ZüRICH. Zürich and Basel went through a rollercoaster before drawing 3-3.

The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Lukas Fähndrich who was helped by Marco Zürcher and Guillaume Maire. The 4th official was Sven Wolfensberger. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 8.7 degrees Celsius or 47.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Zürich was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Basel that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Zürich was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Zürich to win the match​.

Zürich shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Basel shot 14 times, 10 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Zürich received 1 yellow card (A. Ceesay). On the other side, Basel received 4 yellow cards (M. Lang, W. Burger, T. Tavares and P. Kasami).

Standings

After playing this match, Zürich will have 22 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Basel will have 26 points to stay in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Zürich will play away with Servette on the 7th of November with a 9-5 head to head in favor of Servette (3 draws).

Basel will host St. Gallen on the 7th of November with a 33-13 head to head stats in favor of Basel (11 draws).

Zürich – Formation

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

The manager André Breitenreiter decided to play with the following team: Yanick Brecher (7.0), Bećir Omeragić (6.3), Mirlind Kryeziu (6.8), Fidan Aliti (7.3), Nikola Boranijašević (9.0), Ousmane Doumbia (6.6), Moritz Leitner (5.8), Adriá Guerrero (6.8), Blerim Džemaili (7.1), Antonio Marchesano (7.2) and Assan Ceesay (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Rodrigo Pollero (6.4), Akaki Gogia (6.8), Ante Ćorić (7.0), Fabian Rohner, Degnand Wilfried Gnonto (6.7), Lindrit Kamberi, Gianni De Nitti, Marc Hornschuh and Bledian Krasniqi.

Substitutions

Zürich made 4 changes: M. Leitner for D. Gnonto (61′), A. Guerrero for A. Gogia (73′), O. Doumbia for A. Coric (73′) and F. Aliti for R. Pollero (84′).

Best player: Nikola Boranijašević​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Zürich was Nikola Boranijašević.

His rating is (9.0) with 1 goal, 33 passes (69% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.

Basel – Formation

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

Regarding the opposition, Patrick Rahmen played with: Heinz Lindner (6.3), Michael Lang (6.4), Nasser Djiga (6.2), Andy Pelmard (6.2), Tomás Tavares (6.4), Pajtim Kasami (7.2), Fabian Frei (6.4), Dan Ndoye (7.2), Darian Males (6.8), Liam Millar (7.3) and Arthur Cabral (9.3).

They had on the bench: Felix Gebhardt, Joelson Fernandes, Valentin Stocker (6.0), Raoul Petretta, Sergio López (6.9), Eray Cömert, Wouter Burger (6.7), Jordi Quintillà (6.3) and Matías Palacios.

Basel could not rely on the presence of S. Lopez (injured).

Substitutions

Basel made 4 changes: M. Lang for S. Lopez (60′), D. Males for W. Burger (68′), D. Ndoye for V. Stocker (84′) and F. Frei for J. Quintilla (84′).

Best player: Arthur Cabral​

The most impressive player for Basel was Arthur Cabral.

His rating is (9.3) with 1 goal, 30 passes (66% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14.

Results of the day

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

• St. Gallen – Young Boys – 3-1
• Zürich – Basel – 3-3