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FC Basel v Viktoria Plzen : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 29th Jan, 20:00 BST, St Jakob-Park, Basel

Home advantage is often beneficial in the Europa League, and Ludovic Magnin’s FC Basel will have the blessing of it on Thursday night. Martin Hysky’s Viktoria Plzen are their visitors to the St Jakob-Park. For every Europa League preview, KickOff delves into the stats for all of the biggest markets. Key stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then given alongside odds from leading bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As Ludovic Magnin prepares his side for kick-off, our prediction is for a combined total of over 3 goals scored during the game. Stats imply both clubs have the weapons to deliver up top, and have had few problems in finding the back of the net of late. As there is no outright, odds-on favourite to win the fixture, we're going for over 2.5 goals.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Basel are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 51% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.95.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Basel 51%	-	1.95
Draw 22%	-	3.50 8%
Plzen 28%	-	3.90 7%
Draw 1-1 9%	-	6.50
Basel 2-1 9%	-	8.00 6%
Basel 1-0 7%	-	8.50 6%
Plzen 2-1 7%	-	12.00
Basel 2-0 7%	-	10.00
Draw 2-2 7%	-	11.00 10%
Basel 3-1 6%	-	13.00
Plzen 1-0 5%	-	12.00 8%
Basel 3-0 4%	-	15.00
Basel 3-2 4%	-	19.00 12%
Draw 0-0 3%	-	11.00 10%
Plzen 2-0 3%	-	19.00
Plzen 3-1 3%	-	23.00
Plzen 3-2 3%	-	23.00
Basel 4-1 3%	-	23.00
Over 2.5 Goals 66%	-	1.67
Under 2.5 Goals 34%	-	2.10
Home 1st Goal 52%	-	1.65
Away 1st Goal 46%	-	2.45 2%
No 1st Goal 2%	-	10.00 5%
BTTS - Yes 65%	-	1.62 3%
BTTS - No 35%	-	2.20 2%
BTTS - Home Win 30%	-	3.40
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	4.20 8%
BTTS - Away Win 17%	-	6.00
Home/draw 72%	-	1.25 2%
Away/draw 49%	-	1.83
Home/away 78%	-	1.30 2%
Over 1.5 Goals 85%	-	1.22 2%
Under 1.5 Goals 15%	-	4.00
Over 3.5 Goals 44%	-	2.62 5%
Under 3.5 Goals 56%	-	1.44 3%
Over 4.5 Goals 25%	-	4.60 5%
Under 4.5 Goals 75%	-	1.17 1%
Over 5.5 Goals 13%	-	9.00 13%
Under 5.5 Goals 87%	-	1.05 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	-	1.04
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	-	10.00 5%
Home DNB 66%	-	1.40 3%
Away DNB 43%	-	2.75 5%
Basel win to nil 21%	-	-
Plzen win to nil 11%	-	-
Basel / Basel 26%	-	2.90 3%
Basel / Plzen 3%	-	26.00
Basel / Draw 7%	-	11.00
Draw / Basel 15%	-	5.00 4%
Draw / Plzen 10%	-	8.00
Draw / Draw 15%	-	5.00 9%
Plzen / Basel 5%	-	17.00
Plzen / Plzen 13%	-	6.00 8%
Plzen / Draw 6%	-	12.00

