On Sun May 22nd, Basel will host Lugano in a Super League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. 2nd placed Basel is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Grasshopper. Brayan Riascos struck first for Grasshopper in the 51st minute on a feed from Allan Arigoni, then Sebastiano Esposito tied it up for Basel in the 84th minute earning them at least the one point. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Basel should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 4th placed Lugano, recorded a 2-2 draw against Servette. Žan Celar struck first for Lugano in the 10th minute on a penalty, then Chris Bedia tied it up for Servette in the 52nd minute on a penalty . Lugano is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Basel took the match by a score of 2 to 0 in front of just over three thousand dissapointed fans. Fedor Chalov struck first for Basel in the 9th minute on a feed from Liam Millar, then Darian Males added another in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Lugano was frustrated by Basel’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Basel ended the match with the shutout victory.
M. Amoura has been the most prolific scorer on Lugano in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. Basel’s top weapon lately has been Valentin Stocker, who has two goals in the last 5 matches.