Basel vs Lausanne Prediction: Both teams are struggling

This round 4 Swiss Super League battle between Basel and Lausanne will take place at St. Jakob-Park. Both Basel and Lausanne are having difficulty winning games. The Grasshoppers humiliated Basel away from home during their most recent weekend match, but Lausanne continues to have difficulty picking up a win so far this campaign.

After suffering a Super League loss to Grasshoppers by a score of 3-1 in their most recent match, Basel will be hoping for a better showing in this contest. During that match, Basel held 61% of the possession and had 19 shots on goal, with seven of them finding the back of the net. Arnau Comas was the only player from FC Basel 1893 to get his name on the scoresheet when he scored in the 18th minute. The Grasshoppers had ten shots on goal, with four of them actually hitting the target. For Grasshopper, goals were scored by Filipe de Carvalho in the seventh minute, Giotto Morandi in the sixteenth minute, and Renat Dadashov in the thirty-seventh minute. In recent games, Basel have not been particularly effective at preventing goals from being scored by their opponents. On the other hand, they have been able to score when they have had opportunities to do so. In their most recent six matches, Basel have scored at least one goal in each of those matches, but they have also allowed opponents to score in each of those matchups. A look at the standings before the match reveals that Basel had not been defeated in the league by Lausanne in any of their previous 11 encounters against them. In addition to this, they have not suffered a defeat in any of their previous three league matches played at home.

Since Lausanne's most recent Super League match was a loss to Yverdon, both the home team and their fans who traveled with them will be hoping for a different outcome this time around. During that game, Lausanne had 56% of the possession and 19 shots on goal, with 7 of them landing in the target area. Alvyn Sanches was the only player to record a point for Lausanne, and he did it in the 29th minute. Yverdon had ten shots on goal, but only three of them were on target. Yverdon got their first goal in the 45th minute from Varol Tasar, while their second goal came from Evans Maurin in the 93rd minute. The fact that goals have been scored as many as 20 times in the last six matches in which Lausanne have played demonstrates that they are involved in productive encounters. This results in a mean average of 3.33 goals for each matchup. Their competitors have scored 10 of these goals against them. When looking at their track record, it can be seen that Lausanne have not been successful against Basel in any of the five league matches that have taken place away from their home stadium in the previous season. Additionally, in their previous six league matches played away from home, Lausanne have not been able to pick up a win.

During the past seasons, Basel and Lausanne have played each other a total of 33 times, with Basel coming out on top 25 times and Lausanne winning only once. There were a total of seven games that ended in draws. In the head-to-head matchups, Basel scored 79 goals, while Lausanne only managed to score 31.

After a difficult performance the previous weekend, I anticipate a robust response from both sides. On the other hand, this ought to be the kind of contest in which the superior team pulls ahead, and Basel should be that side. In the meantime, despite the fact that Lausanne did not actually play terribly during the last weekend, they were still defeated, and I anticipate that they will do well in attack here. A wager should therefore be placed on goals being scored by both of the competing teams.