Sion will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 16 points behind Basel.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sion form and stats
Sion have played 14 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).Sion manager M. Yakin and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Lugano in the Super League. Before that, Sion drew at home versus Luzern.
The Sion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 20 in 14 matches. 17 goals have been conceded.
Basel form and stats
The visitors are W7-D5-L2 on the road this term. In general it has been a productive period now for Basel as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. Basel are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.Basel delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Grasshopper in their previous match; a Super League game. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Lugano.
Basel are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 26 times in 14 away games so far. Basel have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Basel - Sion 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 0 Sion victories, 3 draws and 7 Basel wins.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ajeti 12 goals / 4 assists |  R. van Wolfswinkel 10 goals / 4 assists |   P. Kasami 8 goals / 5 assists |
Sion missing players
Basel missing players
| Sion | Basel | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | Played | 14 | 29 |
| 42 | 17 | Scored | 26 | 52 |
| 44 | 17 | Conceded | 20 | 39 |
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 97% |
| 82% | 77% | Over 1.5 | 93% | 90% |
| 71% | 69% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 52% |
| 39% | 23% | Over 3.5 | 43% | 41% |
| 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 14% | 17% |
| 71% | 54% | Both teams to score | 71% | 76% |
| 14% | 31% | Clean Sheet | 29% | 24% |
| 18% | 23% | Failed To Score | 0% | 3% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
- Basel hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
- Basel has scored in all of their 14 away matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 29 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 52 | 78 |
| 2 | Basel | 29 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 52 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 53 |
| 3 | Thun | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 39 |
| 4 | Sion | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 1 | 37 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 49 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -9 | 36 |
| 6 | Lugano | 29 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | -3 | 34 |
| 7 | Zürich | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -5 | 34 |
| 8 | Luzern | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 42 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | -9 | 34 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -19 | 29 |
| 10 | Grasshopper | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -26 | 22 |
