FC Basel 1893 vs Lugano Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

FC Basel 1893

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FC Basel 1893 will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 1-3 Conference League loss in their previous game against Fiorentina.

The only name on the scoresheet from FC Basel 1893 was Zeki Amdouni (55'). Nicólas González (35', 72') and Antonín Barák (129') scored for Fiorentina. Fiorentina ran out winners in extra time.

Matches involving FC Basel 1893 have usually been entertaining encounters lately with plenty of scoring expected. Over their past 6 clashes alone, the sum total of 23 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 10 of those coming from FC Basel 1893. Even so, we must now wait to see whether the trend might be maintained in this upcoming game.

A look at their previous results shows us that FC Basel 1893:

• have not won against Lugano in their previous 3 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 league games.

Lugano

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Lugano will come into the match following a 2-1 Super League win to beat Winterthur in their last fixture.

In that match, Lugano managed 64% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. For Lugano, the scorers were Ignacio Aliseda (15') and Allan Arigoni (21'). Winterthur got 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Joaquín Ardaiz (16') scored for Winterthur.

In the course of their six previous matches, Mattia Croci-Torti's Lugano have slotted home a total of 13 times thus yielding them a goals per game average of 2.17.

Coming into this contest, Lugano are unbeaten in their previous 3 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings going back to 24/10/2021 shows us that FC Basel 1893 have won 3 of these games & Lugano 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

An aggregate of 14 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them for Basel and 6 belonging to Lugano. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The last league contest featuring these sides was Super League match day 22 on 26/02/2023 when the final score was Lugano 2-2 FC Basel 1893.

In that match, Lugano managed 41% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Goals were scored by Žan Celar (33') and Ignacio Aliseda (38').

FC Basel 1893 had 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Darian Males (74') and Michael Lang (83') scored.

The match was refereed by Sven Wolfensberger.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Basel 1893

Arnau Comas (Thigh Problems) and Sergio López (Unknown Injury) will be missing for FC Basel 1893 gaffer Heiko Vogel. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Wouter Burger, Liam Millar, Kasim Adams and Taulant Xhaka.

📋 Team News: Lugano

Lugano manager Mattia Croci-Torti has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Lukas Mai (torn tendon) and Albian Hajdari (Unknown Injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that Lugano will likely create enough chances to score against this FC Basel 1893 lineup, however it might not quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

We reckon that it will be a close game with a 2-1 win for FC Basel 1893 at full-time. We’ll have to see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:52 17/05/2023