Super League: Two sides in pretty good form get together for this fixture. Basel might have a slight edge with their 3rd spot in the standings?
- All of Lugano's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Super League
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.
Lugano form and stats
7 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Lugano have to build on here at Stadio di Cornaredo in the Super League.
A strong away win for Lugano against Grasshopper the last match, as Celar (2) were on target. Celar, a striker, was the top performer for the side in that game, scoring a rating of 9.13 (out of 10). Celar scored two goals and hit four key passes.
Before that, Lugano had a home game versus Servette which ended with a victory 2-0.Lugano has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. On the other hand, Lugano have conceded 15 goals.
Basel form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Basel are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Basel's last game was the home draw against St. Gallen (2-2). Attacker Chalov got a player rating of 8.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Chalov scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Zurich's place.The schedule is very tough for Basel now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa Conference League game at Olympique Marseille is waiting in only four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Basel's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, Basel have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The latest logged match involving both these contenders is the Basel - Lugano 2-0 played not long ago this season. Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Lugano won three, Basel triumphed in four and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 5 goals |   L. Millar 5 goals |  R. Ziegler 4 goals |
Lugano missing players
Basel missing players
| Lugano | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | 17 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 23 | 52 |
| 32 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 42% | 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 58% |
| 21% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 8% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 29% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.2 | 12.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.7 | 12.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 34% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | 41% |
| 11.5 | 11.2 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.5 | 12.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | 4.9 |
- All of Lugano's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Basel have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Super League
- Basel have the most clean sheets (4) away in Super League
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | Zurich | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 27 | 56 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 25 | 43 |
| 3 | Basel | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 52 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 41 |
| 4 | Lugano | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 39 |
| 5 | Servette | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 32 |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -5 | 30 |
| 7 | Sion | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 31 | -11 | 29 |
| 8 | Grasshopper | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Luzern | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 22 | -20 | 18 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -31 | 12 |
