Basel vs Zürich betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: St. Jakob-Park (37994 seats)

Read up on this engrossing fixture in the Super League. Basel is in the 11th position after participating in four matches. They receive Zürich who are placed 1st after five matches.

Insights:
  • Basel have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Super League

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!

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Basel form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Basel's two home games in the Super League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at St. Jakob-Park.

Basel are returning here after guesting Saint-Blaise in a Swiss Cup game and winning with a 8-1 scoreline.

Before that game, the home loss against Lausanne Sport with the scoreline 1-2.

Basel has scored {6 goals} so far and conceded {4 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Zürich form and stats

Zürich are still undefeated on their travels in the Super League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

There were no winners in Zürich's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs St. Gallen (placed 4th). The attacker Okita got a match rating of 8.12 in that game. Okita scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.

Earlier, the Swiss Cup win away at Red Star Zurich.

Zürich have the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Basel-Zürich H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Basel three wins, Zürich four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

ZürichJ. Okita
J. Okita
4 goals
BaselF. Frei
F. Frei
3 goals

Basel missing players

Zürich missing players

Basel Zürich
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
8 6 0 Scored S 3 5 11
9 4 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 60%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 20%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5 5.6
5.8 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6 4.2
1.2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.5 15.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13 14.4
5.5 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.5 4.8
36% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 45% 46%
 
15.8 16 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.5 10.4
6.8 7.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 3.2
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Basel have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most clean sheets (3) in Super League
  • Zürich have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Super League
  • Zürich have the the best goal difference (+8) in Super League
  • Zürich is in the best form (3-2-0) in Super League
Basel Last season Zürich
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
11 6   Won W   5 10
14 8   Drew D   6 14
11 4   Lost L   7 12
51 27   Scored S   18 41
50 21   Conceded C   29 55
89% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 89%
78% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 78%
44% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 47%
36% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 33%
19% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 17%
61% 61%   BTTS BTTS   44% 56%
19% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   28% 28%
31% 33%   Failed to Score F T   33% 28%
 
5.4 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.3
5 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.5
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.7 3
7 5   Red cards R C   4 6
 
12.7 14   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 11.2
5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.8
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 30%
 
11.7 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 11
4.3 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 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 Zürich 5 3 2 0 11 3 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 8 11
2 Lugano 4 3 0 1 10 4 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 6 9
3 Young Boys 4 2 2 0 10 6 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 4 8
4 St. Gallen 5 2 2 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 8
5 Luzern 5 2 2 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 8
6 Winterthur 5 2 1 2 12 13 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 9 12 -1 7
7 Yverdon Sport 5 2 1 2 9 12 2 1 1 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 3 9 -3 7
8 Servette 5 1 3 1 8 9 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 6
9 Grasshopper 5 1 1 3 6 9 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 4
10 Lausanne Sport 5 1 1 3 7 11 3 0 1 2 4 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 -4 4
11 Basel 4 1 0 3 8 9 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 2 5 -1 3
12 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 4 0 1 3 2 9 3 0 1 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 -7 1

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.