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Peter Green - July 21, 2023
St. Gallen vs Basel Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Swiss Super League on Saturday, 22 July 2023.
St. Gallen had an average run in the last Super League season. They claimed the sixth position, just outside the safe zone in the standings.
The team will play host to Basel in Saturday. Basel took the last place of the promotion zone in the standings with a difference of just two points with St. Gallen sitting outside the standings.
The past four overall wins was evenly split, with two each for both teams. Their latest meeting ended in a 6-1 win for St. Gallen.
Five of the last seven head to head meetings were high-scoring. St. Gallen is having a four-match unbeaten streak against Basel at this stadium.
St. Gallen had a positive ending at home last season, recording two back-to-back victories. They followed the same in their pre-season friendlies at home too.
On the other side, Basel had a winless end on the road last season. They were having a two-match winless streak at the end of the last season. However, they had a good run in their friendly match-ups.
Going on, St. Gallen have an edge in the recent h2h clash with Basel. In that case, we expect a win for St. Gallen considering all the above mentioned observations.
All the pre-season friendlies played by St. Gallen at home and Basel on the road were high-scoring. On top of that their h2h recordings have often been high-scoring. Considering such a trend , we like to back the over 2.5 goals tip for this match.
The defensive side of both teams doesn’t seem to have the capability of keeping a clean sheet considering their recent recordings. Neither of them have recorded a clean sheet consistently of late. Therefore, both teams to score is likely to land here.
We are expecting a win for St. Gallen considering all the above mentioned stats. They have en edge over Basel in both their recent recordings and h2h meetings.
Therefore, St. Gallen to win is our main betting pick for this match. For the second tip, we like to place a 2-1 correct score in favor of St. Gallen.
