BASEL. Basel bounces back against Servette with a goal on the A. Antunes 21′ and a penalty kick on the C. Bedia 90′.
The match was played at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. In front of 19,400 spectators. The referee was Sandro Schärer who was helped by Stéphane De Almeida and Bekim Zogaj. The 4th official was Marijan Drmic. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Basel was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Servette that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Basel was more pushing with 65 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Basel to win the match.
Basel shot 22 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Servette shot 11 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Basel received 2 yellow cards (Fabian Frei and Kasim Adams). Talking about the opposition, Servette received 3 yellow cards (Steve Rouiller, Kevin Mbabu and Timothé Cognat ).
Fabian Frei (Basel) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Basel will have 26 points to sit in the 6th place. On the other side, Servette will have 33 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Basel will play away with Zürich on the 8th of April with a 38-12 head to head record in favor of Basel (16 draws).
Servette will play away agasint Sion on the 8th of April with a 8-7 head to head statistic in favor of Sion (9 draws).
Basel – Formation
Basel
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Basel started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Alexander Frei decided to play with the following team: Marwin Hitz , Sergio López , Kasim Adams , Andy Pelmard , Riccardo Calafiori , Fabian Frei , Hugo Novoa Ramos , Andy Diouf , Zeki Amdouni , Dan Ndoye and Andi Zeqiri .
The home team had on the bench: Taulant Xhaka , Anton Kade , Liam Millar, Darian Males , Hugo Vogel, Mirko Salvi, Bradley Fink, Wouter Burger and Michael Lang.
Substitutions
Basel made 5 changes: R. Calafiori for Wouter Burger (50′), D. Ndoye for Anton Kade (74′), Hugo Novoa for Darian Males (74′), Sergio López for Michael Lang (86′) and Andi Zeqiri for Taulant Xhaka (86′).
Best player: Zeki Amdouni
The most impressive player for Basel was Zeki Amdouni.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (87% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
Servette – Formation
Servette
Servette started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Alain Geiger played with: Jeremy Frick , Kevin Mbabu , Steve Rouiller , Yoan Severin , Anthony Baron , Boris Cespedes , Theo Valls , Miroslav Stevanović , Alexis Antunes , Patrick Pflücke and Enzo Crivelli .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Moussa Diallo, Timothé Cognat , Nicolas Vouilloz, Sidiki Camara, Dereck Kutesa , Samba Diba , Chris Bedia , Edin Omeragic and Théo Magnin .
Substitutions
Servette made 5 changes: Alexis Antunes for Dereck Kutesa (62′), E. Crivelli for Chris Bedia (62′), Théo Valls for Timothé Cognat (69′), Boris Cespedes for Samba Lélé Diba (79′) and Kevin Mbabu for Théo Magnin (79′).
Best player: Yoan Severin
The most impressive player for Servette was Yoan Severin.
His rating is with 35 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- St. Gallen – Luzern – 2-2
- Grasshopper – Zürich – 1-2
- Basel – Servette – 2-2
