 However ahead of the 2012–13 season, Mehmeti was expected to be loaned out to get first team football.On 30 August 2012, Mehmeti moved on loan to Novara in exchange for Italian winger Luigi Giorgi.He made his Novara debut, coming on as 63rd minutes substitute, and set up the club’s second goal of the game for Pablo González, in a 2–2 draw against Empoli on 1 September 2012.