Scrambling Basel are aching to pull off a small shock when they greet enterprising Luzern in the next league fixture. It’s 11th vs 2nd and the home supporters will have moderate expectations.
- Basel have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Super League
- Luzern have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Super League
It's no vacation for neither Basel nor Luzern as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Basel form and stats
1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Basel so far this season.
Basel are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Yverdon Sport. Veiga (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 6.94/10. Veiga hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 34 successful passes (of 37 total).
In the game before, a strong away victory at Bosporus. A Swiss Cup game. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Basel have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 0 and lost 3.
Both teams on the scoresheet! That has been the case in 6 league fixtures in a row for this club. Could it happen again?
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Stade Lausanne-Ouchy are coming to town in three days.
Basel are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at St. Jakob-Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches.
Luzern form and stats
Luzern are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Super League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Meyer scored in Luzern's previous match, the home game against Servette that ended 2-0. Luzern goalie Loretz was high and low in the Servette game, contributing eight saves towards the victory. Loretz was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.62. The agile goalkeeper Loretz topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, the Swiss Cup victory away at Thun (after extra-time). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Luzern playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Luzern wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Luzern are hosting Zurich in the Super League only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Luzern as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Luzern as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Basel won seven games, one match ended in a draw and Luzern managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Frei 3 goals |   V. Villiger 3 goals |  M. Meyer 3 goals |
Basel missing players
Luzern missing players
| Basel | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 4.8 | 4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 5.2 | 2.3 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 16 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 11 | 11.6 |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 36% | 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 22% | 40% |
| 15 | 14.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 21.7 | 19.3 |
| 6.3 | 6.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 6 | 6.4 |
- All of Basel's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Basel have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Basel have scored in all their matches so far.
- Basel have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Super League
- Basel have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Super League
- Basel have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Luzern have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Super League
- Luzern have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Super League
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 2 | Luzern | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Zurich | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Winterthur | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Yverdon Sport | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Lugano | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Servette | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 9 | Grasshopper | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Basel | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
