A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Basel fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Thun's 10th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This stadium uses grass, unlike Thun's home stadium. The visitors last 37 games on grass have ended in 14 wins, 5 draws and 18 losses.
Basel form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 10 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 2 losses.
A good away victory last time out for Basel, who won 4-0 against Zürich (placed 5th). Before that game, the home loss against St. Gallen with the scoreline 1-2.
As mentioned above, Basel "killed" Zürich in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Fabian Frei was absolutely essential when Basel beat Zürich 4-0, scoring three goals.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Basel home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, two draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.
Basel are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at St. Jakob-Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 25 goals in 10 matches. Basel have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Thun form and stats
There's been little loot from Thun's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Super League. Thun, who have the most conceded goals (45) in Super League, only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Thun's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The supporters enjoyed Thun's previous game versus Lugano (placed 7th), a Super League 3-2 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Servette's place.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Thun 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.
Thun find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. For Thun, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Basel - Thun 3-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Basel eight wins, one draw and Thun one victory. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Ademi 8 goals |  A. Mendonça Cabral 7 goals |  F. Frei 6 goals |
Basel missing players
Thun missing players
| Basel | Thun | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 46 | 25 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 76% | 90% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 62% |
| 38% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 24% |
| 52% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 38% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 43% |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.9 | 5.6 |
| 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 286 | 142 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 96 | 268 |
| 115 | 63 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 35 | 80 |
| 40% | 40% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 26% |
- All of Basel's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Basel has the most scored goals in the second half (28)
- 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 in all their home matches so far.
- Basel have scored more than double the goals of Thun.
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Thun has the fewest points (7) away
- Thun has the fewest scored goals (21)
- Thun has the most conceded goals (45)
- Thun has the most conceded goals in the second half (29)
- Thun has the the worst goal difference (-11) away
- Thun has the the worst goal difference (-24)
- Thun have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 21 | 44 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 44 |
| 3 | Basel | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 25 | 39 |
| 4 | Servette | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Zürich | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 31 |
| 6 | Luzern | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 27 |
| 7 | Lugano | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Sion | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -14 | 15 |
| 10 | Thun | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -24 | 15 |