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Saturday 22 August 2026 · 19:30 · HT 1-0 · Letzigrund, Zurich · Referee Anojen Kanagasingam

FC Zürich v Basel: stats, form and bet builder picks

In FC Zürich's last 1 home game and Basel's last 1 away game in the Swiss Super League before kick-off, both teams scored in 1 of 2, over 2.5 goals in 1 of 2, with 13.5 corners per match (league 10.6) and 2.5 cards (league 4.7).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

FC Zürich v Basel, full match

41%

Possession

59%

1.88

Expected goals (xG)

1.62

14

Shots

14

5

Shots on target

6

4

Corners

6

16

Fouls

15

4

Yellow cards

7

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

3'

Yellow card

Sebastian Walker FCZ

7'

Yellow card

Victory Akpe BAS

8'

Penalty

Philippe Keny FCZ

19'

Yellow card

Ludwig Thorell BAS

26'

Yellow card

Bećir Omeragić BAS

45'

Yellow card

Umeh Emmanuel FCZ

62'

Goal

Kazeem Olaigbe BAS

74'

Yellow card

Lindrit Kamberi FCZ

76'

Yellow card

Asane Sow BAS

81'

Yellow card

Moussa Cissé BAS

84'

Yellow card

Alexander Hack FCZ

85'

Penalty

Žan Celar BAS

90+5'

Yellow card

Kazeem Olaigbe BAS

90+6'

Yellow card

Žan Celar BAS

At a glance

FC Zürich

4th in the table

L

W

L

Basel

7th in the table

W

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Match probabilities

How often each happened in FC Zürich's last 1 home game and Basel's last 1 away game this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

1/2 games · League 69%

Over 1.5 goals

50%

1/2 games · League 86%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

1/2 games · League 74%

Over 3.5 goals

0%

0/2 games · League 50%

Over 9.5 corners

100%

2/2 games · League 63%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

1/2 games · League 69%

FC Zürich clean sheet

0%

0/1 games · League 17%

Basel clean sheet

100%

1/1 games · League 17%

FC Zürich fail to score

0%

0/1 games · League 17%

Basel fail to score

0%

0/1 games · League 17%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.0

League 3.7

Corners

13.5

League 10.6

Cards

2.5

League 4.7

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

FC Zürich

4-1-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Heinz Lindner

DEFENDERS

2

3

42

44

MIDFIELDERS

7

11

17

21

38

FORWARDS

19

Philippe Keny

SUBSTITUTES

60

22

27

8

14

18

23

9

29

Basel

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Mirko Salvi

DEFENDERS

6

24

29

55

MIDFIELDERS

4

Bećir Omeragić

5

Metinho

8

Ludwig Thorell

FORWARDS

9

Žan Celar

11

Kazeem Olaigbe

18

Asane Sow

SUBSTITUTES

49

Renato Widmer D'Autilia

3

27

10

14

41

44

17

37

Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam

5 games in the Swiss Super League this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

7.8

League 4.7

Yellow cards per game

7.4

Red cards per game

0.40

Fouls per game

27.4

League 26.3

Penalties per game

0.40

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

FCZ

BAS

Match

League

Goals per match

3.7

2.7

3.2

3.7

Over 0.5

100%

3/3

100%

3/3

100%

6/6

100%

Over 1.5

100%

3/3

33%

1/3

67%

4/6

84%

Over 2.5

100%

3/3

33%

1/3

67%

4/6

79%

Over 3.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

53%

Over 4.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

37%

Bet

FCZ

BAS

Match

League

Yes

67%

2/3

33%

1/3

50%

3/6

68%

Yes and win

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

26%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

67%

2/3

33%

1/3

50%

3/6

63%

Yes and draw

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

16%

Yes and loss

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

26%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

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Bet

FCZ

BAS

Match

League

Corners per match

8.7

11.0

9.8

10.1

Over 7.5

67%

2/3

67%

2/3

67%

4/6

68%

Over 8.5

33%

1/3

67%

2/3

50%

3/6

63%

Over 9.5

33%

1/3

67%

2/3

50%

3/6

53%

Over 10.5

33%

1/3

67%

2/3

50%

3/6

47%

Over 11.5

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

32%

Over 12.5

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

16%

Referee Anojen Kanagasingam: 7.0 cards per game (league 4.3); over 3.5 cards in 1 of 1 game (league 58%).

Bet

FCZ

BAS

Match

League

Cards per match

4.0

3.7

3.8

4.3

Over 2.5

100%

3/3

67%

2/3

83%

5/6

79%

Over 3.5

67%

2/3

67%

2/3

67%

4/6

58%

Over 4.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

42%

Over 5.5

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

37%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Žan Celar

3 starts · 0.7 per 90

33%

1/3

67%

2/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Umeh Emmanuel

3 starts · 0.4 per 90

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Bledian Krasniqi

3 starts · 0.0 per 90

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

FC Zürich

Last 5 games before this match

9 Aug

FC Lugano

(A)

0-5

L

1 Aug

Servette FC

(H)

2-1

W

26 Jul

FC St. Gallen 1879

(A)

1-2

L

Basel

Last 5 games before this match

9 Aug

FC Thun

(H)

4-2

W

1 Aug

FC Lausanne-Sport

(H)

0-1

L

25 Jul

Servette FC

(A)

1-0

W

Head to head

League games since 2026/27 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

FC Zürich and Basel haven't met in a league game since 2026/27.

Swiss Super League table

2026/27 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

FC Lugano

11

10

1

0

34

9

+25

31

W

D

2

Young Boys

12

7

4

1

38

23

+15

25

L

W

D

3

FC Sion

12

7

2

3

25

18

+7

23

D

W

L

D

W

4

FC Zürich

12

6

2

4

25

26

-1

20

W

D

W

5

FC St. Gallen 1879

12

6

1

5

19

22

-3

19

W

L

W

L

6

Servette FC

12

5

1

6

17

16

+1

16

L

W

L

W

7

Basel

11

4

2

5

17

20

-3

14

D

L

W

L

8

FC Luzern

12

3

4

5

19

25

-6

13

D

L

W

L

9

FC Vaduz

12

3

1

8

24

25

-1

10

D

L

W

L

10

FC Thun

11

3

1

7

19

30

-11

10

L

W

L

11

Grasshopper Club Zürich

12

2

4

6

15

28

-13

10

D

L

12

FC Lausanne-Sport

11

1

3

7

17

-10

6

L

FC Zürich v Basel: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

FC Zürich

Basel

Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

FC Zürich

Basel

Head to head

Swiss Super League table