In this 3rd week match, on Wednesday Nov 9th, Basel will travel to Luzern to battle Luzern in a clash of these two evenly matched Super League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. Luzern sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Winterthur. Matteo Di Giusto struck first for Winterthur in the 16th minute on a feed from Adrian Tobias Gantenbein, then Asumah got the equalizer for Luzern in the 51st minute on a feed from Mohamed Dräger earning Luzern at least a draw. Luzern is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while 6th placed Basel is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Young Boys. Rieder struck first for Young Boys in the 7th minute, then Meschack Elia added another in the 23rd minute. Basel is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Basel won the head to head battle with 3 wins.
Both Comas Freixas and Bradley Fink have been the hottest scorers for Basel in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Luzern is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Mohamed Dräger and Max Meyer each having 3 goals in their last five.