The league standings tells us that 5 points split the pair of opponents in this Super League game. Basel have both the points- and home ground advantage.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (40) in Super League
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Lugano are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
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
7 victories, 8 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Basel have to build on here at St. Jakob-Park in the Super League. The last three games played by Basel, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
The home team returns to St. Jakob-Park after drawing with Servette (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Pavlović, defender, was given a rating of 7.8/10 in that game, top of the team. Pavlović won 8 of 12 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Grasshopper.Goals decide football matches and Basel are scoring many of them at home; 37 on target from 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Basel's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lugano form and stats
6 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Lugano playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Sabbatini (2) scored in Lugano's previous match, the home game against Zürich that ended 2-1. Midfielder Sabbatini was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.32. Sabbatini scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 44 successful passes (of 54 total).
The visiting Lugano have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 17 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Lugano have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This duo faced each other earlier on this campaign: Lugano - Basel 0-2. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Basel won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Lugano have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 9 goals |   L. Millar 7 goals |  V. Stocker 6 goals |
Basel missing players
Lugano missing players
| Basel | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 68 | 37 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 22 | 49 |
| 40 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 28 | 52 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 94% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 91% |
| 51% | 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 59% | 54% |
| 43% | 41% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 35% | 31% |
| 17% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 11% |
| 60% | 65% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 47% | 54% |
| 34% | 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | 20% |
| 14% | 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 29% | 26% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 14.6 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.4 | 10.4 |
| 5.3 | 6.1 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 37% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 42% | 36% |
| 12.2 | 11.7 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12.4 | 11.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
- Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (19) at home in Super League
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (40) in Super League
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (15) in Super League
- Basel have the most clean sheets (12) in Super League
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 35 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 76 | 43 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 33 | 76 |
| 2 | Basel | 35 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 68 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 28 | 59 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 35 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 77 | 50 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 27 | 57 |
| 4 | Lugano | 35 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 52 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 28 | -3 | 54 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 63 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 1 | 47 |
| 6 | Servette | 35 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 63 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 37 | -16 | 43 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 35 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 54 | 55 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | -1 | 40 |
| 8 | Sion | 35 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 64 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 41 | -21 | 40 |
| 9 | Luzern | 35 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 33 | -13 | 37 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 35 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 72 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -35 | 22 |
