All the facts and stats for the Europa League clash: Basel - Eintracht Frankfurt

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 19.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Jakob-Park (37994 seats)

Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League 8th Finals between Basel and Eintracht Frankfurt. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Basel form and stats

Basel was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa League. Apollon was too strong.

Basel have collected 23 points from their Super League home games so far after 7-2-3. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition.

Basel enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Eintracht Frankfurt's place. The match ended 3-0 with Samuele Campo, Kevin Bua and Fabian Frei scoring. Previous to that game, a Europa League home match hosting APOEL in a game that was won 1-0.

The Basel manager M. Koller has got the team scoring with 27 from 12 home games in the league. 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.

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Eintracht Frankfurt form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the semi-finals against Chelsea.

Eintracht Frankfurt have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 2-1-9 (12 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 9 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses both home and away. Three has not been a lucky number for Eintracht Frankfurt as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Augsburg match. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Eintracht Frankfurt have lost on their last two travels.

Eintracht Frankfurt failed to get anything from their last game, a Europa League home match vs Basel that ended with defeat 0-3. It was a Bundesliga defeat before that one as the away game against Bayer Leverkusen wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Eintracht Frankfurt as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. The Eintracht Frankfurt manager A. Hütter has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Eintracht Frankfurt - Basel 0-3, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

BaselK. Ademi
K. Ademi
8 goals
BaselF. Frei
F. Frei
7 goals
BaselA. Mendonça Cabral
A. Mendonça Cabral
7 goals

Basel missing players

Eintracht Frankfurt missing players

Basel Eintracht Frankfurt
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   12 25
13 7   Won W   3 9
2 2   Drew D   2 3
10 5   Lost L   7 13
40 21   Scored S   12 41
26 15   Conceded C   22 43
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 92%
56% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 76%
20% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 40%
8% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 20%
36% 43%   BTTS BTTS   67% 64%
40% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 12%
24% 21%   Failed to Score F T   33% 24%
 
5.2 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5 6.1
4.1 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.2
2.3 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
5 0   Red cards R C   3 4
 
291 156   Total Shots T S   138 345
111 63   Shots on Target S O   49 130
36% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 32%

  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 Zurich 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 Bayern München 25 17 4 4 73 26 13 9 2 2 38 11 12 8 2 2 35 15 47 55
2 Borussia Dortmund 25 15 6 4 68 33 12 9 3 0 41 10 13 6 3 4 27 23 35 51
3 RB Leipzig 25 14 8 3 62 26 12 7 4 1 32 13 13 7 4 2 30 13 36 50
4 Borussia M'gladbach 25 15 4 6 49 30 13 9 2 2 30 16 12 6 2 4 19 14 19 49
5 Bayer Leverkusen 25 14 5 6 45 30 13 7 4 2 25 13 12 7 1 4 20 17 15 47
6 Schalke 04 25 9 10 6 33 36 13 5 6 2 18 18 12 4 4 4 15 18 -3 37
7 Wolfsburg 25 9 9 7 34 30 13 4 6 3 16 13 12 5 3 4 18 17 4 36
8 Freiburg 25 10 6 9 34 35 12 6 2 4 16 14 13 4 4 5 18 21 -1 36
9 Hoffenheim 25 10 5 10 35 43 13 5 1 7 19 31 12 5 4 3 16 12 -8 35
10 Köln 25 10 2 13 39 45 12 6 1 5 20 16 13 4 1 8 19 29 -6 32
11 Union Berlin 25 9 3 13 32 41 12 6 1 5 18 16 13 3 2 8 14 25 -9 30
12 Eintracht Frankfurt 24 8 4 12 38 41 12 6 3 3 27 16 12 2 1 9 11 25 -3 28
13 Hertha BSC 25 7 7 11 32 48 13 3 3 7 14 28 12 4 4 4 18 20 -16 28
14 Augsburg 25 7 6 12 36 52 12 5 3 4 24 21 13 2 3 8 12 31 -16 27
15 Mainz 05 25 8 2 15 34 53 13 4 2 7 15 21 12 4 0 8 19 32 -19 26
16 Fortuna Dusseldorf 25 5 7 13 27 50 12 3 3 6 13 23 13 2 4 7 14 27 -23 22
17 Werder Bremen 24 4 6 14 27 55 11 1 2 8 8 26 13 3 4 6 19 29 -28 18
18 Paderborn 25 4 4 17 30 54 13 2 1 10 17 31 12 2 3 7 13 23 -24 16

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.