The league table in Super League tells a story about these teams so far, with Basel leading Sion by 16 points. Match preview to follow:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Basel form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 9 Super League games here at St. Jakob-Park for Basel, who have the the best goal difference (+25) in Super League,. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Two home wins in a row for Basel bring valid hopes of a third.
The Basel goalkeeper Jonas Omlin is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal.
Basel's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Sion (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Basel won a home game hosting Young Boys (3-0).
As mentioned above, Basel "killed" Sion in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Basel are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found twelve matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W7-D3-L2.
Goals are plentiful at St. Jakob-Park in the league this season as Basel has scored 24 goals here in 9 home games. From these home matches, Basel have conceded only 6 goals.
Sion form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (18) away in Super League, on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. Bitter travels for Sion as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Neuchatel Xamax match.
Two away games in a row for Sion, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Basel in the Super League. Before that, Sion secured a home win against Thun with the score 2-1.
Sion lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sion played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 6 times.
Sion have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Sion have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Basel - Sion 4-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Basel won 9 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Sion has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 8 / 2Top Goalscorers
  K. Ademi 8 goals |  Arthur Cabral 7 goals |   P. Kasami 7 goals |
Basel missing players
Sion missing players
| Basel | Sion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 40 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 34 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 82% |
| 76% | 89% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 76% |
| 41% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 47% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 24% |
| 53% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 71% |
| 41% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 18% |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 242 | 139 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 79 | 176 |
| 98 | 62 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 31 | 65 |
| 41% | 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | 37% |
- All of Basel's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Basel has the fewest conceded goals (15)
- Basel has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
- Basel has the the best goal difference (+18) at home
- Basel has the the best goal difference (+25)
- Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Basel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Basel have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sion have scored away.
- Basel have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sion has the most conceded goals (18) away
- Sion has the most matches over the total-line (13)
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Basel | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 36 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Zürich | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 27 |
| 5 | Servette | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | Lugano | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Sion | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 20 |
| 8 | Luzern | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 15 |
| 9 | Neuchatel Xamax | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 13 |
| 10 | Thun | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 9 |