Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Étoile Carouge & Basel face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Swiss Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Carouge 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.
Étoile Carouge form and stats
Last season their Swiss Cup adventure ended in the 32nd finals.The overall 1.Liga Promotion results at home this season for Étoile Carouge are 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Carouge manager T. Cotting and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Rapperswil-Jona in the 1.Liga Promotion.
0-0 away at Sion II before that.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Étoile Carouge, as the 1.Liga Promotion home game vs Zurich II is only three days away.
Carouge have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Carouge have conceded 8 from these games.
Basel form and stats
Last season their Swiss Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.3-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Basel in their Super League matches away. Things are running smoothly for Basel who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Sion.
The Basel goalkeeper Felix Gebhardt is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 192 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Basel are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Super League against Lugano. Goalkeeper Heinz Lindner was absolutely vital in the Basel victory against Lugano, making six saves. Heinz Lindner (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.42. Lindner stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Omonia Nicosia in the Europa Conference League.Basel have another match away in just three days, a Super League match vs Zurich. A grim timetable for the guests!
Basel has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. It's not easy to score on Basel as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 12 goals |  S. Esposito 4 goals |  E. Zhegrova 2 goals |
Étoile Carouge missing players
Basel missing players
| Étoile Carouge | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 24 | 62 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.6 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Breitenrain | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 30 |
| 2 | Bellinzona | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Chiasso | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Stade Nyonnais | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Basel II | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Rapperswil-Jona | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 7 | Zurich II | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | Bavois | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Black Stars | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Biel-Bienne | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Étoile Carouge | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Cham | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | YF Juventus | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Young Boys II | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | Sion II | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -13 | 9 |
| 16 | Bruhl | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -14 | 8 |
| 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 | Zurich | 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 |