Basel vs Grasshoppers Prediction: RotBlau to take full home advantage

The round of 36 matches for the Swiss Super League will take place at St. Jakob-Park, featuring Basel taking on Grasshoppers. A hard-fought draw was just achieved by the home team against Servette, while the most recent encounter between the visiting Grasshoppers and the St. Gallen squad also ended in a draw.

In their previous games, Basel had one victory against Fiorentina, two defeats against St. Gallen and Fiorentina, and two draws against Lugano and Servette. Basel scored eight goals, while their opponents scored 13 against them. During the current league season, Basel has scored a goal per game at a rate of 1.37 percent on average. In terms of disciplinary actions, the home team have been given 84 yellow cards and 7 red cards, and they have committed an average of 10.97 fouls per game that they have participated in. The team at Basel receives an average rating of 6.67 per game. This season, Basel have maintained an average possession of the ball of 54.26 percent, which indicates that they are good at maintaining the ball.

Grasshoppers come into this match having won one of their previous five matches against Luzern, lost to Lugano, Servette, and Zurich, and drawn with St. Gallen. The visiting club was responsible for allowing eight goals while scoring only 13. Grasshoppers managed to score 1.57 goals per game when playing on the road but allowed 1.74 goals against them. The overall number of fouls committed by the team is 450, and they received 91 yellow cards and 4 red cards for their efforts. The average rating for Grasshoppers' team is 6.6 points per game. Grasshoppers have only managed to keep the ball 46.34% of the time on average so far this season.

Basel and Grasshopper have met 67 times in previous seasons, with Basel winning 35 games and Grasshopper winning 14 games. Basel currently holds the advantage in the head-to-head series. There were 18 games that ended in ties. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Basel scored 131 goals, while Grasshopper only managed to score 79.

Because of the way things have been going for both teams in their past contests, I anticipate this to be a challenging matchup. On the other hand, I anticipate Basel to have a better performance here, with the home team finally putting an end to their problems of late. In the meantime, it is anticipated that both sides will score in this contest, which is anticipated to provide a number of opportunities for both teams to score goals.