Basel have travelled here for an engaging fight against the home side Lugano. Prepare for the game with this thorough Super League preview!
- Basel have the most scored goals (16) in Super League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Lugano form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Lugano's two home games in the Super League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Stadio di Cornaredo.
The fans are hoping that Lugano will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Super League game against Sion (placed 4th). The attacker Mattia Bottani was "man of the match" for Lugano with a rating of 7.82/10. Bottani scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. The defeat against Sion was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by T. Berdayes).
Before that match, a Swiss Cup win away at La Chaux-de-Fonds.Early season league goal statistics from Lugano's 2 home games: 2 goals, 3 conceded.
Basel form and stats
Four points from two away games for Basel, meaning one draw and one victory in the Super League so far.
Basel's last game was the home draw against Young Boys (1-1). Midfielder Fabian Frei was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.33. Frei hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 63 successful passes (of 75 total).
A 2-2 draw at Lausanne Sport's stadium before that.Basel have the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Lugano won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Basel have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 7 goals |  S. Esposito 4 goals |   M. Bottani 2 goals |
Lugano missing players
Basel missing players
| Lugano | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8.2 | 9 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.5 | 14.8 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 7 |
| 46% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 46% |
- Basel have the most scored goals (16) in Super League
- Basel have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Super League
- Basel have the the best goal difference (+11) in Super League
| Lugano | Last season | Basel | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 10 | 13 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Scored | S | 25 | 60 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Conceded | C | 32 | 53 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 72% | 61% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 81% | ||
| 39% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 61% | ||
| 19% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 44% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 22% | ||
| 47% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 58% | ||
| 28% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 22% | ||
| 31% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.3 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 33% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zurich | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Basel | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 |
| 3 | Servette | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 4 | Sion | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Lugano | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Young Boys | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Grasshopper | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 2 |
| 10 | Luzern | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 2 |