Basel (Sui) vs FC Copenhagen (Den) prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-08-19 19:00.
[p]With a place in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) league phase the prize for the winner of this tie, Basel host Copenhagen in the first leg of this play-off clash. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Having claimed a domestic double of the Swiss Super League and Swiss Cup titles in 2024/25, two wins and two defeats mark a poor start to the new league season for Basel. It’s worth noting that both victories they’ve managed so far in the league came on home turf, and a 6-1 humbling of lower-league opposition in the cup over the weekend should have instilled extra confidence. They now park their domestic duties and turn their attention towards reaching the UCL main draw for the first time since 2017/18, but having lost five of their last six UCL qualifiers (W1), they have their work cut out in this tie.[/p]
[p]Copenhagen have found themselves amongst Europe’s elite much more recently, making it to the UCL last 16 in 2023/24, and having won seven of their nine competitive matches so far this campaign (D1, L1), they’ll make the trip south feeling confident of reaching the expanded UCL league phase for the first time. They’ve breezed through qualifying so far, bypassing the last two rounds without conceding a single goal, but having suffered ten eliminations in their 15 previous UCL qualification campaigns, they have history against them here.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]These two sides have never met before. Basel have won just one of their five prior matches against Danish opposition (D1, L3), but Copenhagen have fared better against Swiss opponents, winning their only two prior matches against sides from the country, both via 1-0 scorelines. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]None of Basel’s last 14 competitive games witnessed a scoreless first half.[/p]
[p]All five of Basel’s games this season have seen both teams score.[/p]
[p]Copenhagen have kept six clean sheets across their last eight UCL away qualifiers.[/p]
[p]Copenhagen have scored at least twice after half-time in their last three matches.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Philip Otele has clocked up four goal contributions in his last three Basel outings (G2, A2) – eight of his last nine goals for the club arrived before the hour mark. Copenhagen’s Magnus Mattsson has found the back of the net frequently of late, scoring five times in his last eight games, including three in the UCL, all three of which arrived after the hour mark. [/p]
[p]Basel will be without injured pair Finn van Breemen and Kevin Rüegg, whilst Copenhagen’s lengthy injury list is headed up by star midfielder Thomas Delaney. [/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Games involving Basel and Copenhagen tend to witness an abundance of goals, so value could be found in backing over 2.5 goals here. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Nathan Evans[/i][/p]