In total; 25 fixtures are played and Basel are 5 points ahead of Winterthur. What happens today?
- Basel have the most points from losing position (11) in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (22) in Super League
This should be an exciting match with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Basel form and stats
The overall Super League stats playing at home this season for Basel are 4-6-2 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
In their previous game, the manager Vogel led his Basel to a defeat away at Young Boys. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St. Jakob-Park. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated in five league games. Basel's goalkeeper Hitz was extremely busy against Young Boys, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves. The goalie Hitz was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.94 out of ten. Hitz saved a penalty.
In the match before, 2-2 away to Slovan Bratislava (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties) (Europa Conference League).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Young Boys are coming to town in three days.
A decent goal production from Basel in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 12 league matches. Basel have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Winterthur form and stats
There's been little loot from Winterthur's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 12 away games in the Super League. Winterthur only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.
Holenstein scored in Winterthur's previous match, the home game against St. Gallen that ended 1-0. Yippee; their first win in the league after six rounds not winning. Holenstein came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against St. Gallen last time out, making the manager Berner feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player Holenstein was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.82/10. Holenstein scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Grasshopper before that.Take note! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 11 league fixtures.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Winterthur as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. Winterthur have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the match result Basel - Winterthur 3-1 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Basel six wins, one draw and Winterthur one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Zeqiri 7 goals |  M. Amdouni 6 goals |  S. Ramizi 5 goals |
Basel missing players
Winterthur missing players
| Basel | Winterthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 33 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 31 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 23 | 44 |
| 84% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 68% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 72% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 16% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 60% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 24% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 6 | 5.8 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 5.1 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 15.8 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.1 | 8.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 24% | 28% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 32% | 29% |
| 11.3 | 9.5 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 12.8 | 13 |
| 4 | 3.1 | 1.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
- Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Basel have the most points from losing position (11) in Super League
- Winterthur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Winterthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Winterthur have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest points (7) away in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (22) in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Super League
- Winterthur have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Super League
- Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in Super League
- Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Super League
- Winterthur have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 59 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 42 | 54 |
| 2 | Servette | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 30 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -1 | 36 |
| 3 | Lugano | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 35 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Luzern | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 33 |
| 6 | Basel | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -3 | 31 |
| 8 | Zurich | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -12 | 28 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -22 | 26 |
| 10 | Sion | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -19 | 23 |
