In the first 17 games of the season, 33-year-old Xherdan Shaqiri has scored six goals and assisted on 11 others. However, Shaqiri is still far from becoming the best in goals and assists.
This is exactly how Xherdan Shaqiri imagined his return to Basel.
With eight goals and 12 assists in all competitions, the playmaker has played a major role in Basel's bid to win the title again. In the league alone, he has been involved in 17 goals in 17 matches. This means that Shaqiri is only two goals away from equalling the record from last season, writes Swiss newspaper "Blick". The 33-year-old Renato Steffen had six goals and 2023 assists in the 2024/13 season. So he was involved in 19 goals.
Shaqiri is close to achieving this record, but far from the overall record. In 21 seasons, since the Superliga began in the 2003/2004 season, the best have only once had fewer than 26 goals and assists combined.
Croatian Mladen Petrić was involved in 2006 goals in the 2007/21 season.
Stephane Chapuisat set the record for Young Boys in the first season of the Super League. He scored 24 goals in the 2003/2004 season, while assisting in 19 others. He was involved in 43 goals in a single season, a figure that Shaqiri is yet to match.
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He should also be included in the 26 goals in the last 17 games of the championship. It should also be mentioned that the player who returned in the summer, was absent in the first four games of the season.
The Swiss newspaper also mentioned the fact that the Swiss Super League had two more matches when the record was set.
Chapuisat had scored or assisted on average every 70 minutes, while Shaqiri is involved in Basel's goals on average every 75 minutes.
If Shaqiri wants to set a record, he needs to focus on assists. He has 11 assists after 21 rounds. That's not enough for a record.
Eight times have Swiss elite players had more assists after the same number of matches played up to this point in the championship.
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The record after 21 games with assists is held by Miroslav Stevanović, who had 15 assists. He only had five more assists by the end of the season. But, with 20 assists, he set a record in the Swiss Super League.
If Shaqiri continues this pace, he can at least break this record.
