Struggling Sion will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Basel in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Basel has the most 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.
Sion form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Sion at their home stadium (Stade de Tourbillon) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for Sion, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Lausanne Sport away with the result 1-0. Gaetan Karlen found the net in that victory. Before that, Sion drew at home versus Lugano.
Sion are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Young Boys awaits in three days.
Sion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Sion are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade de Tourbillon in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Basel form and stats
3-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Basel in their Super League matches away. Momentum is building for Basel in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Home advantage was not enough for Basel in their previous game, as they lost their Super League-match, hosting Zurich, 1-4. Prior to that result Basel won their away game at Luzern. The scoreline was 2-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lugano in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Basel have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. As opposed to that, Basel have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Basel - Sion 4-2. Sion-Basel H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sion one win, Basel nine wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 7 goals |  P. Kasami 6 goals |   A. Grgic 4 goals |
Sion missing players
Basel missing players
| Sion | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 20 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 80% | 71% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 67% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 67% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 53% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 53% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 53% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 20% |
| 33% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 7.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 8.1 | 10.5 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 31% |
- Basel has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
- Basel has the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Super League
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| 3 | Basel | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Zurich | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Lugano | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Lausanne Sport | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Servette | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Sion | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | Luzern | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Vaduz | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -14 | 7 |