Basel 3-1 Grasshopper: result and report
Super League · Saturday 10 September 2016
Result
Basel 3-1 Grasshopper
Super League · Saturday 10 September 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Basel 3-1 Grasshopper: match report
Basel beat Grasshopper 3-1 in the Super League on Saturday 10 September 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Birkir Bjarnason opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Basel's goals came from Birkir Bjarnason (28'), Seydou Doumbia (31') and Seydou Doumbia (86'). Grasshopper scored through Lucas Gonçalves (45+2').
Discipline: Basel received no yellow cards; Grasshopper received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Basel were 1st on 16 points from 6 and Grasshopper 2nd on 13 points from 6. Basel went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Grasshopper 7th with 42.
Basel lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Grasshopper in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Basel wins, 3 draws and 1 for Grasshopper.
Going into the match Basel's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Grasshopper's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Birkir Bjarnason
- 31'Goal · Seydou Doumbia
- 45+2'Goal · Lucas Gonçalves
- 58'Yellow card · Jan Bamert
- 86'Goal · Seydou Doumbia
Head-to-head
Team news
Basel line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tomas Vaclik, Adama Traoré, Michael Lang, Marek Suchy, Birkir Bjarnason, Matías Delgado, Renato Steffen, Alexander Fransson, Éder Balanta, Taulant Xhaka, Seydou Doumbia
Grasshopper line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vaso Vasic, Alban Pnishi, Numa Lavanchy, Jan Bamert, Kim Källström, Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson, Marko Basic, Caio, Ben Lüthi, Haris Tabakovic, Ridge Munsy