Basel 2-1 Zürich: result and report
Super League · Sunday 8 February 2026
Result
Basel 2-1 Zürich
Super League · Sunday 8 February 2026, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Basel 2-1 Zürich: match report
Basel beat Zürich 2-1 in the Super League on Sunday 8 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.
Ilan Sauter opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Basel's goals came from Xherdan Shaqiri (90', penalty) and Ibrahim Salah (90+6'). Zürich scored through Ilan Sauter (16').
Discipline: Basel received 1 yellow card; Zürich received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Basel were 4th on 36 points from 22 and Zürich 9th on 25 points from 22. Basel went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and Zürich 10th with 38.
Basel lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Zürich in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Xherdan Shaqiri of Basel (7.5), ahead of Chris Kablan (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Basel wins, 4 draws and 2 for Zürich.
Going into the match Basel's last five read L-W-D-D-W and Zürich's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Ilan Sauter
- 16'Goal · Ilan Sauter
- 36'Yellow card · Léo Leroy
- 85'Yellow card · Damienus Reverson
- 88'Yellow card · Livano Comenencia
- 89'Yellow card · Vincent Nvendo
- 89'Yellow card · Nelson Palacio
- 90'Penalty goal · Xherdan Shaqiri
- 90+6'Goal · Ibrahim Salah
Head-to-head
Team news
Basel line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marwin Hitz, Kevin Rüegg, Flavius Daniliuc, Nicolas Vouilloz, Dominik Schmid, Dion Kacuri, Léo Leroy, Julien Duranville, Xherdan Shaqiri, Bénie Traoré, Giacomo Koloto
Zürich line-up (4-3-3)
Silas Simon Huber, Chris Kablan, Lindrit Kamberi, Ilan Sauter, Livano Comenencia, Cheveyo Tsawa, Bledian Krasniqi, Nelson Palacio, Nevio Emanuele Di Giusto, Damienus Reverson, Umeh Emmanuel