Week 17 brings us a match on Jan 22nd, where Basel will travel to St. Gallen to battle St. Gallen in a Super League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only -3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. St. Gallen sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 7-2 blowout win against Sion. Mario Balotelli scored the first goal for Sion in the 5th minute on a penalty kick, then Emmanuel Latte Lath tied it up for St. Gallen in the 27th minute on a feed from Lukas Görtler But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 31st minute on a goal by Chadrac Akolo. St. Gallen is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 5th placed Basel, recorded a 0-1 loss against Grasshopper. Renat Dadaşov struck first for Grasshopper in the 34th minute on a feed from Tsiy William Ndenge, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Basel couldn’t manage to score, and Grasshopper took the shutout win. Basel is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Basel and St. Gallen last played eachother at the St. Jakob-park on the 1st of October. Basel was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Guillemenot struck first for St. Gallen in the 6th minute, but Mohamed Amdouni got the equalizer for Basel in the 15th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 84th minute on a goal by Bradley Fink.
Bradley Fink and Darian Males are the top scorers for Basel in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. St. Gallen’s most prolific scorer has been Emmanuel Latte Lath. The attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.