Basel have delivered well so far this season, proven by 3rd place in the table. St. Gallen can look both up and down from the 5th spot.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Super League
- St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Basel and St. Gallen.
Basel form and stats
5 victories, 5 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Basel have to build on here at St. Jakob-Park in the Super League.
Basel faced defeat in their previous match, away at Zürich (2-4). Millar, who plays in attack, was the champion performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.42 (out of 10). Millar hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that, Basel had a home game versus Lausanne Sport which ended with a victory 3-0.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 seven games) they have won four times, drawn one 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.
Basel can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 27 times. Basel have conceded 12 in these home matches.
St. Gallen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats. Momentum is building for Gallen in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
268 minutes! That's how long the St. Gallen goalkeeper Lawrence Ati-Zigi and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
St. Gallen are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the fixture against Grasshopper (placed 7th). Ruiz got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, top player of the team. Ruiz hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Lugano with the score of 2-0.We have checked recent matches where Gallen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, two draws and two defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as St. Gallen are hosting Sion in the Super League only three days away.
Gallen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. For St. Gallen, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Basel and St. Gallen have faced each other earlier this season: Basel - St. Gallen 0-1. Basel-St. Gallen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Basel four wins, St. Gallen four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Duah 9 goals |   L. Millar 5 goals | J. Guillemenot 5 goals |
Basel missing players
St. Gallen missing players
| Basel | St. Gallen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 50 | 27 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 17 | 39 |
| 29 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 24 | 44 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 57% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 65% |
| 48% | 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 22% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 70% | 73% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 70% |
| 26% | 18% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 13% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 12.2 | 13.9 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.2 | 12 |
| 5.3 | 6.4 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 41% | 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 30% | 34% |
| 12.5 | 11.5 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11 | 11.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
- Basel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Super League
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zürich | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 53 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 26 | 43 |
| 3 | Basel | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 50 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 40 |
| 4 | Lugano | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 36 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -5 | 29 |
| 6 | Servette | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -7 | 29 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 27 |
| 8 | Sion | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 31 | -12 | 26 |
| 9 | Luzern | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 22 | -18 | 18 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -30 | 12 |
