Sion will hope that their home advantage is enough to get some points from this gruelling encounter, vs dynamic Basel.
- Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in Super League
- Basel have the the best goal difference (+27) in Super League
Sion and Basel should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sion form and stats
6-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Sion so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sion, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
A strong away win for Sion against Lugano the last match, as Karlen, Cavaré and Baltazar were on target. Midfield player Cavaré got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Cavaré scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to St. Gallen (0-3).Sion has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sion have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Basel form and stats
Playing away, Basel have won 7 games, drawn 6 and suffered 2 defeats in the Super League this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to St. Gallen (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. Midfield player Burger was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.81/10. Burger served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Young Boys.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Basel are regular goalscorers on their travels. 21 goals have been conceded by Basel in these games.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the contenders faced each other earlier this campaign; Basel - Sion 3-3. Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Sion won two games, two matches ended with a tie and Basel got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  F. Stojilkovic 8 goals |   L. Millar 7 goals |  S. Esposito 5 goals |
Sion missing players
Basel missing players
| Sion | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | 64 |
| 53 | 18 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 71% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 52% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 60% | 59% |
| 34% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 53% | 52% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | 21% |
| 62% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | 69% |
| 17% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 33% | 28% |
| 21% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 6.6 | 5.6 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.6 | 9.4 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 10.5 | 12.3 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 35% | 30% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 45% | 41% |
| 13.7 | 11.4 | 16.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 13.1 | 12.2 |
| 5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
- Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Basel have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) in Super League
- Basel have the most clean sheets (5) away in Super League
- Basel have the the best goal difference (+27) in Super League
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sion have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Super League
- Sion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in Super League
- Sion have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Super League
- Sion 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 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 26 | 63 |
| 2 | Basel | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 64 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 27 | 52 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 29 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 64 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 24 | 47 |
| 4 | Lugano | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 46 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 2 | 41 |
| 6 | Servette | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 51 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -7 | 41 |
| 7 | Sion | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 53 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 35 | -16 | 33 |
| 8 | Grasshopper | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Luzern | 29 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 29 | -20 | 24 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 29 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -32 | 17 |
