It's advantage Basel so far with their 3rd position in the Super League table, welcoming Luzern who are placed 5th.
- Basel is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Luzern have the most scored goals (43) in Super League
The visiting Luzern played their last game only three days ago, a Swiss Cup match. That game, against Chiasso, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Luzern.
Basel form and stats
Basel have played 12 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-6-2 (wins-draws-losses). Basel are slowly digging their own grave here at St. Jakob-Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Sion match.
The fans are hoping that Basel will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Super League game against Servette (placed 2nd). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Young Boys.
A decent goal production from Basel in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. Basel have conceded 18 from these games.
Luzern form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Luzern, who have the most scored goals (43) in Super League, have produced an overall stat of 4-1-7 so far.
Two travels in a row for Luzern, whose manager F. Celestini could celebrate last time after the Swiss Cup win against Chiasso. That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus St. Gallen in the Super League.
Luzern has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 12 games. Luzern struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Luzern - Basel 1-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Basel wins - draws - Luzern wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 13 goals |   D. Sorgić 10 goals |  P. Kasami 8 goals |
Basel missing players
Luzern missing players
| Basel | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 34 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 43 |
| 35 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | 38 |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 58% | 58% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 42% |
| 17% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 21% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 92% | 79% |
| 17% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.1 | 11.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 34% | 30% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 32% | 36% |
- All of Luzern's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Basel have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super League
- Basel is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Luzern have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Luzern have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Super League
- Luzern have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Super League
- Luzern have the most conceded goals (23) away in Super League
- Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Super League
- Luzern have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Super League
- Luzern have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Super League
- Luzern have the most points from losing position (13) in Super League
- Luzern have the most scored goals (43) in Super League
- Luzern have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Super League
- Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 23 | 53 |
| 2 | Servette | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 34 |
| 3 | Basel | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 33 |
| 4 | Zurich | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | Luzern | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 31 |
| 7 | Lausanne Sport | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Lugano | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Sion | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 25 |
| 10 | Vaduz | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -16 | 23 |