FC Basel vs Eintracht Frankfurt Europa League Match Preview or Key Statistics
📊This will be just the second competitive meeting between Basel and Eintracht Frankfurt, after the Swiss side’s 3-0 away victory in the first leg.
📊Eintracht Frankfurt have won two of their four away matches against Swiss opposition in European competition (D1 L1), although their last such victory came back in October 1977, beating FC Zürich 3-0 in the UEFA Cup.
📊Basel have won six of their last seven Europa League games (L1) including each of the last four without conceding. Since the competition’s re-branding in 2009-10, no side has won five consecutive matches in the tournament without conceding in any of those games.
📊The last side to lose the first leg of a two-legged knockout tie by 3+ goals in the Europa League and still progress was Valencia in the 2013-14 quarter finals against Eintracht Frankfurt’s opposition in this game, FC Basel.
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📊Based on the quality on their chances, Basel have scored six goals more than expected in the Europa League this season (Expected Goals value of 12.7 scoring 19), the highest tally in the competition.
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