Super League preview: Can St. Gallen edge out victory against Basel?

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

Most experts are most impressed by St. Gallen so far this season, with their 3rd place in the Super League table and anticipating the visit of Basel (who are placed 5th).

Insights:
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Super League

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St. Gallen form and stats

St. Gallen have performed here at Kybunpark this season with 5 wins from 8 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

St. Gallen enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sion's place. The match ended 7-2 with Stillhart, Akolo, Görtler (2) and Lath scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Gallen played a great game against Sion and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Lath when beating Sion, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Midfielder Görtler was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.32 (out of ten) in that game. Görtler scored two goals, signed up for two assists and hit four key passes.

Before that game, a strong away win at Arbedo-Castione. A Swiss Cup match. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does St. Gallen handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats.

Betting people might want to know that 12 of the most recent 13 league games from these players have had goals from both sides.

The Gallen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, St. Gallen have conceded only 7 goals.

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Basel form and stats

Basel have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Super League, after 2-2-4 (8 played).

Basel lost away at Grasshopper (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfield player Frei was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Frei hit six key passes and had 61 successful passes (of 74 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Grasshopper wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Basel are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

Basel are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Basel have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head match ended Basel - Gallen 3-2, played this season. St. Gallen-Basel H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St. Gallen two wins, Basel five wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

St. GallenE. Latte Lath
E. Latte Lath
6 goals
St. GallenL. Görtler
L. Görtler
5 goals
St. GallenJ. Guillemenot
J. Guillemenot
4 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Basel missing players

St. Gallen Basel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 8 16
7 5 1 Won W 0 2 5
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 6
6 1 0 Lost L 1 4 5
33 15 5 Scored S 1 9 21
24 7 2 Conceded C 3 10 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 88% 75%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 62%
62% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 38%
38% 12% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 31%
38% 12% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 19%
75% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 31%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 44%
 
5.2 6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 6.4 6.4
4.6 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6 4.6
2.6 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.6
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
15.3 15.5 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 10.6 12.4
6.6 7 11.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.8 5.1
31% 27% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 26%
 
11.2 11.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 10.6 9.6
5.2 5.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 3.8
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of St. Gallen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • St. Gallen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • St. Gallen have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • St. Gallen have the most points from losing position (8) in Super League
  • St. Gallen have the most scored goals in the first half (20) 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 16 10 5 1 35 9 8 6 2 0 20 4 8 4 3 1 15 5 26 35
2 Servette 16 6 7 3 19 18 8 4 4 0 11 6 8 2 3 3 8 12 1 25
3 St. Gallen 16 7 3 6 33 24 8 5 2 1 15 7 8 2 1 5 18 17 9 24
4 Lugano 16 7 2 7 26 26 8 4 0 4 13 13 8 3 2 3 13 13 0 23
5 Basel 16 5 6 5 21 17 8 3 4 1 12 7 8 2 2 4 9 10 4 21
6 Luzern 16 5 5 6 24 24 8 2 3 3 11 12 8 3 2 3 13 12 0 20
7 Grasshopper 16 5 5 6 28 30 8 4 2 2 17 14 8 1 3 4 11 16 -2 20
8 Sion 16 5 5 6 22 28 8 2 2 4 9 17 8 3 3 2 13 11 -6 20
9 Winterthur 16 4 4 8 13 31 8 3 2 3 7 17 8 1 2 5 6 14 -18 16
10 Zurich 16 2 6 8 13 27 8 1 3 4 8 14 8 1 3 4 5 13 -14 12

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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.