* Basel tied in their visit to Qarabag, while Kairat could pull off a win at home against Omonia Nicosia a couple of weeks ago. * Nonetheless, the RotBlau heads to today’s match with a 3-win streak between the Swiss Super League and the Schweizer Cup, scoring 8 goals in the run, allowing only one. A pretty great motivation. * Actually, the Swiss outfit sits comfortably at the top of the standings with 18 points and a whopping +15 goal difference. * On the other hand, the Kazakh team just come from a 1-1 tie against Karagandy in the domestic league, where it seems Astana will win the title again this time. * With all 4 clubs of the group having the possibility to get ahead tonight, the home side definitely come in better shape, plus playing at St. Jakob-Park, they need to build on that momentum and win their first 3 points of the campaign. Prediction: Basel -1