Basel host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League Round of 16 game. Slovan Bratislava will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Štadión Pasienky before the return leg in 7 days.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Basel form and stats
Last season, Basel's Europa Conference League journey ended in the 8th finals against Olympique Marseille.Basel have collected 17 points from their Super League home games so far after 4-5-2. This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in this competition.
A strong away win for Basel against Luzern the last match, as Frei were on target. Midfielder Frei was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Frei scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, a strong away victory at St. Gallen (after extra-time). A Swiss Cup match. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Basel have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as St. Gallen are coming to town in three days.
The Basel fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Slovan Bratislava form and stats
Bratislava's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the group stage.As the visiting team in Super Liga matches, Slovan Bratislava have produced an overall stat of 5-3-3 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
Slovan Bratislava go into this game after a win, the home game against Spartak Trnava that ended 4-1.
Before that match, 1-1 away against Samorin (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) in the Slovakia Cup.
After this away game Bratislava return home for a Super Liga game against Zilina. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Slovan Bratislava have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. 14 goals have been conceded by Bratislava in these games.
Head 2 Head
Slovan Bratislava - Basel 3-3 was the scoreline in these participants' previous H2H fixture, earlier this season. Last two meetings between these participants: Basel won zero, Slovan Bratislava triumphed in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less. One of the stars has been Čavrić with 2 goals scored against Basel in these 2 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Amdouni 6 goals |  A. Zeqiri 6 goals |   V. Weiss 6 goals |
Basel missing players
Slovan Bratislava missing players
| Basel | Slovan Bratislava | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Scored | S | 29 | 52 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 70% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 12% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.7 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 14.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.5 | ||
| 25% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 29% | ||
| 12 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 52 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 35 | 48 |
| 2 | Servette | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 35 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Lugano | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 5 | Basel | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Luzern | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 25 |
| 8 | Zurich | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 25 |
| 9 | Sion | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -14 | 23 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -22 | 23 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | DAC | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 48 |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 24 | 47 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Podbrezova | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | Zilina | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Banska Bystrica | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -3 | 31 |
| 7 | Ruzomberok | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Zlate Moravce | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 9 | Zemplin Michalovce | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 23 |
| 10 | Trencin | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -13 | 22 |
| 11 | Skalica | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 19 |
| 12 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -23 | 9 |
