This campaign has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, good and bad resulting in mid-table positions so far. Clear the decks for Basel - Luzern!
- Basel have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Super League
- Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams have had time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an energetic game!
Basel form and stats
3 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Basel have to build on here at St. Jakob-Park in the Super League.
An away draw last time out for Basel, facing St. Gallen in a game that ended 1-1. The Basel goalkeeper Hitz was crucial in the match against St. Gallen last time out, making nine saves. Hitz, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.54 out of 10 in that game. Hitz saved a penalty.
Prior to that, an away loss at Grasshopper.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Basel have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Basel as they are travelling to their away game against Grasshopper in the Swiss Cup. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Basel in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Basel are not conceding a lot of goals here at St. Jakob-Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Luzern form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Luzern have produced an overall stat of 3-2-3 so far.
Luzern's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Zurich that finished 2-2. Drawing 2-2 against Zurich after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Frick needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Midfield player Schürpf was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Schürpf served one assist and hit five key passes.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Young Boys wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.We have checked recent matches where Luzern have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 0 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Luzern have another match away from home in just three days, a Swiss Cup game versus Thun. A gruelling schedule for the guests!
Luzern has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. In the opposite end, Luzern have conceded 12 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Basel have won all of the 4 most recent duels against this side. Something to take note of?The participants have met each other already this season, with the final score Luzern - Basel 0-2 written in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Meyer 7 goals |   B. Fink 4 goals |  D. Sorgić 4 goals |
Basel missing players
Luzern missing players
| Basel | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 26 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 76% | 62% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 53% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 59% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 6.4 | 6.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 6.2 |
| 4.8 | 3.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 12.3 | 14.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.2 | 12.4 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 26% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 28% |
| 10.6 | 8.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 12 | 11.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
- Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Basel have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Super League
- Basel have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Luzern have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 27 | 38 |
| 2 | Lugano | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Servette | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 5 | Basel | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Luzern | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Sion | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -18 | 16 |
| 10 | Zurich | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
