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 · Zürich · Super League predictions

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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Ilan SauterZürich
  • 16'Goal · Ilan SauterZürich · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Léo LeroyBasel
  • 85'Yellow card · Damienus ReversonZürich
  • 88'Yellow card · Livano ComenenciaZürich
  • 89'Yellow card · Vincent NvendoZürich
  • 89'Yellow card · Nelson PalacioZürich
  • 90'Penalty goal · Xherdan ShaqiriBasel · 1-1
  • 90+6'Goal · Ibrahim SalahBasel · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Basel 4, draws 4, Zürich 2.

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