📏 Form Guide

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FC Luzern

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FC Luzern will be looking for a repeat result of the 2-3 Super League success over St Gallen.

In that game, FC Luzern had 47% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. For FC Luzern, goals were scored by Thibault Klidje (56'), Kevin Spadanuda (80') and Pius Dorn (88'). St. Gallen had 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Albert Vallci (20') and Willem Geubbels (31') scored for St Gallen.

Matches with FC Luzern have tended to be entertaining ones lately with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past six games, a total of 21 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 14 of these coming from FC Luzern. We shall soon see if that trend will be sustained here.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that FC Luzern:

• have not been beaten in the league by FC Basel 1893 in their last 2 matches.
• have not registered a win against FC Basel 1893 in their last 4 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

FC Basel 1893

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against FC Zürich in Super League action, FC Basel 1893 and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, FC Basel 1893 had 58% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. For their opponents, FC Zurich got 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. Mounir Chouiar (31') and Juan José Perea (55') scored for FC Zürich.

A sequence of reliable showings from the FC Basel 1893 defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their last 6 outings combined. During the same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 18.

Leading up to this clash, FC Basel 1893:

• have not lost to FC Luzern when having played them away from home in the previous 8 league matches. A fantastic record for the visitors.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head clashes going back to 04/03/2023 shows us that FC Luzern have won 1 of them and FC Basel 1893 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

A combined sum of 10 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 5 for Die Leuchten and 5 coming from Basel. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was Super League match day 1 on 05/05/2024 when it finished FC Basel 1893 1-1 FC Luzern.

That time, FC Basel 1893 managed 57% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Thierno Barry (52').

FC Luzern got 11 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Leny Meyer (46') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Alessandro Dudic.

📰 Team News: FC Luzern

Ismajl Beka (Cruciate ligament tear), Sofyan Chader (Torn muscle fiber) and Sinan Karweina (Muscle injury) won’t be playing for FC Luzern manager Mario Frick.

📰 Team News: FC Basel 1893

FC Basel 1893 manager Fabio Celestini has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Junior Zé (unknown injury), Arnau Comas (Shoulder injury), Finn van Breemen (unknown injury) and Gabriel Sigua (Torn ankle ligaments) will miss out on this game.

✨ Prediction

We envisage that FC Basel 1893 and FC Luzern might both not be able to do quite enough to get on the scoresheet here.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We’re therefore tipping a very even match with a 0-0 score at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 14:02 29/09/2024