The first leg ended Basel-Crusaders 2-0. All is set for the decider in this Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round fixture!
These teams have little in common geographically as Basel have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Basel could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super League game only four sleeps ago.
Crusaders form and stats
Action has already taken place for Crusaders in Europa Conference League as they have defeated Magpies to reach the 2nd Qualifying Round.On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, Crusaders has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
The followers hope that Crusaders will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the Europa Conference League fixture against Basel. Kennedy, who usually features in attack, was the top player for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 7.2 (out of 10). Kennedy hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 31 successful passes (of 35 total).
Basel form and stats
Basel was sent out of Europa Conference League in the 8th finals last season, when Olympique Marseille turned out to be too strong.0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Basel playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Basel played 1-1 against Servette in their previous match. Midfielder Millar was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Millar hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Basel has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Crusaders and Basel have played each other previously this season: Basel - Crusaders 2-0.Top Goalscorers
  W. Burger 1 goals |  D. Ndoye 1 goals |
Crusaders missing players
Basel missing players
| Crusaders | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 43 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 70% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 38% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 39% | ||
| 7.7 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Servette | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 6 | Basel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Luzern | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Winterthur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Zurich | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 10 | Lugano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
