The league table in Super League tells a story about these teams so far, with Basel leading Sion by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither Basel nor Sion 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
Basel, who have the the best goal difference (+24) in Super League, have played 12 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Basel, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Neuchâtel Xamax away with the result 2-1. Arthur and Valentin Stocker found the net in that victory. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Luzern.
Manager M. Koller felt very clever after Arthur scored the winning goal against Neuchâtel Xamax, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 59th minute.
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 ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew two and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Basel as they are travelling to their away game against Lugano in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Basel are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 12 league matches. Basel are not conceding a lot of goals here at St. Jakob-Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.
Sion form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sion so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
Sion's last game was the home draw against Servette (1-1). A loss against St. Gallen was the result prior to that, in a home game.
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 five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Luzern in just four days.
The attacking power of Sion when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. In the opposite end, Sion have conceded 21 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Basel - Sion 4-0, played this season. Basel-Sion H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Basel nine wins, Sion zero wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 9 goals |   P. Kasami 9 goals | K. Ademi 8 goals |
Basel missing players
Sion missing players
| Basel | Sion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 51 | 27 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 30 |
| 27 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 44 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 92% | 92% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 58% | 80% |
| 76% | 83% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 58% | 64% |
| 36% | 42% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | 32% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 16% |
| 56% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 42% | 72% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 16% |
| 16% | 8% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 42% | 20% |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 340 | 177 | 65 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 115 | 274 |
| 131 | 73 | 30 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 42 | 100 |
| 39% | 37% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 30% |
- Basel has the most scored goals in the second half (30)
- Basel has the the best goal difference (+24)
- 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 at home.
- Basel have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sion have scored away.
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sion is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Gallen | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 48 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 48 |
| 3 | Basel | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 43 |
| 4 | Servette | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Zürich | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -14 | 35 |
| 6 | Luzern | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 34 |
| 7 | Lugano | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Sion | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -14 | 24 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 20 | -13 | 22 |
| 10 | Thun | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -23 | 22 |