FC Zurich vs Lausanne Prediction

Right then, let's have a proper look at this Swiss Super League scrap between FC Zurich and Lausanne. Two sides stuck in the bottom half of the table, both desperate for points, but with very different recent form.

Zurich are having a right old time of it lately - four losses in their last five games, including getting stuffed 0-2 by Basel and losing 2-3 at home to Young Boys. Their home form is proper dodgy too, mind you. They might be winning half their home games, but they're letting in 2.25 goals per match on their own patch. That's worse than a leaky faucet, that is! Only one clean sheet in ten games tells you all you need to know about their defending.

Lausanne, on the other hand, look a bit more steady. They're scoring for fun - 2.1 goals per game - and their away defence is actually decent, only letting in 1.17 per game on the road. They've had some proper results too, like that 5-1 hammering of Basel and a 5-0 win over Young Boys. Okay, they did lose 1-3 to Servette in their last game, but nobody's perfect, are they?

When these two have met before, it's been tighter than a Scotsman at a tax office. Two wins each and five draws from nine meetings. Zurich did win the last one 2-1, and they've only lost once at home to Lausanne in four attempts.

But here's the thing - Zurich's defence at home is shocking, and Lausanne know where the goal is. Both teams have been scoring in most of their matches recently, and with Zurich needing to bounce back from that poor run, they'll likely have to go for it. That usually means gaps at the back, and Lausanne are good enough to exploit them.

The way I see it, both teams will probably score. Zurich might even nick it, but their defence is about as solid as chocolate teapot, so Lausanne will get their chances too.