| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | 15 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4/15 | 3-8 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6/15 | 6-10 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | 217 | 3 | 1 | -3 | LLD | 1421 | -1204 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 16 | 10 | 16 | 1 | LLWWL | 484 | -468 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2016-07-19
VfL Wolfsburg, 16th with 16 points, sat 15 points above Basel (217th, 1). Basel had been under-performing their position — 1421st on five-round form against 217th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1/2 for Basel and 1.5/1.4 for VfL Wolfsburg (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.75.
St. Jakob-Park in Basel staged the fixture, a ground that holds 19,456.
