The visiting Basel side should be favourites in this visit to St. Gallen, as the away team holds a 20 point advantage from their 30 league games this season.
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!
St. Gallen form and stats
The story so far for St. Gallen at their home stadium (Kybunpark) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.St. Gallen's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Luzern. Preceding that game was the away draw at Thun that finished 0-0.
A decent goal production from St. Gallen in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 15 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the St. Gallen defense is not exactly impregnable. 28 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Basel form and stats
As the visiting team Basel have produced an overall stat of 8-5-2 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Basel as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games. Basel are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.Basel play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Sion. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Grasshopper.
The travelling fans enjoy Basel's attacking play in away games, having scored 29 goals in 15 away matches. Basel have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Basel - St. Gallen 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): St. Gallen 3 wins, 1 draw and Basel 6 victories.Top Goalscorers
 
A. Ajeti
12 goals / 4 assists
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R. van Wolfswinkel
11 goals / 4 assists
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V. Sierro
10 goals / 2 assists
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St. Gallen missing players
Basel missing players
| St. Gallen | Basel | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | Played | 15 | 30 |
| 41 | 26 | Scored | 29 | 55 |
| 51 | 28 | Conceded | 20 | 39 |
| 90% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 97% |
| 80% | 87% | Over 1.5 | 93% | 90% |
| 67% | 80% | Over 2.5 | 53% | 53% |
| 43% | 60% | Over 3.5 | 40% | 40% |
| 23% | 33% | Over 4.5 | 13% | 17% |
| 63% | 73% | Both teams to score | 67% | 73% |
| 20% | 13% | Clean Sheet | 33% | 27% |
| 27% | 20% | Failed To Score | 0% | 3% |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | 6.7 | 7 |
| 4 | 2.8 | Corners Against (avg) | 4 | 4.2 |
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 4 |
- Basel hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
- St. Gallen is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
- Basel has scored in all of their 15 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 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 55 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 56 |
| 3 | Thun | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 40 |
| 4 | Lugano | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 37 |
| 5 | Sion | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 27 | -2 | 37 |
| 6 | Luzern | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 44 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | -8 | 37 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 36 |
| 8 | Zürich | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | -8 | 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 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 53 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -26 | 23 |
