Struggling Thun 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.
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!
Thun's stadium, Stockhorn Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Basel have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Basel when playing on artifical turf; 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from ten matches. They have scored 17 goals in these games and conceded 21.
Relegation threatens Thun who should definitely be looking for some points here. Basel are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Thun form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Thun at their home stadium (Stockhorn Arena) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. Thun has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stockhorn Arena. We remember; it was Luzern.
Thun drew their last game, 1-1 away at Sion (placed 8th). Before that, Thun had a home game versus Servette which ended with a victory 5-1.
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 Thun have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost zero.
The manager M. Schneider will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Zürich in only three days.
A decent goal production from Thun in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 17 league matches. Thun have conceded 29 from these games.
Basel form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Basel delivered a 4-4 draw playing at home against Lugano (placed 7th) in their previous match; a Super League game. Before that one, a nice away victory 5-0 at St. Gallen.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Lugano was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today? Goalkeeper Đorđe Nikolić made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Lugano. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. The draw against Lugano came from a losing position. The Basel manager M. Koller brought on Arthur Cabral as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Basel are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of four matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Basel are hosting Luzern in the Super League only three days away.
Basel are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 32 times in 17 away games so far. As opposed to that, Basel have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Basel - Thun 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Thun two wins, one draw and Basel seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 14 goals |  K. Ademi 13 goals |   R. Munsy 10 goals |
Thun missing players
Basel missing players
| Thun | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 42 | 26 | 5 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | 74 |
| 64 | 29 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 38 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 85% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | 91% |
| 62% | 65% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 71% | 74% |
| 38% | 41% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 35% | 41% |
| 24% | 29% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | 18% |
| 56% | 59% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 53% |
| 15% | 12% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 35% |
| 32% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | 15% |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 6.4 | 5.1 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 391 | 241 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 80 | 205 | 458 |
| 133 | 79 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 75 | 182 |
| 32% | 33% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 43% | 41% |
- Basel has the fewest conceded goals (21) away
- Basel has the fewest conceded goals (38)
- Basel has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (20)
- Basel has the most scored goals in the second half (44)
- Basel have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Thun has the most conceded goals in the second half (38)
- Thun have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 76 | 40 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 36 | 70 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 53 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 24 | 19 | 65 |
| 3 | Basel | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 74 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 36 | 60 |
| 4 | Servette | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 55 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 49 |
| 5 | Luzern | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -9 | 42 |
| 6 | Zürich | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 41 | 67 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 29 | -26 | 42 |
| 7 | Lugano | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 29 | -3 | 41 |
| 8 | Sion | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 53 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -15 | 36 |
| 9 | Thun | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 64 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | -22 | 36 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 61 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 36 | -28 | 27 |