truiden · Europa Conference League predictions
Lugano vs Sint-Truiden preview
Lugano welcome Sint-Truiden on Thursday 17 December 2026 (20:00 UTC) in the Europa Conference League. Lugano go into the round 2nd, on 6 points from 2 games, while Sint-Truiden go into the round 7th, on 6 points from 2 games.
Lugano come into the game with a W-W-D-W-D run in the league (3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in their last 5), while Sint-Truiden's recent sequence reads W-W-L-W. Over their last 6, Lugano have scored 2.5 and conceded 1.3 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Sint-Truiden average 1.5 scored and 1.0 conceded across their last 4, with 3 clean sheets.
At home this season Lugano have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 4 matches; on the road Sint-Truiden have 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 2.
Across the Europa Conference League this season, 294 matches have produced 2.9 goals per game; home sides have won 45% and 27% have been drawn.
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Form and table
- LuganoLast five: D W D W W
- Sint-TruidenLast five: W L W W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lugano | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | WW |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | WW |
Team news
Lugano expected line-up (3-5-2)
David von Ballmoos, Lukas Mai, Antonios Papadopoulos, Hannes Delcroix, Anto Grgic, Uran Bislimi, Yanis Cimignani, Daniel Dos Santos, Mattia Zanotti, Renato Steffen
Sint-Truiden expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Leo Kokubo, Taiga Hata, Kota Takai, Robert-Jan Vanwesemael, Visar Musliu, Abdoulaye Sissako, Ilias Sebaoui, Ryan Merlen, Nathanaël Mbuku, Nelson Ishiwatari
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