The league table in Super League tells a story about these teams so far, with Basel leading Neuchâtel Xamax by 24 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither Basel nor Neuchâtel Xamax as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Neuchâtel Xamax's home stadium. The visitors last 32 games on grass have ended in 9 wins, 12 draws and 11 losses.
Basel form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at St. Jakob-Park as Basel, who have the the best goal difference (+25) in Super League, have scored 29 goals to get 26 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 8-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager M. Koller led his Basel to a defeat in the Super League match away at Lugano. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St. Jakob-Park. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Sion.
Basel are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Sion awaits in four days.
The Basel manager M. Koller has got the team scoring with 29 from 13 home games in the league. From these home matches, Basel have conceded only 11 goals.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
Neuchâtel Xamax have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Super League, after 2-7-4 (13 played). Three has not been a lucky number for Neuchâtel as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Thun match.
Neuchâtel Xamax failed to get anything from their last game, a Super League home match vs St. Gallen (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 0-6 defeat away at Young Boys before that.
After this away game Neuchâtel return home for a Super League game against Zürich. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Neuchâtel have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 15 goals have been scored. Neuchâtel have conceded 26 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Basel and Neuchâtel Xamax have met before this season: Neuchâtel Xamax - Basel 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Basel six wins, four draws and Neuchâtel Xamax zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 10 goals |   R. Nuzzolo 10 goals | K. Ademi 9 goals |
Basel missing players
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
| Basel | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 54 | 29 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 29 |
| 29 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | 49 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 92% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 81% |
| 74% | 77% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 54% | 56% |
| 33% | 38% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 46% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 23% | 15% |
| 56% | 54% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 77% | 70% |
| 33% | 38% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 7% |
| 15% | 8% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 15% | 22% |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 9.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 362 | 191 | 86 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 125 | 308 |
| 141 | 80 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 47 | 106 |
| 38% | 36% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 32% | 27% |
- Basel has the most scored goals in the second half (33)
- Basel has the the best goal difference (+25)
- Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Basel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
- Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Gallen | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 54 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 52 |
| 3 | Basel | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 54 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 46 |
| 4 | Servette | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 43 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 41 |
| 5 | Luzern | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 38 |
| 6 | Zürich | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 51 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -14 | 38 |
| 7 | Lugano | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -1 | 33 |
| 8 | Thun | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -23 | 25 |
| 9 | Sion | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -18 | 24 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 26 | -20 | 22 |