Europa League betting and spectator preview: Basel and Anorthosis meet at St. Jakob-Park to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It's no vacation for neither Basel nor Anorthosis 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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Anorthosis have to travel 3300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Basel form and stats
Basel have reached this Europa League stage through battling and winning against Osijek. Basel participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Basel have played 1 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Basel are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row. The home fans are hungry for more even though Basel have been steadily collecting points here at St. Jakob-Park through three straight draws.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Basel, who played 2-2 against Vaduz. That match was also played at this venue (St. Jakob-Park). In the game before, an away victory in the Europa League match versus Osijek with a 2-1 scoreline.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Basel home games with this odds we find twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, three draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Basel as they are travelling to their away game against Servette in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Basel at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Anorthosis form and stats
Anorthosis was sent out of Europa League in the 1st qualifying round last season, when Laci turned out to be too strong.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Anorthosis playing as the away team in the 1. Division this season.
Anorthosis failed to get anything from their last game, a 1. Division home match vs Apollon that ended with defeat 1-3. A draw for Anorthosis before that, at their own venue hosting Omonia Nicosia (1-1).
You'll want to know how Anorthosis managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in one away win, zero draws and zero home wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Anorthosis manager T. Ketsbaia as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Ethnikos Achna.
1 goal so far away for Anorthosis, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
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| Basel | Anorthosis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 52 | 29 | Scored | S | 13 | 40 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 18% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 318 | 182 | Total Shots | T S | 60 | 207 | ||
| 123 | 78 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 101 | ||
| 42% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lausanne Sport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Lugano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Basel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Vaduz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Luzern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Servette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Zurich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Sion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Apollon | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | AEL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Omonia Nicosia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Doxa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Anorthosis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | APOEL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Nea Salamis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Ermis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -7 | 3 |
| 12 | Paphos | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | Karmiotissa | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Enosis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 0 |