FC Lugano – Maccabi Tel Aviv

FC Lugano and Maccabi Tel Aviv have met 2 times down the years, and the overall balance favours FC Lugano, who have won 1 of those games to 0, with 1 finishing level. On paper it is a fixture with a clear favourite, yet many of the meetings have been decided by the finest of margins. Goals have rarely been in short supply. These games produce 2.5 on average, with 50% of the meetings bringing three or more, and both teams have found the net in 100% of them, which points to an open contest more often than a cagey one. Where the game is played has mattered. FC Lugano hold 1-0-0 as hosts in this fixture, and Maccabi Tel Aviv show 0-1-0 at home, underlining how much home comfort can tilt an otherwise close rivalry one way or the other. Current form reads clearly enough: FC Lugano have 3 wins in their last 5, scoring 2.6 each time out, and Maccabi Tel Aviv have 2 from 5, netting 1.2 on average. Momentum like that can quickly override what the historical numbers suggest. Broken down, that leaves FC Lugano winning around 50% of the time, 50% ending level and Maccabi Tel Aviv on about 0%. The balance gives one side the edge, but enough draws and surprises to keep it interesting. The last time these teams met, on 27.08.2026, the game ended Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 FC Lugano, and that scoreline still shapes how the fixture is viewed. A new date is yet to be confirmed, leaving that result as the freshest reference point.