It's early days in the Super League and both Basel and Luzern are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Basel form and stats
The first Super League game here at St. Jakob-Park resulted in a draw. Last season Basel's home game statistics were 11 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 18 games.
No payout for Basel in their previous match, an away game at Servette that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that, Basel had a Europa League home game versus Anorthosis which ended with a victory 3-2.
Đorđe Nikolić had a busy but productive day in the Servette match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
At St. Jakob-Park, Basel has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Luzern form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Super League ended in defeat. Last season Luzern had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 5, drew 3 and lost 10.
Luzern's last game was the home draw against Lausanne Sport (2-2). A 1-2 defeat away at Lugano before that.
1 goal so far away for Luzern, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Basel, three draws and three wins for Luzern. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  V. Stocker 1 goals |  A. Mendonça Cabral 1 goals |   S. Knežević 1 goals |
Basel missing players
Luzern missing players
| Basel | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 18 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 17 | 30 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| Basel | Last season | Luzern | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 74 | 42 | Scored | S | 14 | 42 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Conceded | C | 25 | 50 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 86% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 78% | ||
| 69% | 72% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 28% | 50% | ||
| 39% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 19% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 28% | 47% | ||
| 39% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 28% | ||
| 19% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 481 | 267 | Total Shots | T S | 156 | 380 | ||
| 189 | 111 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 153 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Gallen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Lausanne Sport | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Lugano | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Servette | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Luzern | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Zurich | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Basel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Vaduz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Sion | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 | Young Boys | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 41 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 39 | 76 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 56 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 23 | 68 |
| 3 | Basel | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 36 | 62 |
| 4 | Servette | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 57 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Lugano | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 0 | 47 |
| 6 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -8 | 46 |
| 7 | Zurich | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 72 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -27 | 43 |
| 8 | Sion | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -15 | 39 |
| 9 | Thun | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 67 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 38 | -22 | 38 |
| 10 | Neuchatel Xamax | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 68 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 42 | -35 | 27 |