Basel vs Winterthur Prediction: Both sides hoping to get back to winning ways

On the 30th of July, Basel will play their next Swiss Super League game against Winterthur, and they will do everything in their power to end their current winless streak. Similarly, FCW enters St. Jakob Park having dropped two points to Luzern in the opening round.

Basel's campaign got off to a shaky start as they suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to St. Gallen in the opening match of the season on Saturday at Kybunpark. Willem Geubbels' goal put this team behind early on, but Fabian Frei's goal shortly before halftime brought them even, before Lukas Gortler's goal with four minutes left to play gave them the victory.

As if things couldn't get any worse for RotBlau, the first leg of their Conference League qualifier was played against a team from Kazakhstan called Tobol Kostanay, and they ended up losing 3-1.

The next challenge will be posed by a rival that has only one victory to their name over the course of the previous 11 matches, losing all except for one of the other 10 contests. The hosts are desperate to bounce back to winning ways in front of their home fans after losing their last three games coming up to Sunday's game.

The first day of the season was also a wash for Winterthur, as they were held to a goalless draw at home by Luzern. It was especially disheartening for Winterthur because they managed to fire 21 shots, but only nine of those rounds hit the target. In contrast, Luzern only managed to shoot 11 shots, with only one of them hitting the target.

The Zurich-based club is now seventh in the table for the Swiss Super League and is only one spot away from the last Championship group position due to goal difference. On Sunday, the visitors will be looking to improve their confidence before facing reigning champions Young Boys a week later.

Basel: Marwin Hitz(GK), Riccardo Calafiori, Arnau Comas, Finn van Breemen, Sergio López, Fabian Frei, Wouter Burger, Dan Ndoye, Jean Kevin Augustin, Jonathan Dubasin, Liam Millar.

Winterthur: Markus Kuster(GK), Silvan Sidler, Basil Stillhart, Yannick Schmid, Souleymane Diaby, Alexandre Jankewitz, Luca Zuffi, Samuel Ballet, Matteo Di Giusto, Nishan Burkart, Aldin Turkes.

Despite Basel's poor play in their most recent Swiss Super League contests, the club's home field advantage versus Winterthur at St. Jakob Park has resulted in four victories for Basel. As a result, Bebbi will once again win this match. Despite this, the opposing team is certain to score at some point during the game.