Basel and Zürich are both thriving in the Super League with their 2nd and 1st spots respectively. Let's hope for a grand match!
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (37) in Super League
- Zürich have the most scored goals (69) in Super League
Both sides have had adequate rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's wish for an active game!
Basel form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Basel at their home stadium (St. Jakob-Park) is 7 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Heinz Lindner not having conceded a league goal in 205 minutes.
The Basel fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Luzern and win 3-0. Basel goalkeeper Lindner did an outstanding job against Luzern with nine saves, so vital to securing the victory. Lindner, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 9.51 out of 10 in that game. Lindner saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Basel played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Sion.This is expected to be a close game, with Basel perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Basel as a small favourite), we find five games. Basel has won four of these, drawn one and lost zero.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (36 in 15 games), Basel's attacking play is working. Basel have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Zürich form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 3 draws and only 3 losses in the Super League.
Impressive finishing from Aliti, Rohner, Ceesay and Aiyegun (2) secured the home win 5-1 against Sion in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Zürich was very dominant against Sion, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Aliti, Rohner, Ceesay and Aiyegun (2) providing the goals. Zürich goalie Brecher was high and low in the Sion game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Doumbia got a match rating of 8.54 in that game, top player of the team. Doumbia served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).
Before that, Zürich secured a home win against Young Boys with the score 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Zürich playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Zürich wins, three draws and one defeat.
The travelling fans enjoy Zürich's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 15 league matches away. Zürich have conceded 20 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have fought before this season: Zürich - Basel 4-2. Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): Basel won four games, one match ended in a draw and Zürich managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  A. Marchesano 12 goals |  A. Ceesay 10 goals | D. Gnonto 9 goals |
Basel missing players
Zürich missing players
| Basel | Zürich | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 15 | 31 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 67 | 36 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 28 | 69 |
| 37 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 38 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 84% |
| 58% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 68% |
| 48% | 47% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 47% | 48% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 19% |
| 65% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 61% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| 6% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 13% | 10% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 14.7 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.8 | 12.5 |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| 39% | 37% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 33% | 38% |
| 12.4 | 12.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.3 | 10.8 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
- 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 at home.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (16) at home in Super League
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (37) in Super League
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) in Super League
- Basel have the most clean sheets (10) in Super League
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Zürich have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (18) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Super League
- Zürich have the most points (30) away in Super League
- Zürich have the most points from losing position (18) in Super League
- Zürich have the most scored goals (69) in Super League
- Zürich have the the best goal difference (+31) in Super League
- Zürich 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 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 69 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 31 | 69 |
| 2 | Basel | 31 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 67 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 30 | 56 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 68 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 25 | 50 |
| 4 | Lugano | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 41 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 46 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 54 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Servette | 31 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 45 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 33 | -10 | 41 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | -1 | 35 |
| 8 | Sion | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 58 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 40 | -20 | 34 |
| 9 | Luzern | 31 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | -22 | 27 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 31 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 34 | 65 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -31 | 20 |
