This could be a great game, with Zürich positioned 1st and Basel at 3rd. Read the preview!
- Zürich is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super League
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Super League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Zürich form and stats
Home games in the Super League have been a walk in the park for Zürich so far, with 29 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Zürich has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Basel defeat 154 days ago.
The Zürich manager Breitenreiter and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sion (placed 8th). Midfielder Boranijašević was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. Boranijašević hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Zürich won a home game hosting Lugano (3-0).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Zürich as they are travelling to their away game against Luzern in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
Zürich are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (29 goals in 11 games). Zürich are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Letzigrund in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Basel form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Super League, on their Super League travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
Basel are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Lausanne Sport (placed 10th). Defender Katterbach was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Katterbach scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.
A 1-3 defeat away at Young Boys before that.A new game in only four days for Basel, the Super League home match versus St. Gallen. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Basel's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 11 league matches away. 13 goals have been conceded by Basel in these games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the result Zürich - Basel 3-3 entered in the official records. Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Zürich won four, Basel were winners in five and we saw one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Marchesano 10 goals |  A. Ceesay 6 goals | D. Gnonto 6 goals |
Zürich missing players
Basel missing players
| Zürich | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 51 | 29 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 21 | 48 |
| 28 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 73% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 73% | 73% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 55% |
| 59% | 55% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | 45% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 64% | 55% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 68% |
| 32% | 45% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 27% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 12.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.8 | 12.4 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 44% | 47% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 42% | 40% |
| 10.7 | 8.9 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
- Basel have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Super League
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Super League
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Super League
- Basel have the most clean sheets (4) away in Super League
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zürich have not yet lost a game at home.
- Zürich have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Zürich have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Zürich have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Super League
- Zürich have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Super League
- Zürich have the most clean sheets (7) in Super League
- Zürich have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Super League
- Zürich have the most points (29) at home in Super League
- Zürich have the most points from losing position (17) in Super League
- Zürich have the most scored goals (29) at home in Super League
- Zürich have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Super League
- Zürich have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Super League
- Zürich haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zürich is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zürich | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 50 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 24 | 40 |
| 3 | Basel | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 23 | 40 |
| 4 | Lugano | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 33 |
| 5 | Servette | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 29 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -7 | 26 |
| 8 | Sion | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 28 | -10 | 26 |
| 9 | Luzern | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 15 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -29 | 12 |
