The Basel & Zürich managers P. Rahmen and A. Breitenreiter are both afraid of and feeling excited about this vital match in the higher area of the Super League league table.
- Basel have the most scored goals (19) in Super League
- Zürich have the most points from losing position (8) in Super League
Basel have less rest than Zürich in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at St. Gallen, so at least Basel are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Basel form and stats
Basel, who have the most scored goals (19) in Super League, have collected seven points from their first three Super League games here at St. Jakob-Park, a promising start.
It's back home for Basel, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating St. Gallen away with the result 2-0. Arthur Cabral (2) found the net in that victory. Arthur Cabral, a natural forward, was the best performer for the side in that fixture, collecting a rating of 8.84 (out of 10). Cabral scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Rorschach.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Basel handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and two defeats.
It's goals goals goals for Basel who have scored 12 goals from 3 league home games. 3 goals have been conceded.
Zürich form and stats
Playing away, Zürich have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Super League this season.
Zürich delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Servette (placed 4th) in their previous match; a Super League game. Attacker Ante Ćorić got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Ćorić scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 22 successful passes (of 24 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Kriens.We have checked recent matches where Zürich have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were four victories, six draws and four defeats.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Zürich are regular goalscorers on their travels. The Zürich manager A. Breitenreiter has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Basel wins - draws - Zürich wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 10 goals |  S. Esposito 4 goals |   A. Marchesano 4 goals |
Basel missing players
Zürich missing players
| Basel | Zürich | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 14% |
| 5.4 | 6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.9 | 17 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 13.2 | 12.7 |
| 6.3 | 8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 38% |
- All of Basel's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Zürich's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Basel have not yet lost a game.
- Basel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Basel have scored in all their matches so far.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Super League
- Basel have the most scored goals (12) at home in Super League
- Basel have the most scored goals (19) in Super League
- Basel have the the best goal difference (+13) in Super League
- Basel have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Super League
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Basel is in the best form (3-3-0)
- Zürich have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Super League
- Zürich have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Super League
- Zürich have the most points from losing position (8) 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 | Basel | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | Zürich | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
| 4 | Servette | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Sion | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 6 | Lugano | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 9 | Luzern | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 3 |