This could be an interesting match as Lugano have their presumed home advantage while Basel are ahead 3 points in the Super League table.
- Lugano have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Super League
- Basel have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Lugano form and stats
3-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Lugano, who have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in Super League, so far this season. Lugano are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio di Cornaredo with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Basel match.
A strong away win for Lugano against Vaduz the last match, as Joaquín Ardaiz (2) and Mijat Marić were on target. Ahead of that match, Lugano lost 0-1 at home to Zurich.
Lugano have scored 11 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. Lugano have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Basel form and stats
The visitors are W5-D0-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on C. Sforza, the Basel manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Adrian Durrer, Raoul Petretta, Edon Zhegrova and Fabian Frei scored in Basel's previous match, the home game against Luzern that ended 4-1. Prior to that match, the Basel manager C. Sforza faced defeat when travelling to Servette and losing 1-2.
Basel are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Basel have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Basel - Lugano 2-2 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Lugano wins - draws - Basel 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 |  P. Kasami 8 goals |   M. Bottani 5 goals |
Lugano missing players
Basel missing players
| Lugano | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 29 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 38 |
| 27 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 36 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 68% | 58% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 76% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 60% |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 44% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 20% |
| 52% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 64% |
| 32% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 24% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 3.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.2 | 10.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 35% | 28% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | 35% |
- Basel have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super League
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Lugano have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in Super League
- Lugano have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Super League
| 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 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 23 | 54 |
| 2 | Servette | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 37 |
| 3 | Basel | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 36 |
| 4 | Zurich | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 33 |
| 5 | Lugano | 25 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 32 |
| 7 | Luzern | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Lausanne Sport | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Sion | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 25 |
| 10 | Vaduz | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -19 | 23 |