Basel vs Lausanne Sport - prediction, team news, lineups

Basel's quest for the Swiss Super League rubric continues connected Saturday, erstwhile they invited Lausanne Sport to St. Jakob-Park.

After each squad successful the part began their 2026-27 run past weekend, the hosts travel into gameweek 2 successful 5th spot with 3 points, portion the visitors are seventh with 1 constituent having drawn 1-1 with Grasshopper.

Match preview

Basel opened their play with a 1-0 occurrence against Servette connected July 25, though portion they prevented their opponents from creating immoderate large chances, they relied connected a 78th-minute punishment to assertion each 3 points.

The hosts' triumph volition travel arsenic a invited alleviation to fans, who witnessed the nine succumb to 5 defeats successful their last six league fixtures of 2025-26.

Bebbi were the ascendant unit successful Switzerland for overmuch of this century, winning 11 of the 14 titles connected connection betwixt 2003-04 and 2016-17, but their lone rubric since came successful 2024-25.

Head manager Stephan Lichtsteiner's broadside ended past play with a grounds of 2 losses, 1 gully and 1 triumph successful their last 4 location matches.

In that period, the hosts managed to people 7 goals portion conceding connected 9 occasions, and they volition anticipation to gain conscionable their 2nd competitory cleanable expanse astatine St. Jakob-Park successful 13 games.

Lausanne Sport tin person fewer complaints astir their stalemate with Grasshopper considering they progressively sacrificed immoderate intent to onslaught arsenic the crippled wore on, and the equaliser they conceded successful the 81st infinitesimal felt inevitable.

The visitors volition beryllium devastated by the effect considering their gully extended their winless streak successful the league to 5 games, though it was astatine slightest the archetypal clip that they avoided decision successful that time.

Les bleu et blanc finished the regular 2025-26 play successful ninth spot with 39 points - they finished 3rd successful their relegation radical - and they person present finished ninth, 5th and 10th since returning to the Swiss Super League in 2023–24.

Manager Luka Elsner's crippled against Grasshopper was his archetypal competitory fixture successful charge, and if helium leads his broadside to triumph connected Saturday, it would beryllium the club's 2nd triumph successful 8 meetings with Basel, though a nonaccomplishment would beryllium their 3rd successful that time.

Lausanne were beaten successful each of their past 4 competitory distant clashes, losing by a combined people of 11-1, and they ended the 2025-26 play with the 5th worst grounds connected the roadworthy successful presumption of points collected (19).

Basel Swiss Super League form:

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Team News

Basel cognize they volition beryllium without striker Kaio Eduardo until astatine slightest November owed to a cruciate ligament injury, and his lack is apt to pb to a commencement for Zan Celar.

The centre-forward whitethorn beryllium supported by erstwhile Liverpool and Bayern Munich prima Xherdan Shaqiri, who could play up of a treble pivot consisting of Metinho and Ludwig Thorell.

There are immoderate concerns astir left-back Moussa Cisse, who was forced disconnected the transportation against Servette, and it would not beryllium astonishing to see Coleen Louis travel into the XI.

Lausanne right-back Hamza Abdallah is the lone wounded absentee for this weekend's game, but helium is acceptable for a instrumentality successful aboriginal September aft missing retired connected enactment since December 2025 owed to a genu issue.

Expect to spot Brandon Soppy diagnostic connected the close broadside of defence, portion Olivier Custodio and Jamie Roche are acceptable to play successful midfield.

Basel imaginable starting lineup:

Salvi; Tsunemoto, Daniliuc, Victory, Louis; Metinho, Thorell; Sow, Shaqiri, Otele; Celar

Lausanne Sport imaginable starting lineup:

Mastil; Soppy, Mouanga, Sow, Poaty; Custodio, Roche; Mendes, Lekoueiry, Butler-Oyedeji; Janneh

We say: Basel 2-0 Lausanne Sport

Basel volition nary uncertainty beryllium seen arsenic favourites connected Saturday considering their opponents person often travelled poorly.

Lausanne seldom offered capable of a menace successful the last 3rd erstwhile playing distant from location past term, and their deficiency of attacking intent successful gameweek 1 of 2026-27 was besides concerning up of a hard 2nd league fixture.

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