Bring on Luzern - Basel! Even considering the recent results, this match should be immense!
- All of Luzern's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 Luzern and Basel.
Luzern form and stats
Luzern have played 7 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Luzern's previous game, also at home. Visiting Winterthur (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Abubakar was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Winterthur after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? The gifted forward Abubakar outperformed all teammates in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Abubakar scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, a win away at Grasshopper.This is expected to be a close game, with Luzern perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Luzern as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Luzern has won 6 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
There will be little rest for Luzern after this match as they are travelling to Young Boys for a Super League game in only four days.
Luzern have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at swissporarena with 11 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Luzern have conceded 10 goals.
Basel form and stats
Basel have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Basel's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sion that finished 0-0. Midfielder Diouf was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.03. Diouf hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 54 successful passes (of 64 total).
Before that, the Europa Conference League victory away at Pyunik. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Basel playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 4 Basel wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Basel now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Grasshopper is waiting in only three days.
The visiting Basel have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. As for defending, Basel rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Basel have won or drawn the last 9 games (7-2-0) facing Luzern.Top Goalscorers
  M. Meyer 6 goals |  D. Sorgić 4 goals |  M. Burch 3 goals |
Luzern missing players
Basel missing players
| Luzern | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 64% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 57% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 6.3 | 8 | 10.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.8 | 4.7 |
| 2.9 | 3.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.3 | 14.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 6.7 | 11 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 4.4 |
| 30% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 39% | 31% |
| 11.9 | 11.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 10.8 | 9.5 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4 | 3.4 |
- All of Luzern's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Basel have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Luzern have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 32 |
| 2 | Servette | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Luzern | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Sion | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Lugano | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Basel | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Grasshopper | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -16 | 16 |
| 10 | Zurich | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -17 | 9 |
