FC Basel 1893 vs Lugano Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

FC Basel 1893

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FC Basel 1893 will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 2-1 Super League triumph against Grasshopper Club Zürich.

In that match, FC Basel 1893 managed 56% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For FC Basel 1893, the scorers were Dominik Schmid (16') and Philip Otele (40'). At the other end, Grasshoppers got 10 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Giotto Morandi (70') was the scorer for Grasshopper Club Zürich.

Their most recent results really do illustrate the point that much solidity has been shown by the FC Basel 1893 defence. FC Basel 1893 have given the opposition little, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their past 6 games standing at 4. While that may be of interest, it remains to be seen if such a trend shall be replicated here in this game.

Coming into this fixture, FC Basel 1893 have left without a victory over Lugano in their last 4 matches in the league.

Lugano

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Lugano will go into this meeting following on from a 0-2 Super League win in the defeat of FC Yverdon-Sports in their last outing.

In that game, Lugano managed 52% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For Lugano, the scorers were Anto Grgic (37') and Shkelqim Vladi (78'). For their opponents, Yverdon-Sport got 7 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Lugano have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 10 goals overall. At the back, Lugano can certainly do much better.

Coming into this fixture, Lugano haven't been defeated by FC Basel 1893 when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. A very good run of results for them.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings going back to 06/12/2023 shows that FC Basel 1893 have won 1 of these and Lugano 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

A sum of 18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 8 from Basel and 10 netted by Lugano. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was Super League match day 19 on 19/01/2025 and the score finished Lugano 2-2 FC Basel 1893.

On that day, Lugano managed 51% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The goalscorers were Anto Grgic (45') and Albian Hajdari (53').

FC Basel 1893 got 22 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Kevin Carlos (24') and Xherdan Shaqiri (87') scored.

The match was refereed by Sven Wolfensberger.

🗞️ Team News: FC Basel 1893

Adrian Leon Barisic (Muscle injury), Adriano Onyegbule (Knee injury) and Finn van Breemen (Meniscus injury) will not be taking part for FC Basel 1893 gaffer Fabio Celestini.

📰 Team News: Lugano

Lugano boss Mattia Croci-Torti has some current player fitness concerns. Ignacio Aliseda (Hamstring injury), Mattia Bottani (unknown injury), Hicham Mahou (unknown injury), Allan Arigoni (unknown injury), Daniel Dos Santos (unknown injury) and Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud (Broken tibia) will miss out on this game.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that FC Basel 1893 can score a couple of goals when they meet Lugano, who won’t find it easy finding the net themselves.

We’re predicting a comfortable 2-0 winning score for FC Basel 1893 by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Lucas Pereira, 05:03 04/04/2025