A quick peek at the Super League standings shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but there's plenty more to learn about the fixture. Read our Basel - Grasshopper guide!
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Super League
- Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These are hectic days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the Super League. That game was an away game at Young Boys, so at least Basel are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Basel form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Basel have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games. The last three games played by Basel, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Basel drew their last game, 1-1 away at Young Boys (placed 4th). The Basel goalkeeper Lindner was crucial in the match against Young Boys last time out, making seven saves. Lindner, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.21 out of 10 in that game. Lindner saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with seven saves.
Before that, Basel played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Servette.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Basel handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and two defeats.
Goals decide football matches and Basel are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Basel have conceded only 7 goals.
Grasshopper form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Grasshopper playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Grasshopper delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Luzern (placed 10th) in their previous match; a Super League game. Midfield player Herc was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Herc served one assist, hit three key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at St. Gallen.We have checked recent matches where Grasshopper have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were zero victories, two draws and four defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Grasshopper's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Grasshopper have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the contenders played each other previously this season; Grasshopper - Basel 0-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (Basel wins - draws - Grasshopper wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 14 goals |   M. Sene 8 goals |  L. Bonatini Lohner Maia 5 goals |
Basel missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| Basel | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 36 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 30 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 53% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 14 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.1 | 10.7 |
| 5.7 | 6.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 37% | 35% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | 41% |
| 12.5 | 11.9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 11.2 | 10.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
- Basel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Super League
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Super League
- Basel have the the best goal difference (+19) in Super League
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Grasshopper have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zurich | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Basel | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Lugano | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 29 |
| 5 | Grasshopper | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Servette | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Sion | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 24 | -13 | 18 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -15 | 16 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 12 |
| 10 | Luzern | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 11 |