ZüRICH. Basel and Zürich draw 1-1. S. López scored the first goal (19′) for Basel. C. Conde made it even (26′). Basel was vastly better in terms of ball possession (64%)​

The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Lukas Fähndrich who was helped by Jonas Erni and Bastien Lengacher. The 4th official was Tobias Thies. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.2 degrees Celsius or 48.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Basel had a strong ball possession 64% while Zürich was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Zürich was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Zürich to win the match​.

Zürich shot 13 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Basel shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Zürich received 3 yellow cards (Lindrit Kamberi, Selmin Hodza and Ifeanyi Matthew). On the opposite side, Basel received 1 yellow card (D. Ndoye).

Standings

After playing this contest, Zürich will have 30 points to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Basel will have 35 points like St. Gallen and Lugano to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Zürich will host Sion on the 30th of April with a 28-13 head to head in favor of Zürich (21 draws).

Basel will play away agasint Winterthur on the 30th of April with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Basel (1 draw).

Zürich – Formation

Zürich started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Bo Henriksen decided to play with the following team: Yanick Brecher (6.3), Marc Hornschuh (6.8), Nikola Katić (6.4), Lindrit Kamberi (6.4), Ifeanyi Mathew (6.8), Nikola Boranijašević (7.5), Cheick Oumar Conde (7.8), Blerim Džemaili (7.4), Fidan Aliti (6.7), Jonathan Okita (6.8) and Antonio Marchesano (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Selmin Hodza (6.8), Bledian Krasniqi (6.8), Ole Kristian Selnæs, Mirlind Kryeziu, Fabian Rohner, Calixte Ligue, Roko Šimić (6.2), Živko Kostadinović and Stephan Seiler.

Substitutions

Zürich made 5 changes: Marc Hornschuh for Fabian Rohner (59′), Blerim Dzemaili for Bledian Krasniqi (68′), Fabian Rohner for Selmin Hodža (68′), Antonio Marchesano for Calixte Paul Ligue (87′) and Jonathan Okita for Roko Šimić (88′).

Best player: Cheick Oumar Conde​

The most impressive player for Zürich was Cheick Oumar Conde.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 25 passes (68% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 16.

Basel – Formation

Basel started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Heiko Vogel played with: Marwin Hitz (7.1), Michael Lang (7.0), Andy Pelmard (6.8), Riccardo Calafiori (5.8), Sergio López (7.5), Taulant Xhaka (6.8), Wouter Burger (6.4), Anton Kade (6.4), Darian Males (6.4), Jean-Kévin Augustin (6.8) and Bradley Fink (6.6).

They had on the bench: Emmanuel Essiam, Hugo Novoa Ramos, Zeki Amdouni (6.3), Andy Diouf, Kasim Adams (7.1), Andi Zeqiri (6.6), Dan Ndoye (6.2), Mirko Salvi and Liam Millar.

Basel could not rely on the presence of Zeki Amdouni (injured).

Substitutions

Basel made 5 changes: R. Calafiori for Kasim Adams (37′), Anton Kade for Dan Ndoye (46′), Bradley Fink for Andi Zeqiri (46′), Jean-Kévin Augustin for Mohamed Amdouni (69′) and Wouter Burger for A. Diouf (81′).

Best player: Sergio López​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Basel was Sergio López.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 48 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​

• Zürich – Basel – 1-1
• Sion – Servette – 2-2