Having a 8 point edge in the league table, Basel fans expect to see their beloved team win max points from this game vs Zürich.
- Basel have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in Super League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Basel form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Basel have managed 5 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games.
Basel are returning here after visiting Winterthur and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Adams, Males, Zeqiri and Amdouni scored the goal(s). The attacker Males was announced as "man of the match" for Basel with a rating of 9.04/10. Males scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Sion and winning 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Basel have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 8 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for Basel after this match as they are travelling to Fiorentina for a Europa Conference League game in only four days.
The Basel fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 15 league matches. Basel have conceded 17 in these home matches.
Zürich form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zürich so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-7 (win-draw-lose). Zürich has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Zürich delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Sion (placed 9th) in their previous fixture. Midfield player Džemaili was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.11/10. Džemaili scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-4 defeat away at Servette before that.Zürich are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 12 league fixtures.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Zürich as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. As for defending, Zürich rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 28 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Zürich - Basel 1-1 was the score in these teams' latest head to head match, played this season. Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Basel, three draws and four wins for Zürich. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Aiyegun 11 goals |   A. Zeqiri 9 goals | M. Amdouni 8 goals |
Basel missing players
Zürich missing players
| Basel | Zürich | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 43 | 23 | 12 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| 37 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 28 | 50 |
| 87% | 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 74% | 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 74% |
| 42% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 47% | 48% |
| 32% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 35% |
| 16% | 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 16% |
| 58% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 47% | 55% |
| 23% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 32% | 33% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 32% |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12.7 | 14.4 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 10.9 | 10.9 |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 27% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 28% |
| 11.1 | 9.4 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12 | 10.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
- Basel have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in Super League
- Basel have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Super League
- Zürich have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Zürich have the fewest dropped points from leading position (8) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals (13) away in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in Super League
| 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 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 75 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 49 | 64 |
| 2 | Lugano | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 46 |
| 3 | Luzern | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 45 |
| 4 | Servette | 31 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 40 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 28 | -3 | 45 |
| 5 | Basel | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 43 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 42 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -6 | 40 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 37 |
| 8 | Zürich | 31 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -18 | 34 |
| 9 | Sion | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 27 | -19 | 31 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -30 | 29 |
