Sports bettors believe Basel will beat Vaduz at St. Jakob-Park

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 20.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Jakob-Park (37994 seats)

It's ground zero in Super League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Basel and Vaduz did in their pre-season friendlies!

Basel have less rest than Vaduz in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Osijek, so at least Basel are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Basel form and stats

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 eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew two and lost two.

Basel have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Basel have scored 1 goal and conceded 5 times.

Last season, Basel's league statistics were 18 wins, 8 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Super League. Over these 36 matches they scored 74 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season Basel managed 11-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 42 goals and 17 conceded.

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Vaduz form and stats

You'll want to know how Vaduz managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in one away win, one draw and three home wins.

It's a day of discovery for Vaduz as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Vaduz have played five with the results W3-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Vaduz has scored 10 goals and conceded 9 times.

A job perfectly done for Vaduz last season as they secured promotion from Challenge League. With a grand total of 18 wins, 10 draws and 8 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Basel seven wins, three draws and Vaduz zero victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

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Basel Vaduz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Basel Last season Vaduz
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
18 11   Won W   7 18
8 4   Drew D   7 10
10 3   Lost L   4 8
74 42   Scored S   31 76
38 17   Conceded C   27 53
92% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
86% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 89%
69% 72%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   72% 75%
39% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 44%
17% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 31%
50% 50%   BTTS BTTS   78% 81%
39% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 11%
19% 11%   Failed to Score F T   11% 11%
 
4.9 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.6
4.2 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.6
2.4 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.2
7 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
481 267   Total Shots T S   178 388
189 111   Shots on Target S O   74 170
39% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 45%

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Lausanne Sport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Lugano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Luzern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Servette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 St. Gallen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Vaduz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Young Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Zurich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 36 23 7 6 80 41 18 16 2 0 51 15 18 7 5 6 29 26 39 76
2 St. Gallen 36 21 5 10 79 56 18 11 2 5 42 29 18 10 3 5 37 27 23 68
3 Basel 36 18 8 10 74 38 18 11 4 3 42 17 18 7 4 7 32 21 36 62
4 Servette 36 12 13 11 57 48 18 8 7 3 29 15 18 4 6 8 28 33 9 49
5 Lugano 36 11 14 11 46 46 18 6 8 4 18 17 18 5 6 7 28 29 0 47
6 Luzern 36 13 7 16 42 50 18 8 4 6 28 25 18 5 3 10 14 25 -8 46
7 Zurich 36 12 7 17 45 72 18 7 3 8 26 41 18 5 4 9 19 31 -27 43
8 Sion 36 10 9 17 40 55 18 4 6 8 22 28 18 6 3 9 18 27 -15 39
9 Thun 36 10 8 18 45 67 18 7 4 7 26 29 18 3 4 11 19 38 -22 38
10 Neuchatel Xamax 36 5 12 19 33 68 18 2 5 11 15 26 18 3 7 8 18 42 -35 27
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lausanne Sport 36 22 7 7 84 36 18 13 3 2 43 11 18 9 4 5 41 25 48 73
2 Vaduz 36 18 10 8 76 53 18 11 3 4 45 26 18 7 7 4 31 27 23 64
3 Grasshopper 36 17 10 9 69 52 18 10 3 5 40 26 18 7 7 4 29 26 17 61
4 Winterthur 36 15 10 11 55 56 18 8 4 6 27 30 18 7 6 5 28 26 -1 55
5 Kriens 36 16 6 14 58 59 18 10 4 4 38 24 18 6 2 10 20 35 -1 54
6 Wil 36 14 7 15 60 61 18 9 5 4 34 19 18 5 2 11 26 42 -1 49
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 36 11 9 16 47 64 18 7 4 7 27 26 18 4 5 9 20 38 -17 42
8 Aarau 36 10 11 15 65 80 18 5 7 6 40 38 18 5 4 9 25 42 -15 41
9 FC Schaffhausen 36 6 14 16 34 62 18 3 9 6 19 28 18 3 5 10 15 34 -28 32
10 Chiasso 36 5 8 23 44 69 18 4 4 10 22 29 18 1 4 13 22 40 -25 23

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Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.