The league table in Super League tells a story about these teams so far, with Basel leading Lugano by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Basel and Lugano.
The season is still full of potential for Basel as they can still win the whole Super League. Lugano are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Basel form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at St. Jakob-Park as Basel, who have the the best goal difference (+36) in Super League, have scored 38 goals to get 35 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 11-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Basel has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at St. Jakob-Park. We remember; it was Servette.
It's back home for Basel, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating St. Gallen away with the result 5-0. Kemal Ademi (2), Samuele Campo, Valentin Stocker and Ricky van Wolfswinkel found the net in that victory. Before that, Basel played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Servette.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Basel played a great game against St. Gallen and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Goals decide football matches and Basel are scoring many of them at home; 38 on target from 16 league matches. From these home matches, Basel have conceded only 13 goals.
Lugano form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. Visiting Lugano has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Lugano had fun at their own home (St. Jakob-Park) last time out, beating Zürich 1-0. Olivier Custodio scored. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sion.
Lugano have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Lugano struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 25 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Lugano - Basel 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Basel won five, Lugano won two and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 13 goals |  K. Ademi 11 goals |  F. Frei 9 goals |
Basel missing players
Lugano missing players
| Basel | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 70 | 38 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 23 | 38 |
| 34 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | 41 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 85% |
| 91% | 94% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 70% |
| 73% | 75% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 45% |
| 39% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 31% | 21% |
| 15% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 19% | 12% |
| 52% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 52% |
| 36% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 30% |
| 15% | 6% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 6.1 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.2 | 5.9 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 449 | 244 | 96 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 194 | 374 |
| 177 | 102 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 79 | 136 |
| 40% | 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 29% | 28% |
- Basel has the fewest conceded goals (34)
- Basel has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (19)
- Basel has the the best goal difference (+36)
- Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Basel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 33 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 75 | 40 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 35 | 67 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 33 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 69 | 52 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 17 | 62 |
| 3 | Basel | 33 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 70 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 36 | 59 |
| 4 | Servette | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 51 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 46 |
| 5 | Luzern | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -8 | 42 |
| 6 | Zürich | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 62 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 29 | -22 | 42 |
| 7 | Lugano | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 38 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 25 | -3 | 40 |
| 8 | Thun | 33 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 41 | 63 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 34 | -22 | 35 |
| 9 | Sion | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 52 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -17 | 32 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 33 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 57 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | -25 | 27 |