With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Basel fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Servette.
- Basel has the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Super League
- Servette has the fewest scored goals (6) in Super League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Super League game only three days ago.
Basel form and stats
Basel have collected seven points from their first three Super League games here at St. Jakob-Park, a promising start. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at St. Jakob-Park.
Basel faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lugano (0-1). Before that, Basel had a home game versus Lausanne Sport which ended with a victory 2-1.
Heartbreak for Basel in their last match as Lugano's M. Bottani scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Basel's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won one match, drawn one and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sion are coming to town in four days.
Basel can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Servette form and stats
No Super League points yet away for Servette, from their first 3 matches. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Servette are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
The supporters enjoyed Servette's previous game versus Zurich (placed 5th), a Super League 2-1 win played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Luzern.
Late drama in the previous game, when Theo Valls scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Zurich.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Servette manager A. Geiger as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Vaduz.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Servette's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. As for defending, Servette rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Servette - Basel 1-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Basel five wins, two draws and Servette three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 4 goals |  V. Stocker 3 goals |   G. Kyei 3 goals |
Basel missing players
Servette missing players
| Basel | Servette | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 38% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 15.3 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 12 | 10.1 |
| 4.6 | 7 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 30% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 7% | 19% |
- All of Basel's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Basel has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Super League
- Basel has the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Super League
- Basel have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Basel have not yet lost a game at home.
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Servette has the fewest points (0) away in Super League
- Servette has the fewest scored goals (1) away in Super League
- Servette has the fewest scored goals (6) in Super League
- Servette has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Super League
- Servette have lost all their away matches so far.
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | Lugano | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Lausanne Sport | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Zurich | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Basel | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Luzern | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Servette | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 9 | Sion | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | Vaduz | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 6 |