Week 34 features a match on Thursday May 12th, where Basel hosts Grasshopper at St. Jakob-park in a clash of these two mismatched Super League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Basel recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Lausanne Sport. Neither Lausanne Sport nor Basel could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Basel should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Grasshopper, recorded a 0-1 loss against Sion. Filip Stojilkovic scored the first goal for Sion in the 70th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Grasshopper couldn’t manage to score, and Sion took the shutout win. Grasshopper looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On the 20th of March, Grasshopper hosted Basel at the Stadion Letzigrund in their last match together. Basel won by a score of 4 to 2 in front of almost six thousand dissapointed spectators. Liam Millar struck first for Basel in the 16th minute on a feed from Dan Ndoye, but Mamadou Sene got the equalizer for Grasshopper in the 24th minute , but fortunately for Basel it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win.
Léo Bonatini has been the most effective weapon for Grasshopper lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches. Valentin Stocker has been the most effective weapon for Basel lately. The Swiss midfielder has netted two goals in his last five matches.