Winterthur will be wanting a better result here after a 1-0 Swiss Cup defeat in their last game at the hands of Stade Lausanne-Ouchy.
It’s not been often in recent times where Winterthur haven’t conceded. The facts show that Winterthur have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 13 goals on the way. It will be interesting to see if that trend can be continued on into this next match.
FC Basel 1893 will go into the match after a 1-3 Swiss Cup win over Grand-Saconnex in their previous fixture.
For FC Basel 1893, the goalscorers were Bénie Traoré (6', 68') and Philip Otele (58').
During their 6 latest matches, Ludovic Magnin's FC Basel 1893 have had reason to celebrate scoring 5 times thus yielding them the goals scored per game average of 0.83.
Looking at their past form shows that FC Basel 1893:
A quick look at their past head to head results stretching back to 30/01/2024 shows that these fixtures have not been fruitful for Winterthur. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins whatsoever whereas FC Basel 1893 have remained in the ascendancy, running out winners in 83 per cent of those games played.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 23 overall which averages out at 3.83 goals per meeting.
The previous league game featuring these clubs was Super League match day 9 on 18/10/2025 when it ended FC Basel 1893 3-0 Winterthur.
On that occasion, FC Basel 1893 had 59% possession and 29 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Goals were scored by Léo Leroy (4'), Xherdan Shaqiri (30') and Flavius Daniliuc (33').
At the other end, Winterthur had 8 shots on goal with 4 on target.
The match was refereed by Urs Schnyder.
In this game, FC Basel 1893 are likely to create a decent amount of chances and shots on target.
However, Winterthur could well find it tough to score although we reckon that they could well end up seeing enough of the ball to score, too.
We’re tipping a fairly comfortable 1-3 margin for FC Basel 1893 come full-time.