Creeping up on the top sides is at stake when these two mid-table sides battle it out. Both will be trying to strenghten their league table position, Luzern in 4th and Basel in 6th place.
- Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Swiss Cup game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at St. Gallen. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Luzern form and stats
Luzern have played 11 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Luzern last time playing, versus Grasshopper. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Frýdek scoring for the victors. Finally, a league win after three matches without one. The goalie Loretz was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.31 out of ten. Loretz topped it up with a clean sheet.
2-2 away at St. Gallen before that.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Luzern have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 4.
A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 12 latest league matches highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.
The Luzern fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Luzern have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Basel form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Basel so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose).
Two trips in a row for Basel, whose boss Vogel could celebrate last time after the Swiss Cup win against St. Gallen.
Ahead of that match was the Super League away draw versus Lugano that ended 2-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Basel in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Basel, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Basel have scored 12 goals in 11 league games away. As opposed to that, Basel have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Basel - Luzern 2-3 was the story when this pair of teams previously played each other, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - one - eight (Luzern wins - draws - Basel wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Meyer 7 goals |   M. Amdouni 6 goals |  A. Zeqiri 6 goals |
Luzern missing players
Basel missing players
| Luzern | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 34 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 31 |
| 32 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 82% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 68% |
| 50% | 36% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 45% |
| 36% | 27% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 41% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 64% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 59% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 36% |
| 6.4 | 7.5 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 6.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.5 | 14.3 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.5 | 13.7 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 27% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | 24% |
| 12.3 | 12 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.2 | 10.6 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
- Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 35 | 47 |
| 2 | Servette | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 34 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Luzern | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | Lugano | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | Basel | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -5 | 24 |
| 8 | Zurich | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 24 |
| 9 | Sion | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -14 | 22 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -22 | 22 |
