Match Info

Europa League - League phase - Round 8

Date: 29 January 2026, Thursday 🏁 Finished

Location: St. Jakob-Park (Basel) 🌤️ ...

Referee: Kruashvili G. (Geo)

Where to Watch on TV:

Country	Kick-Off	TV Channels
Argentina	17:00	Disney+
Armenia	00:00	Fast Sports
Asia	—	beIN Connect MENA, beIN Sports MENA Xtra 8
Australia	07:00	Stan Sport
Austria	21:00	Sky Go Austria, Sky Sport Austria 1
Canada	15:00	DAZN Canada
Chile	17:00	Disney+
China	04:00	ZhiBo8
Colombia	15:00	Disney+
Cyprus	22:00	Cytavision on the Go, Cytavision Sports 8
Czech Republic	21:00	Nova Sport 5, Oneplay
Denmark	21:00	Disney+
Finland	22:00	Viaplay
France	21:00	Canal+ Live 15
Germany	21:00	RTL+, Sky Go Germany, Sky Sport 3, WOW
Greece	22:00	ANT 1+
Hong Kong	04:00	beIN SPORTS MAX
Iceland	20:00	Viaplay
Indonesia	03:00	beIN Connect, beIN SPORTS MAX
Kosovo	21:00	ART Sport 2
Laos	03:00	beIN Connect
Malaysia	04:00	beIN Connect
Mexico	14:00	Disney+
Netherlands	21:00	Ziggo Sport 6
New Zealand	09:00	DAZN New Zealand
Norway	21:00	TV2 Play, Viaplay
Pakistan	01:00	Tapmad
Peru	15:00	Disney+
Philippines	04:00	beIN Connect, beIN SPORTS MAX
Portugal	20:00	DAZN / App
Russia	23:00	Okko Sport
Singapore	04:00	beIN Connect
South America	—	ViX Latin America
Spain	21:00	M+ Liga de Campeones 10
Sweden	21:00	Disney+
Switzerland	21:00	Blue Sport 2, Blue Sport 2, Blue Sport D1, Blue Sport D1
Thailand	03:00	beIN Connect, beIN SPORTS MAX
Turkey	23:00	Tabii
Ukraine	22:00	MEGOGO Futbol 19
United Kingdom	20:00	Discovery+ App, Discovery+
Uruguay	17:00	Disney+
Usa	15:00	Paramount+
Venezuela	16:00	Disney+
Vietnam	03:00	ON Plus
International	20:00	VIX App


	Basel		Viktoria Plzeň

	1	X	2
	1.95	3.9	3.5
	1.93	3.5	3.9
	2	4	3.5
	2.02	3.94	3.5
	2.11	3.86	3.18	Watch
	2	3.6	3.25
	2	3.99	3.58
	2.08	3.8	3.25
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.01 ↑ (1.98)	3.82 ↑ (3.54)	3.46 ↓ (4.01)

The most likely Over/Under: 3.00

The best margin for this event is 3%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Basel
47.4%

Draw
25%

Viktoria Plzeň
27.6%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

48.8%

27.2%

24%

Our Initial ML Estimation

47.4%

27.9%

24.7%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Basel has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-1.4%)

Viktoria Plzeň has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+3.6%)

The ML Model estimate for Basel aligns with the current prediction.

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Viktoria Plzeň than the current prediction. (-2.9%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
68.6%	9.8%	21.6%

Basel - Viktoria Plzeň Predictions

Users Predictions: 51 users predict this event. Basel will win (votes: 35 - 68.6%). Plzeň will win (votes: 11 - 21.6%). It will Tie (votes: 5 - 9.8%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Basel: 55.9% – 81.3%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 15 Selected Experts predict this event. Basel (votes: 11 - 73.3%). Tie (votes: 4 - 26.7%).

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by Selected Experts:

AH 0 - Plzeň (2.46) (votes: 3 - 100%) 🥉 Bronze Tip.

O/U 2.5 - over (votes: 5 - 71.4%) .

BTTS - yes (votes: 6 - 100%) 🥇 Gold Tip.

DNB - Basel (1.57) (votes: 2 - 100%) .

O/U 3.25 - under (votes: 1 - 100%) .

