Basel are set for a new challenge after their 3-3 versus Servette in the previous match. Grasshopper are coming to play!
- Basel have the fewest matches over the total-line (15) in Super League
- Grasshopper have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) in Super League
Basel are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Grasshopper is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
It's no vacation for neither Basel nor Grasshopper 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.
Basel form and stats
5 victories, 8 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Basel have to build on here at St. Jakob-Park in the Super League.
Basel travelled for their previous game, a trip to Servette that ended 3-3. A goal frenzy last time out for Basel, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Servette. Fun stuff to watch! The attacker Amdouni was declared "man of the match" for Basel with a rating of 8.3/10. Amdouni scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).
In the match before that, Basel hosted Lugano and drew the game 1-1.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 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 4 games).
The Basel fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Basel's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Grasshopper form and stats
There's been little loot from Grasshopper's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 17 away games in the Super League. Grasshopper only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 5 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Grasshopper are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Grasshopper's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus St. Gallen that finished 2-2. The draw against St. Gallen came from a losing position. The Grasshopper manager Contini brought on Ndenge as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Ndenge was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.85. Ndenge scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Zürich's place.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Grasshopper when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 10 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 5 and winning 1 game.
Observe that 10 of this club's 12 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.
The visiting Grasshopper have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 17 games. Grasshopper's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 32 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The latest reported result between these teams is the Grasshopper - Basel 1-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Basel five wins, three draws and Grasshopper two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Zeqiri 11 goals |  M. Amdouni 10 goals |  H. Kawabe 9 goals |
Basel missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| Basel | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 17 | 35 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 48 | 24 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 20 | 55 |
| 49 | 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 32 | 61 |
| 89% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 89% |
| 43% | 35% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 59% | 69% |
| 34% | 35% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 37% |
| 20% | 18% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 60% | 59% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 82% | 80% |
| 20% | 24% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 31% | 35% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 9% |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 6 | 6.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12.6 | 13.9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.6 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 27% | 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 32% | 36% |
| 11.7 | 9.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.8 | 16.4 |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
- Basel have the fewest matches over the total-line (15) in Super League
- Basel have the most matches under the total-line (20) in Super League
- Grasshopper have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Grasshopper have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Super League
- Grasshopper have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Super League
- Grasshopper have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) in Super League
- Grasshopper have the most matches over the total-line (24) in Super League
- Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 80 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 51 | 71 |
| 2 | Servette | 35 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 52 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 4 | 55 |
| 3 | Lugano | 35 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 45 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 54 |
| 4 | Luzern | 35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 5 | 50 |
| 5 | Basel | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 48 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 29 | -1 | 44 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 55 | 61 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -6 | 44 |
| 7 | Zürich | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 52 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -13 | 44 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 35 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 62 | 52 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 42 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 35 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 64 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -33 | 32 |
| 10 | Sion | 35 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 41 | 69 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 32 | -28 | 31 |
