Basel vs FCSB prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-11-05 17:45.
[p]Basel and FCSB meet at St. Jakob-Park in a pivotal UEFA Europa League group clash, with both sides looking to ignite their campaigns after mixed starts in Europe.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Basel’s frustrating 0-0 draw away to Young Boys at the weekend summed up their recent inconsistency, a game in which the hosts went down to ten men yet still held out for a point. That result means the Swiss side have now won just one of their past four competitive matches (D1, L2), with one of those losses in this competition last time out away to Lyon (2-0). That made it two defeats from three Europa League games (W1), and only three victories across their past nine home European matches (D3, L3) mean history isn’t on their side when it comes to bouncing back here. [/p]
[p]FCSB travel to Switzerland in better domestic form, winning three straight league games since a 2-1 home defeat to Bologna last time out in Europe. But that defeat in this competition means they face the prospect of losing three straight European games for the first time since 2016, while the loss also left them on the same record as their hosts (W1, L2) after three rounds. Their goal difference is slightly worse though, so a positive result could be key in keeping realistic hopes of reaching the knockout stages alive.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]These two clubs last met in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League group stage, when both games finished 1-1. This will mark FCSB’s first European trip to Switzerland since beating Lugano 2-1 in 2017, while Basel have tasted just one defeat in four home European games against sides from Romania (W2, D1). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Basel have won their last three competitive home games without conceding a goal. [/p]
[p]Three of Basel’s last four games in European action finished with the same 2-0 scoreline (W1, L2), with the one exception a 2-1 defeat to Freiburg. [/p]
[p]FCSB have avoided defeat in each of their last three away matches in Europe this term (W2, D1). [/p]
[p]FCSB’s last five competitive matches have produced two or more match goals. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Benie Traore scored in Basel’s last home game to make it two goals in his last three matches for them in all competitions, while he’s only lost one of his last 21 goalscoring club games. Darius Olaru scored twice this past weekend and comes into this gameweek having been fouled more than any player in the competition’s league phase (17), and having made the joint-second most fouls too (nine). [/p]
[p]Neither team are reporting any fresh injury concerns ahead of this clash. [/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]The result of this one is arguably a coin toss, so maybe an added angle could be looking at match yellow cards, with both sides (Basel: six, FCSB: nine) producing a combined 15 across the six matches they have played so far – that’s an average of 2.5 per game. [/p]
[p][i]Author: David H[/i][/p]