It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa League 16th Finals meeting between Basel and APOEL. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Basel and APOEL.
It's quite the trip for APOEL when visiting Basel as the cities are 3300 kilometers apart.
Basel form and stats
Basel was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa League. Apollon was too strong.7 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Basel have to build on here at St. Jakob-Park in the Super League. 5W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Basel.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Basel, who played 2-2 against Servette. That match was also played at this venue (St. Jakob-Park). Before that match, a Europa League win away at APOEL.
Opportunity lost for Basel in the Servette match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Basel matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, one draw and one defeat (from three games).
There will be little rest for Basel after this match as they are travelling to Luzern for a Super League game in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 12 games), Basel's attacking play is working. Basel are not conceding a lot of goals here at St. Jakob-Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.
APOEL form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the play-offs, when Astana drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W3-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the 1. Division. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 3W-1D-3L. This is both home and away. APOEL seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two away games in a row for APOEL, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Paphos in the 1. Division. A 0-3 loss hosting Basel before that.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Omonia Nicosia in just one day.
APOEL have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. APOEL have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the APOEL - Basel 0-3 played earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  K. Ademi 8 goals |  F. Frei 7 goals |  A. Mendonça Cabral 7 goals |
Basel missing players
APOEL missing players
| Basel | APOEL | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 12 | 35 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 291 | 159 | Total Shots | T S | 130 | 314 | ||
| 110 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 109 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Gallen | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 45 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 45 |
| 3 | Basel | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 40 |
| 4 | Servette | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 37 |
| 5 | Zürich | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 32 |
| 6 | Luzern | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 31 |
| 7 | Lugano | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Sion | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 23 |
| 9 | Neuchatel Xamax | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 10 | Thun | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -23 | 19 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anorthosis | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | APOEL | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Apollon | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | AEL | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -2 | 28 |
| 7 | Paphos | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 27 |
| 8 | Nea Salamis | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 25 |
| 9 | Olympiakos | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Ethnikos Achna | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Enosis | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 19 |
| 12 | Doxa | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -28 | 11 |