Here's the whole lot you need to learn, and even more, about the Winterthur - Basel fixture!
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (28) in Super League
- Basel have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Super League
It's no vacation for neither Winterthur nor Basel as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Winterthur form and stats
The complete Super League results at home this season for Winterthur are 5-4-6 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Winterthur, their manager Berner and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Winterthur faced defeat in their previous match, away at Luzern (1-3). The forward Ardaiz outshone all others in that match and managed a match rating of 7.65 out of 10. Ardaiz scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Grasshopper that was lost 1-2.Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 12 most recent league games shows that 10 of them had goals from both teams.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Winterthur here at Stadion Schützenwiese in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 15 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Winterthur defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Basel form and stats
Playing away, Basel have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 6 defeats in the Super League this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Basel, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Sion (placed 9th) last time out. Those three points felt sweet as this club had gone three league rounds without victory. Midfield player Ndoye was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.21/10. Ndoye scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.
A 0-2 loss hosting Luzern before that.Basel have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 16 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Basel have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As it happens, the last time Basel kept a "clean sheet" was also meeting this opposition, five league matches ago (Basel - Winterthur 2-0). Winterthur-Basel H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Winterthur one win, Basel seven wins, one draw. six of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Zeqiri 8 goals |  M. Amdouni 7 goals |  M. Di Giusto 6 goals |
Winterthur missing players
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| Winterthur | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 16 | 39 |
| 55 | 25 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 36 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 77% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 47% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 40% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 30% |
| 17% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 13% |
| 63% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 53% | 57% |
| 20% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 20% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 5.7 | 5.1 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.8 | 9.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.9 | 12.6 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 32% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 22% | 25% |
| 13.5 | 13 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13.1 | 11.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
- Basel have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Super League
- Basel have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (28) in Super League
- Winterthur have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Super League
- Winterthur have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in Super League
- Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Super League
- Winterthur 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 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 70 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 45 | 61 |
| 2 | Luzern | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 45 |
| 3 | Servette | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 28 | -3 | 44 |
| 4 | Lugano | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 43 |
| 5 | Grasshopper | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -2 | 40 |
| 6 | Basel | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 39 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 36 |
| 8 | Zürich | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -18 | 33 |
| 9 | Sion | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | -19 | 30 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -27 | 29 |
