Basel 3-1 Grasshopper: result and report

Super League · Saturday 31 October 2009

Result

Basel 3-1 Grasshopper

Super League · Saturday 31 October 2009, 16:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

Basel · Grasshopper · Super League predictions

Basel 3-1 Grasshopper: match report

Basel beat Grasshopper 3-1 in the Super League on Saturday 31 October 2009. The half-time score was 2-1.

Boris Smiljanic opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Basel's goals came from Benjamin Huggel (34'), Marco Streller (41') and Benjamin Huggel (90', penalty). Grasshopper scored through Boris Smiljanic (28').

Discipline: Basel received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Grasshopper received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Basel were 3rd on 25 points from 14 and Grasshopper 7th on 17 points from 14. Basel went on to finish that season 2nd with 72 points, and Grasshopper 3rd with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Basel wins, 2 draws and 3 for Grasshopper.

Going into the match Basel's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Grasshopper's L-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Valentin StockerBasel
  • 23'Yellow card · Veroljub SalaticGrasshopper
  • 28'Goal · Boris SmiljanicGrasshopper · 0-1
  • 34'Goal · Benjamin HuggelBasel · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Senad LulićGrasshopper
  • 41'Goal · Marco StrellerBasel · 2-1
  • 56'Red card · ValloriGrasshopper
  • 59'Red card · David AbrahamBasel
  • 73'Yellow card · S. InkoomBasel
  • 76'Yellow card · Çagdas AtanBasel
  • 78'Yellow card · Rolf FeltscherGrasshopper
  • 84'Yellow card · Boris SmiljanicGrasshopper
  • 90'Red card · Jeff StrasserGrasshopper
  • 90'Penalty goal · Benjamin HuggelBasel · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Basel 5, draws 2, Grasshopper 3.

Team news

Basel expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Franco Costanzo, Francois Marque, Behrang Safari, Reto Zanni, David Abraham, Beg Ferati, Benjamin Huggel, Carlitos, Scott Chipperfield, Ivan Ergic