Win / draw / win Europa League table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Basel Plzen
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lyon	6	5	0	1	10	15	-	l 2-0A	-	-
2	Midtjylland	6	5	0	1	8	15	-	-	-	-
3	A Villa	6	5	0	1	6	15	l 1-2A	-	-	-
4	Real Betis	6	4	2	0	7	14	-	-	-	-
5	Freiburg	6	4	2	0	6	14	-	l 2-1A	d 0-00-0	-
6	Ferencvaros	6	4	2	0	5	14	-	-	-	d 1-1F
7	Braga	6	4	1	1	5	13	-	-	-	-
8	Porto	6	4	1	1	4	13	-	-	Jan 22	-
9	Stuttgart	6	4	0	2	7	12	w 2-0F	-	-	-
10	Roma	6	4	0	2	5	12	-	-	-	w 1-2F
11	Nottm Forest	6	3	2	1	5	11	-	-	-	-
12	Fenerbahce	6	3	2	1	4	11	-	-	d 0-00-0	-
13	Bologna	6	3	2	1	4	11	-	-	-	-
14	Plzen	6	2	4	0	4	10	Jan 29	-	-	-
15	Panathinaikos	6	3	1	2	2	10	-	-	-	d 0-00-0
16	Genk	6	3	1	2	1	10	-	l 2-1A	-	-
17	Red Star Bel.	6	3	1	2	0	10	-	-	-	-
18	PAOK	6	2	3	1	3	9	-	-	-	-
19	Celta	6	3	0	3	3	9	-	-	-	-
20	Lille	6	3	0	3	3	9	-	-	-	-
21	Young Boys	6	3	0	3	-4	9	-	-	-	-
22	Brann	6	2	2	2	-1	8	-	-	-	-
23	Ludogorets	6	2	1	3	-3	7	-	-	-	-
24	Celtic	6	2	1	3	-4	7	-	-	-	-
25	D. Zagreb	6	2	1	3	-5	7	-	-	-	-
26	Basel	6	2	0	4	-1	6	-	-	-	Jan 29
27	FCSB	6	2	0	4	-4	6	w 3-1F	-	-	-
28	GA Eagles	6	2	0	4	-6	6	-	-	-	-
29	Sturm Graz	6	1	1	4	-4	4	-	-	-	-
30	Feyenoord	6	1	0	5	-6	3	-	-	-	-
31	Salzburg	6	1	0	5	-6	3	-	Jan 22	-	-
32	Utrecht	6	0	1	5	-6	1	-	-	-	-
33	Rangers	6	0	1	5	-8	1	-	-	-	-
34	Malmö	6	0	1	5	-9	1	-	-	w 3-0F	-
35	M. Tel-Aviv	6	0	1	5	-16	1	-	-	-	-
36	Nice	6	0	0	6	-9	0	-	-	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Basel	1 - 2	A Villa
Basel	3 - 1	FCSB
Basel	2 - 0	Stuttgart
Basel	1 - 1	Kobenhavn
Basel	1 - 3	Tobol Kostanay
Basel	1 - 2	Fiorentina
Basel	2 - 2	Nice
Basel	2 - 2	S. Bratislava
Basel	2 - 0	Trabzonspor
Basel	2 - 2	VMFD Zalgiris
Basel	0 - 2	S. Bratislava
Basel	3 - 1	Pyunik Yerevan
Basel	2 - 0	CSK Sofia
Basel	2 - 1	Brondby
Basel	2 - 0	Crusaders
Basel	1 - 2	Marseille
Basel	3 - 0	Qarabag
Basel	3 - 1	Omnia Nicosia
Basel	4 - 2	Kairat Almaty
Basel	3 - 1	Hammarby

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Basel	1 - 2	A Villa
A	Basel	1 - 2	Genk
H	Basel	3 - 1	FCSB
A	Basel	0 - 2	Lyon
H	Basel	2 - 0	Stuttgart
A	Basel	1 - 2	Freiburg
A	Basel	0 - 2	Kobenhavn
H	Basel	1 - 1	Kobenhavn
A	Basel	2 - 1	Tobol Kostanay
H	Basel	1 - 3	Tobol Kostanay
H	Basel	1 - 2	Fiorentina
A	Basel	2 - 1	Fiorentina
A	Basel	1 - 1	Nice
H	Basel	2 - 2	Nice
A	Basel	2 - 2	S. Bratislava
H	Basel	2 - 2	S. Bratislava
H	Basel	2 - 0	Trabzonspor
A	Basel	0 - 1	Trabzonspor
A	Basel	2 - 1	Pyunik Yerevan
H	Basel	2 - 2	VMFD Zalgiris

