Super League: Basel - St. Gallen preview and the hard facts

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Nachwuchs-Campus Basel Feld 1 (37994 seats)

Flashy St. Gallen arrive at Basel after their 1-1-result versus Grasshopper. Get out our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Super League

The hosts Basel saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Slovan Bratislava, was also a home game here at Nachwuchs-Campus Basel Feld 1. The away team is better rested.

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Basel form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Basel have to build on here at Nachwuchs-Campus Basel Feld 1 in the Super League.

The home fans saw a 2-2 draw vs Slovan Bratislava in the Europa Conference League last time out and are looking for a win here. Kade (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Kade served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Luzern and winning 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Basel handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats.

There will be little rest for Basel after this match as they are travelling to Slovan Bratislava for a Europa Conference League game in only four days.

The Basel fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Basel have conceded 13 goals.

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St. Gallen form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Gallen so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-7 (win-draw-lose).

St. Gallen's last game was the home draw against Grasshopper (1-1). Stergiou was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.3. The defender Stergiou won 8 of 14 duels.

The fixture earlier was the Swiss Cup-battle against Basel (after extra-time), a home defeat (1-2). We have checked recent matches where St. Gallen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Betting fact: Both sides have scored in 16 of this club's latest 20 league matches.

The St. Gallen manager Zeidler has got the team scoring on the road, with 23 away goals in 11 league matches. Gallen have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Basel have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (2-3-0) when facing St. Gallen.

St. Gallen - Basel 1-1 was the scoreline in these participants' latest head-to-head match, earlier this season. The ref showed his red card when these teams last met, and the recipient was Burger (Basel).

Top Goalscorers

St. GallenJ. Guillemenot
J. Guillemenot
8 goals
St. GallenL. Görtler
L. Görtler
7 goals
BaselM. Amdouni
M. Amdouni
6 goals

Basel missing players

St. Gallen missing players

Basel St. Gallen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 2 11 23
7 4 0 Won W 1 3 9
9 5 3 Drew D 1 1 6
7 2 0 Lost L 0 7 8
32 19 3 Scored S 6 23 45
27 13 3 Conceded C 5 23 34
83% 73% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
65% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 87%
43% 55% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 61%
39% 55% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 64% 39%
17% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 55% 30%
57% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 70%
26% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 17%
35% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 13%
 
6.4 6.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.2 5.5
4.8 3.5 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 4.8
2.6 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
13.7 15.9 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 18.5 14.3 15.7
5.7 6.1 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.6 6.2
24% 28% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 37% 31%
 
10.5 9 12 Shots against (avg) S A 16 11 11.9
3.7 3.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.5 5 5.4
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St. Gallen have the most conceded goals (23) away in Super League
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals (23) away in Super League
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Super League
  • St. Gallen 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 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

Read more about Super League

Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.