BASEL. Basel and Luzern draw 1-1. V. Stocker scored the first goal (68′) for Basel. J. Wehrmann settled the score 1-1 (78′). It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (65%)​

The match was played at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Alessandro Dudic with the help of Jan Köbeli and Benjamin Zürcher. The 4th official was David Huwiler. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.3 degrees Celsius or 63.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Basel was in firm control of the ball 65% while Luzern was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Basel was more aggressive with 80 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Basel to win the match​.

Basel shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Luzern shot 13 times, 9 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Basel received 2 yellow cards (F. Frei and E. Comert). On the opposite side, Luzern received 3 yellow cards (D. Sorgic, M. Schulz and ).

Standings

After this match, Basel will have 19 points to stay in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Luzern will have 5 points to stay in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Basel will play away with Sion on the 17th of October with a 39-6 head to head in favor of Basel (16 draws).

Luzern will play away agasint Young Boys on the 16th of October with a 36-11 head to head in favor of Young Boys (13 draws).

Basel – Formation

Basel started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Patrick Rahmen decided to play with the following team: Heinz Lindner (8.1), Sergio López (7.0), Eray Cömert (7.2), Andy Pelmard (7.0), Tomás Tavares (5.9), Wouter Burger (6.8), Fabian Frei (6.8), Edon Zhegrova (7.4), Sebastiano Esposito (7.3), Valentin Stocker (7.2) and Arthur Cabral (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Pajtim Kasami (6.2), Michael Lang (6.1), Jordi Quintillà, Joelson Fernandes (6.8), Liam Millar (6.5), Dan Ndoye, Nasser Djiga, Felix Gebhardt and Darian Males (6.6).

Substitutions

Basel made 5 changes: S. Lopez for M. Lang (46′), E. Zhegrova for J. Fernandes (69′), W. Burger for P. Kasami (69′), S. Esposito for D. Males (79′) and V. Stocker for L. Millar (83′).

Best player: Heinz Lindner​

The player that probably impressed the most for Basel was the goalkeeper: Heinz Lindner. His rating is 8.10. He performed 7 saves.

Luzern – Formation

Luzern started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

On the other side, Fabio Celestini played with: Vaso Vasic (7.3), Marvin Schulz (7.2), Marco Burch (7.3), Holger Badstuber (7.1), Silvan Sidler (7.2), Samuele Campo (6.2), Christian Gentner (7.1), Jordy Wehrmann (7.8), Nikola Čumić (6.2), Filip Ugrinic (7.5) and Dejan Sorgic (6.8).

They had on the bench: Yvan Alounga, Noah Rupp, David Domgjoni, Severin Ottiger, Varol Tasar (7.3), Lorik Emini, Simon Grether and Pascal Loretz.

Luzern could not rely on the presence of Y. Alounga (injured).

Substitutions

Luzern made 2 changes: N. Cumic for V. Tasar (57′) and S. Campo for Y. Alounga (90′).

Best player: Jordy Wehrmann​

The player that probably impressed the most for Luzern was Jordy Wehrmann.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 32 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​

• Zürich – Sion – 6-2
• Basel – Luzern – 1-1
• Servette – Young Boys – 0-6