Basel will aim to employ their home advantage to get one over today’s adversaries. The home side are currently 8 points behind Lugano.
- Basel have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Super League
- Lugano is in the best form (4-2-0) in Super League
The hosts Basel saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Fiorentina, was also a home game here at St. Jakob-Park. The away team is better rested.
Basel form and stats
Basel have collected 22 points from their Super League home games so far after 5-7-4. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Basel, their manager Vogel and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Basel's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 1-3 vs Fiorentina (in Europa Conference League).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting St. Gallen (1-6).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Basel handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats.
There will be little rest for Basel after this match as they are travelling to Servette for a Super League game in only four days.
The Basel fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Lugano form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Lugano have produced an overall stat of 5-6-5 so far.
Lugano go into this game after a win, the home game against Winterthur that ended 2-1. Midfield player Aliseda was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Aliseda scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 34 successful passes (of 37 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Luzern.Lugano are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Observe! Both sides have scored in 11 of this club's last 14 league games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Young Boys in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lugano have scored 23 goals in 16 league games away. 23 goals have been conceded by Lugano in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest reported match between these sides is the Lugano - Basel 2-2 played not long ago this season. Stats for the last ten meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Basel, three draws and three wins for Lugano. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 15 goals |   A. Zeqiri 10 goals | M. Amdouni 8 goals |
Basel missing players
Lugano missing players
| Basel | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 44 | 23 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 23 | 53 |
| 45 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | 44 |
| 88% | 81% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 76% | 81% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 42% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 55% |
| 33% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 31% | 33% |
| 18% | 19% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 58% | 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 73% |
| 21% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 21% |
| 33% | 38% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 19% | 9% |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 4.9 | 3.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12.6 | 14.3 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 13.1 | 12.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 26% | 27% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | 34% |
| 11.4 | 9.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 13.8 | 12.5 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
- Basel have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Super League
- Basel have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Super League
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lugano is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 78 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 51 | 68 |
| 2 | Servette | 33 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 48 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 51 |
| 3 | Lugano | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 50 |
| 4 | Luzern | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 46 |
| 5 | Grasshopper | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 52 | 57 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -5 | 43 |
| 6 | Basel | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | -1 | 42 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 59 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 40 |
| 8 | Zurich | 33 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -16 | 38 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 61 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -30 | 32 |
| 10 | Sion | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 65 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 32 | -25 | 31 |