DC - Plzeň (1.74) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Overall Expert Consensus (including all markets): 21 Selected Experts predict this event. Basel (votes: 13 - 61.9%). Plzeň (votes: 4 - 19%). Tie (votes: 4 - 19%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
1. Hitz M. (G) 27. Ruegg K. 32. Adjetey J. 24. Daniliuc F. 31. Schmid D. 28. Kacuri D. 8. Koindredi K. 11. Traore B. 10. Shaqiri X. (C) 7. Otele P. 23. Ajeti Al.	44. Wiegele F. (G) 14. Doski M. 40. Dweh S. 21. Jemelka V. 19. Souare C. 32. Valenta M. 6. Cerv L. (C) 5. Spacil K. 99. Memic A. 18. Ladra T. 20. Panos J.
Substitutes
9. Agbonifo J. 43. Akahomen M. 14. Bacanin A. 29. Cisse M. 22. Leroy L. 47. Pfeiffer T. (G) 40. Rexhaj A. 21. Salah I. 13. Salvi M. (G) 19. Soticek M. 3. Vouilloz N.	4. Chalupa J. 7. Kabongo C. 34. Kubin P. 33. Novak A. 15. Silhavy M. (G) 12. Suchy D. 13. Tvrdon M. (G) 9. Visinsky D. 85. Zeljkovic A.
Coaches
Lichtsteiner S.	Hysky M.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 1)
33', Adjetey J. 🟨,
39', 0 - 1, Panos J. ⚽, Doski M. (A),
43', Ruegg K. 🟨,
2nd Half (0 - 0)
46', Hitz M. ↓, Salvi M. ↑,
57', Koindredi K. ↓, Leroy L. ↑,
57', Traore B. ↓, Agbonifo J. ↑,
64', Panos J. ↓, Visinsky D. ↑,
64', Schmid D. ↓, Cisse M. ↑,
68', Dweh S. 🟨,
79', Otele P. ↓, Salah I. ↑,
79', Valenta M. ↓, Kabongo C. ↑,
90+3', Memic A. 🟨,
90+4', Souare C. ↓, Novak A. ↑,

Preview

Basel has been quite unpredictable recently (last 5 games: 2 wins).

Plzeň is showing top-class performance now (in the last 5 games, wins – 3).

Basel may face physical challenges compared to their opponent, as they have played more matches in recent days.

Basel is expected to have a slight advantage in this match.

There will not play in Basel: Broschinski M. (Knee Injury) Metinho (Injury) Tsunemoto K. (Injury)

There will not play in Plzeň: Adu P. (Health problems) Hejda L. (Inactive) Hrosovsky P. (Inactive) Kadlec A. (Inactive) Kopic J. (Knee Injury) Krcik D. (Inactive) Paluska J. (Surgery) Sloncik T. (Inactive) Sojka A. (Inactive) Tapaj D. (Inactive) Vasulin D. (Inactive) Vydra M. (Red Card)

There are questionable in Basel: Kaio Eduardo (Injury) Salah I. (Inactive)

In the last 1 head-to-head match, Basel won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 1:2.

Including home match between the teams, Basel won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 1:2.

Standings

League phase

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
33	Plzen	3	0	0	3	2:7	-5	0

Outrights of UEFA Europa League for now

Plzen: 0.36%

Last Results with these Odds

Basel - the odds 1.98 are the expected chance of winning is 48.77%, but this team recently wins 43% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- FC Basel
Swiss Super League
25.01.26	Zürich - Basel	3:4 ✺
UEFA Europa League
22.01.26	Red Bull Salzburg - Basel	3:1 ✺
Swiss Super League
18.01.26	Basel - Sion	1:1 ✺
Club Friendly
06.01.26	Slavia Prague - Basel	3:4 ✺
Swiss Super League
20.12.25	Basel - Servette	1:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 8.4 WLTWT
- Viktoria Plzeň
UEFA Europa League
22.01.26	Viktoria Plzeň - Porto	1:1 ✺
Club Friendly
15.01.26	Viktoria Plzeň - SønderjyskE	3:1 ✺
09.01.26	Lugano - Viktoria Plzeň	2:4 ✺
Czech 1 Liga
14.12.25	Viktoria Plzeň - Dukla Prague	2:0 ✺
UEFA Europa League
11.12.25	Panathinaikos - Viktoria Plzeň	0:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 12.1 TWWWT

Latest Head to Head

Club Friendly
17.01.18	Basel - Viktoria Plzeň	1:2

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