It's square one in Super League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how St. Gallen and Basel did in their pre-season training matches!
St. Gallen form and stats
Last season, St. Gallen's league stats were 11 wins, 12 draws and 13 losses, results that produced 6th position in the Super League. During these 36 matches they scored {66 goals} and gave away 52. Appearing as the home team in the previous season St. Gallen generated 8-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with {37 goals} and 21 conceded.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gallen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 6 and lost 3.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for St. Gallen, who have participated in four training matches. St. Gallen have won 3 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Basel form and stats
Let's have a look at how Basel performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 14 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded {50 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 24/29 goals scored/conceded.
We have checked recent matches where Basel have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 0 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting TBC in just four days.
It's a day of discovery for Basel as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Basel have played three with the results W1-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Basel has scored {3 goals} and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (St. Gallen wins - draws - Basel wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
St. Gallen missing players
Basel missing players
| St. Gallen | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Gallen | Last season | Basel | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 14 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 66 | 37 | Scored | S | 24 | 51 | ||
| 52 | 21 | Conceded | C | 29 | 50 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 89% | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 78% | ||
| 56% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 39% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 25% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 19% | ||
| 69% | 72% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 61% | ||
| 14% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 19% | ||
| 17% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 31% | ||
| 6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 7 | ||
| 16.4 | 18.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.7 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | ||
| 11.8 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 82 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 52 | 74 |
| 2 | Servette | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 53 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 58 |
| 3 | Lugano | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 59 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 57 |
| 4 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 50 |
| 5 | Basel | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 1 | 47 |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 66 | 52 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 45 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 56 | 64 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 35 | -8 | 44 |
| 8 | Zürich | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 55 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -14 | 44 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 66 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 34 | -34 | 32 |
| 10 | Sion | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 73 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 36 | -32 | 31 |
