FC Basel 1893 vs FC Luzern Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

FC Basel 1893

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FC Basel 1893 will play in this game after a 1-1 Super League drawn game against St Gallen.

In that match, FC Basel 1893 had 41% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for FC Basel 1893 was Zeki Amdouni (30'). At the other end, St. Gallen got 32 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. Jérémy Guillemenot (5') scored for St Gallen.

In their last 6 games, Alex Frei's FC Basel 1893 have netted a total of 6 times which gives them an average number of goals per match of 1.

Taking a look at their past results, FC Basel 1893:

• haven't been beaten in the league by FC Luzern in their last 10 games. A decent run, indeed.
• have not been beaten in their last 5 league matches at home.

FC Luzern

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In the game prior to this, FC Luzern drew 2-2 in the Super League tie with FC Zürich.

In that game, FC Luzern managed 46% possession and 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For FC Luzern, goals were scored by Max Meyer (62') and Sofyan Chader (83'). For their opponents, Zürich got 17 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Roko Šimić (89', 93') was the scorer for FC Zürich.

Looking at their form, and FC Luzern have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 10 goals in total. Defensively, FC Luzern seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Heading into this contest, FC Luzern have left without a victory over FC Basel 1893 when they've played them away from home in the last 14 league games. Imagine their relief when they finally get an away win.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head to head results stretching back to 10/04/2021 reveals that these encounters have not been fruitful for FC Luzern. They have not been able to get themselves any victories whatsoever whereas FC Basel 1893 have just been too good for them, beating them in 83% of those matches.

21 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 16 of them from Basel and 5 belonging to Die Leuchten. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

The previous league encounter between the two was Super League match day 3 on 09/11/2022 when it ended FC Luzern 0-2 FC Basel 1893.

On that day, FC Luzern managed 54% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target.

At the other end, FC Basel 1893 had 14 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Darian Males (6') and Bradley Fink (87') scored.

The referee was Fedayi San.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Basel 1893

Arnau Comas (Muscle Injury), Jean-Kévin Augustin (Muscle Injury), Darian Males (Unknown Injury) and Dan Ndoye (Unknown Injury) won’t be available for FC Basel 1893 gaffer Alex Frei. Riccardo Calafiori is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

🗞️ Team News: FC Luzern

FC Luzern manager Mario Frick has multiple availability issues to deal with. Marco Burch (Ligament Injury), Dejan Sorgic (Marrow bulge), Noah Rupp (Tibia Fracture) and Jakub Kadak (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are not able to play. Nicky Beloko will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🧠 Prediction

In this game, FC Luzern are certainly able to find the net against this FC Basel 1893 side, but it may not be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our tip is for a 2-1 win for FC Basel 1893 when all is said and done. Looking forward to this.

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

Renata Leite, 02:27 24/01/2023