Can Basel beat Thun in St. Jakob-Park clash?

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Date: Sat 19.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Jakob-Park (38512 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Basel leading Thun by 17 points.

Basel and Thun 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.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Thun's home stadium. The visitors last 36 games on grass have ended in 16 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses.

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Basel form and stats

Overall Super League stats at home this season for Basel, who have the most scored goals (24) in Super League, are 4-0-1 (wins-draw-losses). After failing to beat St. Gallen here at St. Jakob-Park, Basel has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Basel drew their last game, 0-0 away at St. Gallen (placed 3rd). Before that, Basel played out a Europa League draw 2-2 when visiting Trabzonspor.

Basel are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games). From these home matches, Basel have conceded only 4 goals.

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Thun form and stats

As the visiting team in Super League matches, Thun, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Super League, have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Thun are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Thun failed to get anything from their last game, a Super League home match vs Luzern (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-2. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against St. Gallen wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

Thun are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. In the opposite end, Thun have conceded 6 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Thun - Basel 2-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 8 wins for Basel, 1 draw and 1 win for Thun. Over 2,5 goals: 8 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

K. Ademi
6 goals
V. Stocker
3 goals / 3 assists
Arthur Cabral
3 goals

Basel missing players

Thun missing players

Basel Thun
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 4 10
7 4 2 Won W 0 1 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 1 0 Lost L 1 2 6
24 13 6 Scored S 0 2 7
8 4 1 Conceded C 4 6 19
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 90%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 80%
80% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 25% 40%
40% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
60% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 30%
40% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 20%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 60%
 
3.9 4.4 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.8 4.5
5.9 5.8 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 7.2 4.7
2.1 1.6 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of Basel's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • 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 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Basel
All Champions League Uhren Cup Swiss Cup Europa League Club Friendlies Super League
All Home Away
22-09-19 SL Young Boys 1 - 1 Basel
25-09-19 SL Basel 4 - 0 Zurich
29-09-19 SL Basel 3 - 0 Luzern
03-10-19 EL Trabzonspor 2 - 2 Basel
06-10-19 SL St. Gallen 0 - 0 Basel
19-10-19 SL Basel 17:00 Thun
24-10-19 EL Getafe 19:00 Basel
27-10-19 SL Zurich 15:00 Basel
30-10-19 SC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 19:15 Basel
03-11-19 SL Basel 15:00 Neuchâtel Xamax
Thun
All Swiss Cup Europa League Club Friendlies Super League
All Home Away
15-09-19 SC Stade Nyonnais 0 - 1 Thun
22-09-19 SL Zurich 2 - 0 Thun
25-09-19 SL Thun 1 - 1 Young Boys
28-09-19 SL St. Gallen 4 - 0 Thun
05-10-19 SL Thun 0 - 2 Luzern
19-10-19 SL Basel 17:00 Thun
27-10-19 SL Young Boys 15:00 Thun
30-10-19 SC Winterthur 18:30 Thun
02-11-19 SL Thun 18:00 Zurich
09-11-19 SL Neuchâtel Xamax 18:00 Thun

  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 10 7 2 1 24 8 5 4 0 1 13 4 5 3 2 0 11 4 16 23
2 Young Boys 10 6 4 0 22 9 5 3 2 0 11 4 5 3 2 0 11 5 13 22
3 St. Gallen 10 5 2 3 18 13 6 3 1 2 12 8 4 2 1 1 6 5 5 17
4 Sion 10 5 1 4 15 14 5 2 0 3 8 10 5 3 1 1 7 4 1 16
5 Luzern 10 3 3 4 9 11 4 1 2 1 3 4 6 2 1 3 6 7 -2 12
6 Servette 10 2 5 3 12 12 5 1 3 1 3 3 5 1 2 2 9 9 0 11
7 Zürich 10 3 2 5 8 22 5 2 1 2 6 11 5 1 1 3 2 11 -14 11
8 Lugano 10 2 3 5 10 11 4 0 2 2 1 3 6 2 1 3 9 8 -1 9
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 10 1 5 4 11 17 5 0 2 3 4 10 5 1 3 1 7 7 -6 8
10 Thun 10 1 3 6 7 19 6 0 2 4 5 13 4 1 1 2 2 6 -12 6

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