National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lausanne Sport or Basel that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Lausanne Sport form and stats
Lausanne Sport participated in Swiss Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.Lausanne Sport have been very solid at home in the Challenge League so far, with 28 points collected from 11 matches (9-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. This match is a Swiss Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Lausanne Sport are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. Lausanne Sport has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Lausanne Sport goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 539 minutes without conceding a goal in the Challenge League.
It's back home for Lausanne Sport, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Winterthur away with the result 4-0. A. Koura, C. Puertas and D. Ndoye found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Aarau.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Lausanne Sport played a great game against Winterthur and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lausanne Sport, as the Challenge League home game vs Vaduz is only three days away.
Lausanne Sport are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in their league games, having scored an impressive 32 goals in 11 matches. Lausanne Sport have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.
Basel form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Basel, as they won the Swiss Cup.5-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Basel in their Super League matches away. Total Swiss Cup statistics for Basel: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Basel go into this game after a win, the home game against APOEL that ended 1-0. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Servette in the Super League.
The schedule is very tough for Basel now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Neuchâtel Xamax is waiting in only three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Basel's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 11 league matches away. Basel have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Lausanne Sport victory, one draw and eight Basel wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 A. Turkes 17 goals | A. Zeqiri 12 goals |  K. Ademi 8 goals |
Lausanne Sport missing players
Basel missing players
| Lausanne Sport | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 64 | 39 | Scored | S | 16 | 40 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 24% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 296 | 172 | Total Shots | T S | 123 | 293 | ||
| 128 | 76 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 113 | ||
| 43% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lausanne Sport | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 52 |
| 2 | Vaduz | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 37 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 4 | Kriens | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | Winterthur | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -12 | 31 |
| 6 | Wil | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -1 | 28 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Aarau | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -17 | 24 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -14 | 17 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Gallen | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 45 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 45 |
| 3 | Basel | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 40 |
| 4 | Servette | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 37 |
| 5 | Zurich | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 32 |
| 6 | Luzern | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 31 |
| 7 | Lugano | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Sion | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 23 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 10 | Thun | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -23 | 19 |