This is where the action is, this is Super League and this is Lugano - Basel. Prepare with our broad match preview!
- Lugano have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
Basel could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago.
Lugano form and stats
Two draws in a row at home now for Lugano.
Lugano shared the glory with Young Boys in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Steffen, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion player for the team in that match, collecting a rating of 7.81 (out of 10). Steffen served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 32 successful passes (of 37 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Luzern.Betting people might want to know that 9 of the latest 11 league matches from this club have had goals from both sides.
The manager Croci-Torti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sion in only three days.
Lugano have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kybunpark with 15 goals in 10 league matches. Lugano have conceded 15 from these games.
Basel form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Basel so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
The club members enjoyed Basel's previous fixture versus Trabzonspor, a Europa Conference League win (2-0) played at home. Zeqiri, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Zeqiri scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Servette.The schedule is very tough for Basel now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Swiss Cup game at St. Gallen is waiting in only three days.
As opposed to that, Basel have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought before this season: Lugano - Basel 1-0. Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: four wins for Lugano, two draws and four wins for Basel. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  Ž. Celar 10 goals |  M. Amdouni 6 goals |  A. Zeqiri 6 goals |
Lugano missing players
Basel missing players
| Lugano | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 32 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 29 |
| 32 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 81% |
| 86% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 43% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| 24% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 71% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 19% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 24% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 38% |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6.8 | 6.5 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | 4.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.8 | 12.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.3 | 13.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 31% | 32% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 19% | 24% |
| 12.2 | 11.4 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.1 | 10.5 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
- Lugano have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Lugano have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
- Lugano have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
- 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 | Young Boys | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 35 | 46 |
| 2 | Servette | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 33 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Lugano | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 5 | Luzern | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 27 |
| 6 | Basel | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Zurich | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 23 |
| 9 | Sion | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -22 | 21 |
