Match Report
4th against 5th, but level on points: Basel and St. Gallen both had 13. On recent form Basel sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Basel were scoring 1.89 and conceding 1.89, St. Gallen 1.78 and 2.11, against a competition average of 1.94 goals per team per game.
15 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Basel 5, draws 5, St. Gallen 5, at 2.67 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
The venue was St. Jakob-Park, with room for 37,994 spectators. S. Wolfensberger took charge of the match — our records show 87 games refereed with an average of 1.8 yellow cards per game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-3.
Goal scorers
Basel: Zan Celar (43') · St. Gallen: Aliou Baldé (9'), Christian Witzig (65'), Carlo Boukhalfa (85')
Key stats
Possession: Basel 68% · St. Gallen 32% · Total shots: 10-24 · On target: 2-9 · Corners: 5-7