On Sunday Feb 27th, Zürich will host Basel at Stadion Letzigrund in a meeting of these two evenly matched Super League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 1st placed Zürich, recorded a 1-1 draw against Sion. Wesley struck first for Sion in the 62nd minute, then Marchesano tied it up for Zürich in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning Zürich at least a draw. Zürich is on a hot streak lately, having won 9 of their last 10 matches, while basel is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Lausanne Sport. Michael Lang scored the first goal for Basel in the 50th minute, then Ádám Szalai added another in the 65th minute on a feed from Valentin Stocker In the end, Lausanne Sport was frustrated by Basel’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Basel ended the match with the shutout victory. Basel is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
Basel and Zürich last played eachother at the Stadion Letzigrund on Oct 30th. Zürich and Basel battled to a 3-3 draw. Arthur scored the first goal for Basel in the 29th minute, but Nikola Boranijasevic got the equalizer for Zürich in the 47th minute .
Both Fabian Frei and Valentin Stocker have been the hottest scorers for Basel in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Assan Ceesay has been the most prolific scorer on Zürich in the last five matches with three goals.