Thun fights Basel in Super League battle

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Date: Wed 22.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stockhorn Arena (10398 seats)

Thun will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 22 points behind Basel.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Basel have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 2-2-4 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.

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Thun form and stats

The story so far for Thun at their home stadium (Stockhorn Arena) is 6 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats.

Thun lost their last game at Zürich after a 0-3 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Thun won a home game hosting Lugano (1-0).

A decent goal production from Thun in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 17 matches. Thun have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Basel form and stats

The visitors are W9-D5-L3 on the road this term.

The supporters enjoyed Basel's previous game versus Luzern, a Super League 3-2 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Basel manager M. Koller faced defeat when travelling to Young Boys and losing 1-3.

Basel are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 33 times in 17 away games so far. As opposed to that, Basel have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Basel - Thun 3-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Thun won 1 game, 3 matches ended with a draw and Basel has 6 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

Top Goalscorers

D. Sorgić
15 goals / 4 assists
A. Ajeti
14 goals / 4 assists
R. van Wolfswinkel
13 goals / 4 assists

Thun missing players

Basel missing players

Thun Basel
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
34 17 4 Played 4 17 34
11 6 1 Won 3 9 18
10 8 2 Drew 1 5 11
13 3 1 Lost 0 3 5
55 26 4 Scored 9 33 65
56 22 6 Conceded 2 23 44
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 97%
91% 82% 75% Over 1.5 100% 94% 91%
62% 47% 25% Over 2.5 50% 59% 59%
44% 35% 25% Over 3.5 25% 41% 41%
24% 18% 25% Over 4.5 0% 12% 18%
76% 71% 75% BTTS 50% 65% 71%
18% 24% 25% Clean Sheets 50% 35% 29%
9% 12% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 3%
 
5 5.5 6.2 Corners For (avg) 7.2 6.3 6.6
5.3 4.6 5.8 Corners Against (avg) 6 4.5 4.5
2.1 2 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 1.9 2.1
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 3 5
Key stats this season:
  • Basel have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Thun
All Swiss Cup Club Friendlies Super League
All Home Away
14-04-19 SL Thun 0 - 0 St. Gallen
20-04-19 SL Grasshopper 1 - 1 Thun
23-04-19 SC Luzern 0 - 1 Thun
27-04-19 SL Luzern 3 - 1 Thun
05-05-19 SL Thun 0 - 2 Neuchâtel Xamax
11-05-19 SL Thun 1 - 0 Lugano
15-05-19 SL Zürich 3 - 0 Thun
19-05-19 SC Basel 12:00 Thun
22-05-19 SL Thun 18:00 Basel
25-05-19 SL Sion 17:00 Thun
Basel
All Champions League Uhren Cup Swiss Cup Europa League Club Friendlies Super League
All Home Away
19-04-19 SL Sion 0 - 3 Basel
25-04-19 SC Zürich 1 - 3 Basel
28-04-19 SL St. Gallen 0 - 3 Basel
04-05-19 SL Basel 3 - 0 Zürich
12-05-19 SL Young Boys 3 - 1 Basel
15-05-19 SL Basel 3 - 2 Luzern
19-05-19 SC Basel 12:00 Thun
22-05-19 SL Thun 18:00 Basel
25-05-19 SL Basel 17:00 Neuchâtel Xamax
13-07-19 CF Basel 18:15 Stuttgart

  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 34 28 4 2 94 32 17 15 1 1 53 17 17 13 3 1 41 15 62 88
2 Basel 34 18 11 5 65 44 17 9 6 2 32 21 17 9 5 3 33 23 21 65
3 Lugano 34 10 14 10 46 45 17 6 7 4 23 22 17 4 7 6 23 23 1 44
4 Thun 34 11 10 13 55 56 17 6 8 3 26 22 17 5 2 10 29 34 -1 43
5 Zürich 34 11 10 13 42 48 17 7 6 4 20 14 17 4 4 9 22 34 -6 43
6 St. Gallen 34 12 6 16 44 56 17 7 2 8 28 32 17 5 4 8 16 24 -12 42
7 Sion 34 11 7 16 47 54 17 6 4 7 21 24 17 5 3 9 26 30 -7 40
8 Luzern 33 12 4 17 49 57 16 5 1 10 22 32 17 7 3 7 27 25 -8 40
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 34 9 9 16 42 60 17 5 4 8 25 33 17 4 5 8 17 27 -18 36
10 Grasshopper 33 5 9 19 29 61 17 4 3 10 16 30 16 1 6 9 13 31 -32 24

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