📏 Form Guide

FC Basel 1893

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FC Basel 1893, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 0-2 Super League victory vs Stade Lausanne-Ouchy.

In that match, FC Basel 1893 managed 48% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 9 on target. The only player to score for FC Basel 1893 was Thierno Barry (30', 69'). Stade Lausanne-Ouchy had 6 shots at goal with 0 on target.

It has not been often in recent times that FC Basel 1893 have shown defensive steel. In fact, FC Basel 1893 have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 12 goals along the way.

Taking a look at their past results, FC Basel 1893:

• haven't won against Servette FC in their previous 7 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 matches in the league.

Servette FC

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against FC Zürich in Super League competition, Servette FC and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Servette FC managed 56% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, FC Zurich got 14 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Amadou Dante (45') was the scorer for FC Zürich.

The stats tell the story, and Servette FC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals in all. Defensively, Servette FC certainly have room for improvement. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.

Analysis of their past results shows that Servette FC:

• haven't been beaten by FC Basel 1893 when they've played them away from home in the last 3 matches in the league.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 24/07/2022 shows us that FC Basel 1893 have won 0 of these & Servette FC 2, with the number of draws being 4.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 7 of them from Basel and 11 netted by Les Grenats. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The previous league game featuring the two was Super League match day 14 on 12/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Servette FC 4-1 FC Basel 1893.

In that match, Servette FC managed 59% possession and 24 shots on goal with 9 on target. The goals were scored by Jérémy Guillemenot (45', 93'), Enzo Crivelli (60') and Timothé Cognat (81').

For their opponents, FC Basel 1893 had 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Taulant Xhaka (21') was the scorer.

The referee was Sandro Schärer.

📋 Team News: FC Basel 1893

Nils de Mol (unknown injury), Djordje Jovanovic (Injury to the ankle), Renato Veiga (Ankle sprain), Benjamin Kololli (Torn muscle fiber), Andrin Hunziker (Cruciate ligament tear), Sergio López (Cruciate ligament tear), Arnau Comas (Tear of the lateral meniscus), Emmanuel Essiam (Shoulder injury), Albian Ajeti (Torn muscle fiber), Adrian Leon Barisic (Torn muscle fiber) and Yusuf Demir (unknown injury) won’t be available for FC Basel 1893 boss Fabio Celestini.

📋 Team News: Servette FC

Thanks to a largely full-strength group of players, there’s only the one fitness issue for the Servette FC manager René Weiler to be concerned with. Tiemoko Ouattara (unknown injury) misses out for this game.

🔮 Prediction

We believe that FC Basel 1893 will have their work cut out to score against this Servette FC lineup who we think might end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We therefore fancy a hard-fought 0-1 win for Servette FC when the referee blows for full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 12:09 14/04/2024