Zürich 1-2 Basel: result and report
Super League · Saturday 22 August 2026
Result
Zürich 1-2 Basel
Super League · Saturday 22 August 2026, 18:30 UTC · Stadion Letzigrund, Zürich · half-time 1-0
Zürich 1-2 Basel: match report
Zürich lost to Basel 1-2 in the Super League on Saturday 22 August 2026 at Stadion Letzigrund. The half-time score was 1-0.
Philippe Paulin Keny opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Zürich's goal came from Philippe Paulin Keny (8', penalty). Basel scored through Kazeem Olaigbe (62') and Zan Celar (85', penalty).
Discipline: Zürich received 4 yellow cards; Basel received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Zürich were 9th on 3 points from 3 and Basel 5th on 6 points from 3. In the current table Zürich are 4th on 20 points and Basel are 7th on 14 points.
Zürich lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Basel in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Selmin Hodza of Zürich (7.7), ahead of Kazeem Olaigbe (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Zürich win, 1 draw and 3 for Basel.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · Sebastian Walker
- 7'Yellow card · Akpe Victory
- 8'Penalty goal · Philippe Paulin Keny
- 19'Yellow card · Ludwig Malachowski Thorell
- 26'Yellow card · Becir Omeragic
- 45'Yellow card · Umeh Emmanuel
- 62'Goal · Kazeem Olaigbe
- 74'Yellow card · Lindrit Kamberi
- 76'Yellow card · Asane Sow
- 81'Yellow card · Moussa Cissé
- 84'Yellow card · Alexander Hack
- 85'Penalty goal · Zan Celar
- 90+5'Yellow card · Kazeem Olaigbe
- 90+6'Yellow card · Zan Celar
Form and table
Head-to-head
Team news
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Zürich line-up (4-1-4-1)
Heinz Lindner, Selmin Hodza, Lindrit Kamberi, Alexander Hack, Sebastian Walker, Leandro Schödler, Umeh Emmanuel, Miguel Reichmuth, Bledian Krasniqi, Kevin Spadanuda, Philippe Paulin Keny
Basel line-up (4-3-3)
Mirko Salvi, Keigo Tsunemoto, Flavius Daniliuc, Akpe Victory, Moussa Cissé, Metinho, Becir Omeragic, Ludwig Malachowski Thorell, Asane Sow, Zan Celar, Kazeem Olaigbe
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