On Sunday Jul 24th, Basel plays host to Servette in a meeting of these two evenly matched Super League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. Basel is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Winterthur. Samir Ramizi struck first for Winterthur in the 3rd minute, then Wouter Burger got the equalizer for Basel in the 70th minute on a feed from Mohamed Amdouni earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 0 of their last 10, while 3rd placed Servette is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against St. Gallen. Ronny Rodelin scored the first goal for Servette in the 5th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed St. Gallen couldn’t manage to score, and Servette took the shutout win. Servette is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Basel won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Chris Bedia has been the most effective weapon for Servette lately. The attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches. Basel is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Sebastiano Esposito and Pajtim Kasami each only have 1 goal in their last 5.