Lugano have come here for an intriguing fight versus the home side Basel. Read up on the game with this thorough Super League preview!
- Lugano have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Super League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Basel form and stats
Basel are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Super League games here at St. Jakob-Park.
Basel's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-1 vs Brøndby. The home side are looking to continue in that form. Midfielder Millar was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Millar served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).
In the match before that, Basel hosted Young Boys and drew the Super League game 0-0.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 12 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Basel are traveling soon after this match as the Europa Conference League match at CSKA Sofia awaits in three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Basel at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Lugano form and stats
Things could have gone better for Lugano in their Super League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Two away matches in a row for Lugano, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 against Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Europa Conference League. Midfielder Doumbia was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.3. Doumbia scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 41 successful passes (of 47 total).
A 1-2 loss hosting Luzern before that.We have checked recent matches where Lugano have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Lugano have the goal stats of 5-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Basel have not lost in the last 5 matches (4-1-0) against Lugano.Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 3 goals |   W. Burger 1 goals |  D. Ndoye 1 goals |
Basel missing players
Lugano missing players
| Basel | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 16 | 14.8 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 42% | 36% |
| 10.7 | 12.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.5 | 13 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
- Lugano have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Super League
- Lugano have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Super League
| Basel | Last season | Lugano | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 70 | 39 | Scored | S | 23 | 50 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Conceded | C | 30 | 54 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 53% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 56% | ||
| 42% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 11% | ||
| 61% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 33% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 19% | ||
| 14% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 25% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.3 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 10.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 36% | ||
| 12.1 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Grasshopper | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Servette | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Sion | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Luzern | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Lugano | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Basel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| 10 | Zürich | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zürich | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 78 | 46 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 32 | 76 |
| 2 | Basel | 36 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 70 | 41 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 29 | 62 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 80 | 50 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 30 | 60 |
| 4 | Lugano | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 54 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 30 | -4 | 54 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 68 | 63 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 5 | 50 |
| 6 | Servette | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 66 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 40 | -16 | 44 |
| 7 | Sion | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 67 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 41 | -21 | 41 |
| 8 | Grasshopper | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 54 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 24 | -4 | 40 |
| 9 | Luzern | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 52 | 64 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 35 | -12 | 40 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 36 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 76 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 38 | -39 | 22 |
