Basel vs Lugano Prediction and Betting Tips | July 27th 2024

Basel will welcome Lugano to St. Jakob-Park in the Swiss Super League on Saturday. The hosts suffered a narrow loss in their campaign opener last week while the visitors got their campaign underway with a win.

The hosts played Lausanne in their campaign opener in their away game and suffered a 3-2 loss, conceding all three goals in the first half. Thierno Barry bagged a brace including a penalty in the 87th minute, but it was not enough for them to earn a point from the match.

The visitors played Grasshoppers in their campaign opener and second-half goals from Kacper Przybyłko and Uran Bislimi helped them register a comeback 2-1 home win. They failed to build on that form as they hosted Fenerbahce in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round on Tuesday and suffered a 4-3 loss.

Uran Bislimi was on the scoresheet again, scoring in the second half while defenders Ayman El Wafi and Milton Valenzuela scored in the first and second half, respectively.

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Basel vs Lugano Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two teams have squared off 142 times in all competitions since 1931. The hosts have the upper hand in these meetings with 59 wins. The visitors are not far behind with 42 wins and 41 games have ended in draws.
• The visitors won three of their last four meetings against the hosts last season, winning two of their three league meetings. They also won their Swiss Cup quarterfinal meeting on penalties.
• Basel have just one win in their last eight meetings against the visitors, with that triumph coming away from home last season.
• Lugano have kept four clean sheets in their last eight meetings against the hosts. In this fixture, they have scored at least once in their last nine games.

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Basel vs Lugano Prediction

RotBlau suffered a defeat in their campaign opener last week and will look to return to winning ways in their first home game of the season. They are unbeaten in their last six home games in the league, with four ending in draws.

Bianconeri began their league campaign with an away win last week but suffered a loss in the Champions League qualifiers earlier this week. Interestingly, they are unbeaten in their last four away meetings against the hosts, recording three wins, and will look to build on that form.

Lugano coach Mattia Croci-Torti will look to rest key players in favor of the Champions League second leg next week. With that in mind and considering the recent history of the two teams, they are expected to play out a high-scoring draw.

Prediction: Basel 2-2 Lugano

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Basel vs Lugano Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Draw

Tip 2: Goals - Over/Under 2.5 Goals - Over 2.5 goals

Tip 3: At least one goal to be scored in the second half - Yes

Tip 4: Uran Bislimi to score or assist any time - Yes