Lausanne-Sports vs FC Basel Best odds and tips

FC Basel have won their last 5 Super League matches and will bring their A-game to Lausanne-Sports on Wednesday as Fabio Celestini’s men look to continue their remarkable turnaround under the Lausanne native. Celestini took over as coach in October 2023. His side will arrive in Lausanne on a high, having crushed Servette 5-1 at home and thumped FC Lugano 5-2 away in their last two league games. They will need to be at their best to beat Lausanne-Sports, who are sixth in the 2024/2025 Super League with 51 points from 35 games, compared to Basel’s 67. Ludovic Magnin has managed Lausanne-Sports since July 2022 and is searching for tactical answers to spark more consistency.

Lausanne-Sports have won 11, drawn 2 and lost 5 of their 18 home league games this season, which is a pretty good record, but not dominant enough to suggest they can beat Basel with any ease. They beat Young Boys 3-2 at home a week ago, but had to settle for a 1-1 draw away to FC Luzern a day before this fixture. Basel have scored 43 goals in 17 away league games, an average of 2.53 per game on their travels, and they have the firepower to break through a more traditional setup like Lausanne’s. But the hosts have scored 35 times in 18 home games, averaging just under 2 goals per game, so over 2.5 goals looks an attractive market here.

Basel’s talisman Xherdan Shaqiri has struck 4 times in his first 2 Super League games of the campaign and looks to be on a roll. The Swiss international has 7 goals and 6 assists in his last 5 matches for Basel and is the focal point of Celestini’s bold, attacking team. Kaly Sene has scored 2 goals in his first 2 Super League appearances of the campaign and looks like the main threat for Lausanne-Sports, who are a 2.70 underdog for this game with the bookies. A draw is 3.95 and Basel are 2.56 favourites. Basel have won their last 2 away Super League games, but they have not won on any of their last 3 trips to Lausanne-Sports, which suggests this will be anything but a sure-fire away win. The visitors have won only 1 of the last 8 head-to-head meetings between the clubs, with Lausanne-Sports winning 4 and 3 draws, so the hosts can’t be written off at home.