- Head-to-head: FC Basel have the superior recent head-to-head record in Super League meetings with Lausanne-Sports (Won 3, Drawn 1, Lost 1).
- Table position: FC Basel are 2nd in the Super League 2026/2027 table with 3 points from 1 match, while Lausanne-Sports are 4th with 1 point from 1 match.
- Recent form: FC Basel have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 5 matches in all competitions, while Lausanne-Sports have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 5 in all competitions.
Basel can back the right bet with a head-to-head edge
FC Basel opened their 2026-2027 Super League campaign with a neat 1-0 away win at Servette that should give them greater confidence for this Saturday's home clash against Lausanne-Sports. Basel had toiled in a 0-0 draw at home to Italian giants Juventus in their season opener before a 0-3 home defeat to Yverdon in a friendly.
Stephan Lichtsteiner has drilled his team into an organisation-first club that are compact, controlled and can also make measured vertical runs to get the ball into dangerous areas. Basel have more than enough quality in their ranks to hurt most teams in their home patch and Zan Celar has already shown that he will be a danger man up top with 1 goal in 1 Super League outing so far.
Lausanne-Sports opened their Super League 2026/2027 account with a decent 1-1 home draw against Grasshopper, which backed up a 3-0 friendly win over Yverdon, after a 1-2 home loss to Neuchatel Xamax in their warm-up games. Luka Elsner has his side pressing high and hard, counter-pressing with real energy and moving forward at pace on the counter-attack, so this should be an intriguing clash of Basel's control versus Lausanne's tempo.
Lichtsteiner’s Basel have the edge at St Jakob Park
Odds and prediction
FC Basel are 2.0 favourites ahead of Lausanne-Sports at 3.25 for Saturday's Super League contest at St. Jakob Park, with the draw coming in at 3.8. We're going to take Basel to win this one, but at those odds, the edge isn't quite enough to take the match odds.
Instead, we're taking the better than even odds for over 2.5 goals in this clash at 1.5 and both teams to score in the match at 1.42, as Elsner's style of play should ensure this is not a lopsided clash and Basel have enough quality in their front-line to score a couple.
Team and players
- Basel are the likelier winners, however, as they have the home advantage and superior head-to-head against Lausanne, who have failed to win either of their last two league fixtures at this venue.
- With 19-year-old Ibrahim Bah Mendes, they have their leading goal scorer with 1 goal in 1 Super League appearance so far, but Omar Janneh has 1 assist already and looks a real threat to deliver the final ball for their attacks.
