Super League match preview: Basel versus Sion

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 01.August
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: St. Jakob-Park (37994 seats)

It's game two of the Super League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Basel-Sion!

Basel and Sion 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.

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Basel form and stats

Last season, Basel's league statistics were 15 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Super League. Over these 36 matches they scored 60 goals and conceded 53. Playing at home last season Basel managed 9-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 21 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Basel, who won 2-0 against Grasshopper (placed 9th). Goalkeeper Heinz Lindner got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.52 out of ten. Lindner stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that, an away loss at Sion.

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Sion form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sion performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 14 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 58 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 25/32 goals scored/conceded.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super League home defeat versus Servette with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Birama Ndoye, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. Ndoye hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Basel.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Basel seven wins, one draw and Sion two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Basel missing players

Sion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Basel Sion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
11 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
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 15
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 14%
Basel Last season Sion
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
15 9   Won W   4 8
8 6   Drew D   6 14
13 3   Lost L   8 14
60 35   Scored S   25 48
53 21   Conceded C   32 58
94% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 92%
81% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 86%
61% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 58%
44% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 33%
22% 28%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 14%
58% 56%   BTTS BTTS   67% 64%
22% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 19%
25% 17%   Failed to Score F T   22% 25%
 
5.2 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4
5.9 6.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.6
1.9 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.8
2 1   Red cards R C   5 5
 
10.6 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 8.7
4.6 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.5
36% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Basel 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Zurich 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Young Boys 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
4 Servette 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 St. Gallen 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Luzern 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
7 Lausanne Sport 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Sion 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 Grasshopper 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
10 Lugano 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 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 Young Boys 36 25 9 2 74 29 18 14 3 1 38 14 18 11 6 1 36 15 45 84
2 Basel 36 15 8 13 60 53 18 9 6 3 35 21 18 6 2 10 25 32 7 53
3 Servette 36 14 8 14 45 56 18 6 7 5 28 29 18 8 1 9 17 27 -11 50
4 Lugano 36 12 13 11 40 42 18 7 4 7 19 20 18 5 9 4 21 22 -2 49
5 Luzern 36 12 10 14 62 59 18 7 7 4 36 23 18 5 3 10 26 36 3 46
6 Lausanne Sport 36 12 10 14 52 55 18 9 2 7 33 29 18 3 8 7 19 26 -3 46
7 St. Gallen 36 11 11 14 45 48 18 7 5 6 24 20 18 4 6 8 21 28 -3 44
8 Zurich 36 11 10 15 53 57 18 6 5 7 27 21 18 5 5 8 26 36 -4 43
9 Sion 36 8 14 14 48 58 18 4 8 6 23 26 18 4 6 8 25 32 -10 38
10 Vaduz 36 9 9 18 36 58 18 4 4 10 18 31 18 5 5 8 18 27 -22 36

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 Basel 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Zurich 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Young Boys 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
4 Servette 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 St. Gallen 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Luzern 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
7 Lausanne Sport 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Sion 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 Grasshopper 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
10 Lugano 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.