Fresh off the back of a first-leg victory over Partizan in the Europa League qualifiers, FC Lugano play host to Luzern at the Cornaredo Stadium in round four of the Super League on Sunday. As for the visitors, they picked up their first win of the new league campaign last time out and will head into the weekend looking to secure consecutive league victories for the first time since February. © Imago Italian defender Mattia Zanotti came up clutch for Lugano on Thursday when he netted a 73rd-minute winner to hand them a 1-0 victory over Partizan in the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round clash at the Partizan Stadium.
This was a much-needed result for the Bianconeri, who were dumped out of the Champions League qualifiers in the second round following a 6-4 defeat at the hands of Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahce. Back home, Mattia Croci-Torti 's men have flown out of the blacks this season, claiming three wins from their first three Super League games while scoring seven goals and conceding three to start the campaign. After claiming a 2-1 victory over Grasshopper Zurich in the season opener on July 20, Lugano edged out Basel 2-1 at the St.
Jakob-Park on July 27, one week before mounting a second-half comeback to secure a 3-1 win over Servette. Lugano have come into the new season looking to surpass their performance from last term, when they finished second in the Super League standings and suffered a penalty-shootout defeat against Servette in the Swiss Cup f.