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Panathinaikos	0 - 0	Plzen
Roma	1 - 2	Plzen
Ferencvaros	1 - 1	Plzen
Rangers	3 - 0	Plzen
Servette	1 - 3	Plzen
Lazio	1 - 1	Plzen
Ferencvaros	1 - 0	Plzen
A.Bilbao	3 - 1	Plzen
Dynamo Kyiv	1 - 2	Plzen
PAOK	2 - 2	Plzen
E.Frankfurt	3 - 3	Plzen
Hearts	0 - 1	Plzen
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	1 - 2	Plzen
Fiorentina	0 - 0	Plzen
Servette	0 - 0	Plzen
KF Ballkani	0 - 1	Plzen
D. Zagreb	0 - 1	Plzen
Astana	1 - 2	Plzen
Tobol Kostanay	1 - 2	Plzen
Gzira United	0 - 2	Plzen

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Plzen	0 - 0	Panathinaikos
H	Plzen	0 - 0	Freiburg
H	Plzen	0 - 0	Fenerbahce
A	Plzen	2 - 1	Roma
H	Plzen	3 - 0	Malmö
A	Plzen	1 - 1	Ferencvaros
H	Plzen	2 - 1	Rangers
A	Plzen	0 - 3	Rangers
A	Plzen	3 - 1	Servette
H	Plzen	0 - 1	Servette
A	Plzen	1 - 1	Lazio
H	Plzen	1 - 2	Lazio
H	Plzen	3 - 0	Ferencvaros
A	Plzen	0 - 1	Ferencvaros
A	Plzen	1 - 3	A.Bilbao
H	Plzen	2 - 0	Anderlecht
H	Plzen	1 - 2	Man Utd
A	Plzen	2 - 1	Dynamo Kyiv
H	Plzen	2 - 1	R.Sociedad
A	Plzen	2 - 2	PAOK

Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.0 is decent for FC Basel in their clash with Viktoria Plzen, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 37 consecutive Europa League games.

FC Basel's defensive record is very strong, L. Magnin's men having conceded 1 or less in 9 consecutive Europa League games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.4 for Viktoria Plzen makes sense in this context.

	Basel 26th	Plzen 14th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.0 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 14% 1 28% 2 27% 3 18% 4+ 14% There is a 86% probability that Basel will score 1 or more goals	0 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 58% probability that Plzen will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	=0 Basel’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+11 Plzen have scored 11% more goals when away than predicted
	2.0 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season

BSL

PLZ

16%

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Games scored	14		15
Failed to score	5		5
Scored first	7		12
Goals scored	24		29
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.5
Avg. shots per game	11		11
Avg. shots per goal	9		7
Conversion rate for	11		14
Avg. XG for	1.9		0.9
KickOff rating		+16%

BSL

PLZ

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Games conceded	12		12
Clean sheets	7		8
Conceded first	9		5
Goals conceded	21		23
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	10		8
Conversion rate against	10%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.3
KickOff rating		+2%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between Basel v Plzen will show here when available.

Basel Europa League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
6	3	3	2
L Leroy	X Shaqiri	X Shaqiri	L Leroy

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Leroy MID	6		1	2 -
X Shaqiri MID	6	3	3	-
P Otele FWD	6	2		1 -
M Broschinski FWD	6	1		-
M Hitz GLK	5			-
F Daniliuc DEF	5	1		-
D Schmid DEF	5			1 -
K Koindredi MID	5			-
Metinho MID	5			-
A Ajeti FWD	5	1		2 -
I Salah FWD	5	1		1 -
M. Soticek FWD	5		1	-
A Barisic DEF	4			1 -
N Vouilloz DEF	4			1 -
J Adjetey DEF	4			-
A. Bačanin MID	4			-
B Traoré FWD	4		1	1 -
K Rüegg DEF	3			-
K Tsunemoto DEF	3			1 -
J. Agbonifo FWD	3			-
M Salvi GLK	1			-
M. Cissé DEF	1			-
A. Junior Zé FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	6	3	4
X Shaqiri	L Leroy	X Shaqiri	X Shaqiri

