Soccer betting preview: Zürich welcomes Basel in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Zürich and Basel are both successful in the Super League with their 3rd and 1st places respectively. This could be a fun fixture!

Insights:
  • Zürich have the most points from losing position (9) in Super League
  • Basel have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Super League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Zürich form and stats

Zürich have played 5 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadion Letzigrund.

Zürich shared the glory with Yverdon Sport (after extra-time, 11-10 on penalties) in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.

3-3 away at Grasshopper before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Zürich perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Zürich as a small favourite), we find six games. Zürich has won five of these, drawn one and lost zero.

Zürich are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (14 goals in 5 games). 6 goals have been conceded.

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Basel form and stats

As the visiting team in Super League matches, Basel, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Super League, have produced an overall stat of 3-2-0 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Basel as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

Basel have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Heinz Lindner. It's been 192 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.

Basel lost away at Etoile Carouge (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Lugano in the Super League.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Basel in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Basel, one draw and two defeats.

Basel are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Basel as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Zürich and Basel have faced off before this season: Basel - Zürich 3-1. Zürich-Basel H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zürich four wins, Basel six wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BaselA. Mendonça Cabral
A. Mendonça Cabral
12 goals
ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
6 goals
BaselS. Esposito
S. Esposito
4 goals

Zürich missing players

Basel missing players

Zürich Basel
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 0 5 11
6 4 0 Won W 0 3 7
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
26 14 0 Scored S 0 8 26
20 6 0 Conceded C 0 3 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
91% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 91%
82% 80% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 36%
73% 60% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 36%
27% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
73% 80% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 64%
18% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 36%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.6 4.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.2 5.4
4.5 2.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5.2
2.6 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.5 12.4 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.8 11.8
5.5 5.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.2 5.6
43% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 42%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Basel have not yet lost a game.
  • Basel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Basel have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Basel have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Super League
  • Basel have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Super League
  • Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Super League
  • Basel have the most clean sheets (3) away in Super League
  • Basel have the most clean sheets (4) in Super League
  • Basel have the most points (11) away in Super League
  • Basel have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Super League
  • Basel have the the best goal difference (+18) 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 matches under the total-line (2) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points from losing position (9) in Super League
  • Zürich haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Basel 11 7 4 0 26 8 6 4 2 0 18 5 5 3 2 0 8 3 18 25
2 Young Boys 10 6 3 1 27 10 5 3 2 0 10 4 5 3 1 1 17 6 17 21
3 Zürich 11 6 3 2 26 20 5 4 1 0 14 6 6 2 2 2 12 14 6 21
4 Grasshopper 11 3 5 3 19 17 6 3 2 1 15 10 5 0 3 2 4 7 2 14
5 Lugano 10 4 2 4 13 13 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 2 0 3 7 8 0 14
6 Servette 11 3 3 5 18 24 6 2 1 3 11 13 5 1 2 2 7 11 -6 12
7 Sion 11 3 3 5 14 24 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 1 2 3 8 18 -10 12
8 Luzern 11 1 6 4 16 21 6 1 2 3 10 12 5 0 4 1 6 9 -5 9
9 St. Gallen 11 2 3 6 15 26 5 1 3 1 8 9 6 1 0 5 7 17 -11 9
10 Lausanne Sport 11 1 4 6 14 25 5 1 2 2 8 12 6 0 2 4 6 13 -11 7

Read more about Super League

Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.