Sion vs FC Basel Soccer Betting Tips – Super League
Low goal game in the canton of Valais?
Competition: Super League
Date: 28.01.2021
Stake: 4/10
With a 1: 4 home bankruptcy, FC Basel started the new year very badly on Saturday. Red-blue slipped to fourth place in the current Super League table and continues to lag well behind its own ambitions. Now the men of coach Ciriaco Sforza are visiting FC Sion, who recently had a small run. The Valais has not lost in five league games and scored nine of 15 possible points.
The direct comparison between the two teams is certainly included in this assessment by the betting providers. Of the last 21 clashes, Sion finally won only one game against FCB. Only at the last duel on December 9, 2020, the Grenats St. Jakob-Park caught a 2-4 bankruptcy.
Since then, however, the Sion’s defense has clearly stabilized with only five more goals from the following six league games. Accordingly, the tip on under 2.5 goals makes a lot of sense at Sion against FC Basel.
Sion – Statistics & current form
FC Sion has played in the Super League without interruption since 2006 but only made it to third place in the first season after promotion. Most of the time, the Valais had to make do with a place in the lower half of the table. It was not uncommon for them to tremble about staying up there.
This was also the case in the summer of 2020 when the Grenats barely saved themselves in eighth place in the final table and thus escaped the barrage. Eighth place is now also on the record, although he is on shaky legs. Lucerne behind them still has a game to catch up and would overtake the Sioners with a threesome.
It would be all the more important for Fabio Grosso’s team, which started badly and won only one of their first nine league games, to expand their latest series. Also because the defense was noticeably stabilized, Sion is currently unbeaten in five games (two wins, three draws).
It is particularly noticeable that there were only three goals conceded in these five games. This enabled the Valais to get one of their two problem areas very well under control. All that remains is the offensive, which with only 15 goals from 15 league games on average only manages one hit per game.
The last home game against Basel was won 1-0
We expect the hosts to focus on their own defensive again in this league game against FCB. At Sion against FC Basel, this favours our tip of under 2.5 goals. In just one of the last five league games of the Valais, more goals were ultimately scored.
However, the Grenats’ record is problematic, as they could only win one of their last 21 duels against Rotblau. In the Stade de Tourbillon, however, the kickers from southwest Switzerland won their last home game to date against the Basler. On July 8, 2020, it was 1-0 in the end.
The probable lineup of Sion:
Fayulu – Vlasenko – Ruiz – Bamert – Theler – Tosetti – Grgic – Zock – Karlen – Doldur – Wakatsuki
Last matches from Sion:
Super League
01/23 2021 FC Lausanne Sports 0 – 1 FC Sion
01/17 2021 FC Sion 1 – 1 FC Lugano
12/23 2020 FC Zurich 0 – 0 FC Sion
12/20 2020 FC Sion 2 – 1 FC Vaduz
12/17 2020 Servette FC 1 – 1 FC Sion
FC Basel – Statistics & current form
Between 2010 and 2017, FC Basel was the absolute measure of all things in Switzerland. Rotblau celebrated the championship eight times in a row and even won the national double three times.
There were also strong runs in Europe. The Champions League made it to the round of 16 in 2012, 2015 and 2018. In 2013, FCB was even in the semi-finals of the Europa League. In the end, however, the team that was so dominant in the 21st century increasingly overtook itself. After the BSC Young Boys had overtaken Basel, last summer only came third in the final table.
After a 1: 4 home bankruptcy at the start of the year only fourth
As if that weren’t shameful enough, FCB then also failed in qualifying for the Europa League. For the first time in 19 years, the 20-time Swiss champion did not take part in a European group stage. The upheaval in summer was correspondingly great, during which a new trainer, Ciriaco Sforza, was introduced.
After the recent 1: 4 home defeat against FC Zurich, the interim results are extremely poor. FCB also won only one game of the last four league games and is currently in a completely sobering fourth place in the table.
The third weakest defence in the Super League
Accordingly, there is a lot of pressure on the team, whose ambition was actually to start an attack on Bern. Because they have already conceded 20 goals – Red-Blue has the third-weakest defence in the Super League – they are nine points behind the leaders.
The probable lineup of FC Basel:
Lindner – Petretta – Klose – Cömert – Widmer – Zuffi – Frei – Pululu – Kasami – Stocker – Cabral
Last matches from FC Basel:
Super League
01/23 2021 FC Basel 1893 1 – 4 FC Zurich
Club friendship games
01/13 2021 FC Aarau 0 – 5 FC Basel 1893
01/09 2021 FC Basel 1893 2 – 2 FC Thun
Super League
12/23 2020 FC Luzern 1 – 2 FC Basel 1893
12/19 2020 FC Basel 1893 0 – 0 FC St. Gallen
Sion vs FC Basel – Direct comparison / H2H balance
Head to head: 32 – 37 – 73
There are a total of 142 clashes between the two teams and more than half of all games went to Red-Blue. In the last 21 games alone, there is only one victory for the Valais: a 1-0 home win on July 8, 2020.
Sion vs FC Basel Soccer Betting Tips
At Sion against FC Basel, our prediction is shaped by the Grenats’ strengthened defense. The Valais has recently been unbeaten five times in a row and only conceded three goals during this period. On the other hand, there is an FCB who, after a 1: 4 home defeat against Zurich, has to focus more on their own defensive work.
Key facts – Sion vs FC Basel tips
Sion has only won one of the last 21 games against Basel
Sion has been unbeaten in five league games
Basel won only one of the last four league games
Although we see the Basler as favoured simply because of the crystal clear balance sheet, we would not rule out another slip, which is why we are going for the goal bet instead of the three-way system. With a correspondingly defensive approach by both teams, a maximum of two goals appears to be very likely.
Betting Tips: Under 2.5
Odds: 1.9