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
X Shaqiri MID	3	6	3	4
P Otele FWD	2	3
M Broschinski FWD	1	2
F Daniliuc DEF	1	1
A Ajeti FWD	1	2
I Salah FWD	1	2
L Leroy MID		6	1
D Schmid DEF		1
Metinho MID		1
M. Soticek FWD			1
J Adjetey DEF		2
B Traoré FWD		1	1
J. Agbonifo FWD		1
A. Junior Zé FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
314	18	31
F Daniliuc	L Leroy	L Leroy

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
F Daniliuc DEF	314	6	21
Metinho MID	284	13	21
L Leroy MID	226	18	31
D Schmid DEF	208	12	27
X Shaqiri MID	200		17
J Adjetey DEF	200	3	15
A Barisic DEF	152	9	26
M Hitz GLK	139		3
P Otele FWD	137	8	23
N Vouilloz DEF	113	2	8
K Tsunemoto DEF	99	10	18
B Traoré FWD	86	5	15
A. Bačanin MID	74	4	8
K Koindredi MID	71	1	7
I Salah FWD	52		3
M. Cissé DEF	49	5	7
A Ajeti FWD	42	2	9
M. Soticek FWD	42	2	11
M Broschinski FWD	35	1	7
J. Agbonifo FWD	30	6	12
K Rüegg DEF	28	4	5
M Salvi GLK	18		1
A. Junior Zé FWD	10		2

Plzen Europa League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
6	2	2	4
S Dweh	R Durosinmi	M Vydra	S Dweh

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Dweh DEF	6		1	4 -
V Jemelka DEF	6			3 1
C Souare MID	6	1		1 -
A. Memić MID	6		1	-
L Červ MID	6			1 -
T Ladra MID	6			-
A Zeljkovic MID	6			-
D Visinsky MID	6			1 -
R Durosinmi FWD	6	2		2 -
P. Adu FWD	6	1		1 -
M Jedlicka GLK	4		1	-
M Doski DEF	4		1	1 1
M Havel DEF	4			-
M Valenta MID	4			1 -
M Vydra FWD	4	1	2	-
J. Paluška DEF	3			-
S Markovic DEF	3			1 -
K. Spáčil DEF	3	1		1 -
F. Wiegele GLK	2			1 -
J. Bello FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	5	2	2
R Durosinmi	M Vydra	M Vydra	C Souare

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Durosinmi FWD	2	4
C Souare MID	1	2		2
P. Adu FWD	1	4
M Vydra FWD	1	5	2
K. Spáčil DEF	1	1
S Dweh DEF		3	1
A. Memić MID		2	1	2
L Červ MID		1
T Ladra MID		1		1
D Visinsky MID		1
M Jedlicka GLK			1
M Doski DEF		1	1	1
M Valenta MID		1
J. Paluška DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
225	23	50
S Dweh	S Dweh	S Dweh

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Dweh DEF	225	23	50
V Jemelka DEF	196	9	27
L Červ MID	194	5	37
C Souare MID	158	6	17
A. Memić MID	134	7	23
T Ladra MID	128	2	18
M Jedlicka GLK	106
K. Spáčil DEF	105	3	7
R Durosinmi FWD	101	5	37
M Doski DEF	99	10	18
M Valenta MID	96	7	16
P. Adu FWD	78	7	26
J. Paluška DEF	77	1	5
F. Wiegele GLK	69
D Visinsky MID	43	2	7
M Vydra FWD	41	3	13
A Zeljkovic MID	41	3	7
M Havel DEF	16		1
S Markovic DEF	8		1
J. Bello FWD		1	1