📊 Form Guide

FC Luzern

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FC Luzern won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 4-2 Super League defeat last time out to BSC Young Boys.

In that match, FC Luzern had 54% possession and 17 shots on goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for FC Luzern was Jakub Kadák (3', 33'). Young Boys Bern got 26 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. Silvère Ganvoula (27'), Meschak Elia (47') and Joël Monteiro (49', 53') scored for BSC Young Boys.

Mario Frick's FC Luzern have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 7 times over their prior six outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in that same time stands at 9.

Leading up to this clash, FC Luzern:

• haven't beaten FC Basel 1893 in their previous 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.

FC Basel 1893

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FC Basel 1893 go into this game after a 2-1 Super League win with the downing of Servette FC in their last outing.

In that match, FC Basel 1893 had 40% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For FC Basel 1893, the scorers were Anton Kade (43') and Thierno Barry (45'). For their opponents, Servette had 13 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Steve Rouiller (58') scored for Servette FC.

The numbers tell their own story, and FC Basel 1893 have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals in all. In defence, FC Basel 1893 just haven’t been too solid at all.

Going into this encounter, FC Basel 1893 haven't been beaten by FC Luzern when they've played them away from home in the last 7 league matches. A very good record, indeed.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 09/11/2022 shows that FC Luzern have won 2 of these & FC Basel 1893 3, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A sum of 13 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them for Die Leuchten and 7 created by Basel. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The previous league match between the two was Super League match day 18 on 17/12/2023 when the final score was FC Luzern 0-1 FC Basel 1893.

That day, FC Luzern had 54% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

FC Basel 1893 got 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Jonathan Dubasin (66') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Alessandro Dudic.

📋 Team News: FC Luzern

Nicky Beloko (Inner knee ligament tear), Kemal Ademi (unknown injury), Denis Simani (Cervical spine injury), Sofyan Chader (Torn muscle fiber), Ismajl Beka (Cruciate ligament tear), Kevin Spadanuda (Metatarsal fracture), Martin Frydek (unknown injury), Diego Heller (Wrist fracture) and Samuel Alabi (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for FC Luzern manager Mario Frick.

📰 Team News: FC Basel 1893

FC Basel 1893 manager Fabio Celestini has multiple availability issues to deal with. Benjamin Kololli (Torn muscle fiber), Renato Veiga (Ankle sprain), Djordje Jovanovic (Injury to the ankle) and Yusuf Demir (unknown injury) miss out here.

✨ Prediction

We believe that FC Basel 1893 will need to push hard to break down this FC Luzern side who we think will emerge victorious.

Our tip is therefore for a 1-0 win for FC Luzern when all is said and done.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

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

Lucas Pereira, 14:07 21/04/2024