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Lausanne will welcome Basel to the Stade de la Tuilière in their 2024-25 Swiss Super League campaign opener on Sunday. Both teams finished in the lower half of the league table last season and will look to improve upon that record.
The hosts had a poor run in the pre-season, suffering two losses in five games. After going winless in three games, they concluded their pre-season with a 3-0 win over Xamax last week.
The visitors enjoyed an unbeaten run in the pre-season, with two wins and two draws in four games. They concluded their pre-season with a 1-1 draw against Ulm last week.
The visitors concluded the 2023-24 season on an eight-game unbeaten streak while the hosts had just one win in their last six games of the league campaign.
Lausanne vs Basel Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- The two teams have a long-standing rivalry and have met 181 times in all competitions. The visitors have been the better side in these meetings with 80 wins. The visitors have 59 wins and 42 games have ended in draws.
- The hosts are unbeaten in their last five meetings against the visitors. They won three of their four league meetings against the visitors last season.
- The visitors have failed to score in three of their last five meetings against the hosts.
- Lausanne went winless in their last three home games of the 2023-24 league campaign and failed to score in these games as well.
- Basel kept consecutive clean sheets in their last four league games of the 2023-24 league campaign.
- The visitors are winless in their last five away meetings against the hosts, with four games ending in draws. They have failed to score in their last three away games.
Lausanne vs Basel Prediction
Les bleu et blanc concluded their pre-season with a 3-0 win last week and will look to continue their form in their campaign opener. They have just one win in their last five home games in the league. Interestingly, they won three of their four meetings against the visitors last season, scoring seven goals while conceding just twice, and are strong favorites.
Bebbi were unbeaten in their last eight games in the league last season and continued their form in the preseason with two wins and two draws in four friendlies. Nonetheless, they have failed to score in their last three away meetings against the hosts and might struggle here.
Mohamed Dräger and Gabriel Sigu are injured and won't travel to Stade de la Tuilière. New signing Marin Sotice is not an option for this match while Leo Leroy might make his debut in this match.
While both teams will look to get their campaign underway with a win, considering the hosts' better record in recent meetings in this fixture, they are expected to eke out a narrow win.
Prediction: Lausanne 2-1 Basel
Lausanne vs Basel Betting Tips
Tip 1: Result - Lausanne to win
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: Thierno Barry to score or assist any time - Yes
