Basel anticipate the arrival of Luzern with hopes of picking up all three points. Can they? Read our in-depth preview!
- Basel is in the best form (3-3-0) in Super League
- Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (34) in Super League
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Swiss Cup. That game, against Lugano, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Luzern.
Basel form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Basel, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) at home in Super League, have managed 6 wins, 7 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 14 games. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Basel.
The home team returns to St. Jakob-Park after drawing with Sion (placed 7th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Ndoye (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.35/10. Ndoye hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 2-2 draw away before that, with St. Gallen the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Basel handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and two defeats.
Goals decide football matches and Basel are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 14 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.
Luzern form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Luzern so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 1-9-5 (win-draw-lose).
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Lugano in their previous outing. The Swiss Cup fixture ended 2-2.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus St. Gallen in the Super League.Luzern are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of nine matches.
Luzern find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Luzern's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 29 goals from these trips. Luzern has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The two sides encountered each other earlier this match year: Luzern - Basel 0-3. The referee pulled out his red card when these teams last played each other, and the culprit was Schulz (Luzern). As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Basel victories, two draws and two Luzern wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Millar 7 goals |  S. Esposito 5 goals |   F. Ugrinic 5 goals |
Basel missing players
Luzern missing players
| Basel | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 64 | 33 | 15 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | 37 |
| 37 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 29 | 56 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 57% | 57% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 53% |
| 50% | 50% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 47% | 43% |
| 20% | 21% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 17% |
| 67% | 71% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 93% | 73% |
| 30% | 21% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 7% | 17% |
| 5.1 | 5.7 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.3 | 14.4 | 17.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 11.1 | 12.3 |
| 5.4 | 6.3 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 39% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 24% |
| 11.9 | 11.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | 4.9 |
- All of Luzern's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Basel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (16) at home in Super League
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) in Super League
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Basel is in the best form (3-3-0) in Super League
- 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 most conceded goals in the first half (34) in Super League
- Luzern 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 | Zurich | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 27 | 66 |
| 2 | Basel | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 64 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 23 | 47 |
| 4 | Lugano | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -3 | 46 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 1 | 41 |
| 6 | Servette | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -8 | 41 |
| 7 | Sion | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 35 | -16 | 34 |
| 8 | Grasshopper | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | -3 | 32 |
| 9 | Luzern | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 29 | -19 | 27 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 62 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -29 | 20 |
