Super League news and guide: Basel moderate favoured to subdue Servette

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 24.July
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: St. Jakob-Park (37994 seats)

It's the second window of opportunity for points this campaign as Basel and Servette cross swords at St. Jakob-Park.

Basel and Servette should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

D W W W W

Basel form and stats

Last season, Basel's league statistics were 15 wins, 17 draws and 4 losses, resulting in 2nd place in the Super League. Over these 36 matches they scored 70 goals and conceded 41. Appearing at home in the previous season Basel generated 8-8-2 (win-draw-lost) with 39 goals and 20 conceded.

The home team returns to St. Jakob-Park after drawing with Winterthur (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Ndoye (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Ndoye hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Lugano.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Basel have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

W L W W W

Servette form and stats

Let's have a look at how Servette performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 8 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 66 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 10 with 25/40 goals scored/conceded.

Servette won their last game, 1-0 versus St. Gallen played at home. Attacker Rodelin got a player rating of 7.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Rodelin scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Sion.

Servette are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

Head 2 Head

Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Basel, four draws and two wins for Servette. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

BaselW. Burger
W. Burger
1 goals
ServetteR. Rodelin
R. Rodelin
1 goals

Basel missing players

Servette missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Basel Servette
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
11 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
7 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 12
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Basel Last season Servette
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
15 8   Won W   5 12
17 8   Drew D   3 8
4 2   Lost L   10 16
70 39   Scored S   25 50
41 20   Conceded C   40 66
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
86% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 83%
53% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   72% 61%
42% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 39%
17% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   28% 25%
61% 67%   BTTS BTTS   67% 61%
33% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 17%
14% 11%   Failed to Score F T   22% 25%
 
5.1 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.7
5.2 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.6
2.4 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
4 2   Red cards R C   4 6
 
12.3 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   11 11.6
5.3 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.1
37% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 34%
 
12.1 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   11.8 10.8
4.5 4.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 5

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Sion 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Servette 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Basel 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Winterthur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Luzern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lugano 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 St. Gallen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
10 Zurich 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season 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 36 23 7 6 78 46 18 12 4 2 45 23 18 11 3 4 33 23 32 76
2 Basel 36 15 17 4 70 41 18 8 8 2 39 20 18 7 9 2 31 21 29 62
3 Young Boys 36 16 12 8 80 50 18 11 5 2 41 21 18 5 7 6 39 29 30 60
4 Lugano 36 16 6 14 50 54 18 10 3 5 27 24 18 6 3 9 23 30 -4 54
5 St. Gallen 36 14 8 14 68 63 18 7 7 4 36 27 18 7 1 10 32 36 5 50
6 Servette 36 12 8 16 50 66 18 7 5 6 25 26 18 5 3 10 25 40 -16 44
7 Sion 36 11 8 17 46 67 18 6 4 8 21 26 18 5 4 9 25 41 -21 41
8 Grasshopper 36 9 13 14 54 58 18 5 6 7 33 34 18 4 7 7 21 24 -4 40
9 Luzern 36 9 13 14 52 64 18 6 4 8 27 29 18 3 9 6 25 35 -12 40
10 Lausanne Sport 36 4 10 22 37 76 18 3 5 10 23 38 18 1 5 12 14 38 -39 22

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Sion 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Servette 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Basel 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Winterthur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Luzern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lugano 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 St. Gallen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
10 Zurich 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

More from Switzerland - Super League

Read more about Super League

Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.