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One title is still to be awarded in Switzerland this season. Next Sunday, the cup winners of the special season 2019/2020 will be determined in the Stade de Suisse. With the reigning champion Young Boys Bern, the first finalist has already been determined. The opponent of the yellow-blacks will be played on Tuesday evening, FC Basel will meet Winterthur. According to the odds, there are no two opinions as to who is the favorite in the unequal duel of the first against the second division.
Despite the fact that the red-blue team won the Swiss Cup title last year and of course are of significantly higher quality, the guest from the vicinity of Zurich should by no means be underestimated.
The team of German coach Ralf Loose put in a fantastic final sprint in the Challenge League and scored an impressive 19 points from the final seven matches. In addition, the red and whites surprised in the previous course of the competition with successes against St. Gallen or Thun.
Since the former Swiss champions (last in 1917) had not played a competitive game for three weeks, while the favorite was still active in the Europa League, we would refrain from predicting the underdog between FC Basel and Winterthur. Instead, we expect a sovereign performance from the Koller-Elf and a befitting finale of the rivals from Bern and Basel.
FC Basel :
So now it is official. Marcel Koller will leave FC Basel after his contract expires at the end of this season. The former Austrian national coach, who has been criticized for some time and probably only could have saved his position by winning the championship or a sensational entry into the UEFA Europa League final, will be a maximum of two more matches of the “Bebbi” on the sidelines coach.
Number one will rise in the cup semifinals on Tuesday evening when FC Basel is clearly favored against Winterthur when looking at the odds. This assessment is not really surprising, especially since the Red-Blue not only play a class higher, but also do not look back on a very long time without duty. In mid-August, FCB was still in action internationally, but missed the semi-finals in the Europa League after a heavy 1: 4 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk.
The decisive question will certainly be, under the aspects mentioned, whether the Baselers can motivate themselves again or whether the impending separation with the coach even brings with it an alibi, which in turn could potentially lead to a weaker performance. We are convinced that the favored hosts would like to play the final against the Young Boys, so we assume a concentrated performance that undoubtedly justifies a tip on the red-blue between FC Basel and Winterthur.
From a purely statistical point of view, the chances are pretty good, especially since the Koller-Elf have not lost a home game at national or international level since the restart. The last defeat in their own stadium was in the Swiss Cup in June 2015. In general, the club from the north-west of the country has had almost exclusively positive experiences with the national cup in the recent past. In this decade alone, FCB made it into seven finals and won the title four times. In 2019 you could lift the trophy after a 2-1 win against Thun.
Winterthur:
For FC Winterthur, the past second division season ended in a conciliatory manner. Thanks to six wins from the last seven games, the team of German coach Ralf Loose improved to fourth place and performed exactly as in 2018/2019. To what extent FCW was able to maintain the form from the final spurt in the Challenge League in the last three weeks without play remains to be seen.
The fact is that the red-whites will have to do without their best player in the semi-finals of the Swiss Cup. Luka Sliskovic, who scored the most goals over the course of the season (14) and gave the most assists (six), moved to the third division with immediate effect at 1. FC Magdeburg at the beginning of August. Without their top scorer, the underdog will likely lack attacking power.
Nevertheless, the Canton of Zurich is looking forward to the game of the year in the semi-finals of the national cup competition, which they absolutely deserved due to their great performances in the previous rounds.
Among other things, the second division defeated the runner-up St. Gallen and the first division Thun. But each in their own stadium. At St. Jakob Park, we don’t expect the outsider to come up with any further surprises, which is why a forecast for the “Bebbi” between FC Basel and Winterthur is obvious.
In addition to the aforementioned absence of the goal scorer Sliskovic, some other potential regular players will probably not be available injured. At least the ex-Baselers Calla, Buess and Pepsi are on board and are eager for a surprise against the former employer.
Basel vs Winterthur head to head matches
31.10.18 CUP Winterthur Basel 0 : 1
24.01.18 CF Basel Winterthur 1 : 0
05.04.17 CUP Winterthur Basel 1 : 3
21.09.14 CUP Winterthur Basel 0 : 4
15.04.12 CUP Winterthur Basel 1 : 2
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| Prediction: | Under 3,5 goals |
| Selection odds: | 1,70 |
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