Champions League match preview: Crvena Zvezda versus Young Boys

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 04.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Rajko Mitić (55538 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Crvena Zvezda and Young Boys are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

14 - 15 - 8 with 58-40. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Young Boys when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Young Boys play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

Young Boys have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Crvena Zvezda form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.

5 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Crvena Zvezda have to build on here at Stadion Rajko Mitić in the Super Liga.

The Crvena supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Radnicki Nis and win 1-0. Midfielder Hwang was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.0 (out of ten) in that game. Hwang hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 70 successful passes (of 80 total).

Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Manchester City in the Champions League. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Crvena Zvezda have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Crvena as they are travelling to their away game against Radnicki Kragujevac in the Super Liga. That match is four days after this one.

As for guarding their own goal, Crvena Zvezda have only let in {1 goals} at home.

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Young Boys form and stats

2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Young Boys in their Super League matches away. Total Champions League statistics for Young Boys: 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Young Boys play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Grasshopper. The attacker Itten got a match rating of 7.4 in that game. Itten scored one goal.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting St. Gallen's place.

A quick return to home after this game, as Young Boys are hosting Basel in the Super League only four days away.

Young Boys have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the previous two meetings): Crvena Zvezda won zero games, two matches ended in a draw and Young Boys got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

CrvenaJ. Krasso
J. Krasso
6 goals
Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
4 goals
Crvena ZvezdaO. Bukari
O. Bukari
3 goals

Crvena Zvezda missing players

Young Boys missing players

Crvena Zvezda Young Boys
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   11 25
18 12   Won W   6 17
4 1   Drew D   3 5
3 0   Lost L   2 3
62 38   Scored S   16 61
19 7   Conceded C   7 25
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
88% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 84%
76% 85%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 64%
48% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 48%
20% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 32%
52% 46%   BTTS BTTS   27% 56%
48% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   64% 40%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   18% 8%
 
6 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   7 6
2.8 3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.1
1.9 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
17.9 18   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 13
6.9 6.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 5.1
36% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 48%
 
8.9 7.9   Shots against (avg) S A   13.7 12.2
3.5 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RB Leipzig 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Crvena Zvezda 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
4 Young Boys 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Backa Topola 8 6 2 0 19 7 4 3 1 0 11 6 4 3 1 0 8 1 12 20
2 Partizan 7 6 1 0 18 10 3 3 0 0 8 4 4 3 1 0 10 6 8 19
3 Crvena Zvezda 8 6 0 2 22 7 5 5 0 0 15 1 3 1 0 2 7 6 15 18
4 Cukaricki 8 4 3 1 13 9 4 2 2 0 6 3 4 2 1 1 7 6 4 15
5 Mladost Lucani 9 4 3 2 12 11 6 2 3 1 8 8 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 15
6 Vojvodina 9 4 2 3 11 16 5 4 0 1 9 7 4 0 2 2 2 9 -5 14
7 Vozdovac 8 3 3 2 11 9 4 2 2 0 7 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 12
8 Spartak Subotica 9 4 0 5 10 14 6 4 0 2 9 7 3 0 0 3 1 7 -4 12
9 IMT Novi Beograd 9 3 1 5 14 14 4 2 1 1 8 5 5 1 0 4 6 9 0 10
10 Novi Pazar 8 3 1 4 10 12 4 3 0 1 8 5 4 0 1 3 2 7 -2 10
11 Radnik Surdulica 8 1 5 2 5 5 4 1 2 1 2 1 4 0 3 1 3 4 0 8
12 Javor Ivanjica 8 2 2 4 8 13 3 2 0 1 4 4 5 0 2 3 4 9 -5 8
13 Napredak 7 2 1 4 6 10 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 -4 7
14 Radnicki Nis 9 2 1 6 8 13 3 2 0 1 5 4 6 0 1 5 3 9 -5 7
15 Zeleznicar Pancevo 8 1 1 6 7 17 4 0 1 3 3 7 4 1 0 3 4 10 -10 4
16 Radnicki Kragujevac 7 1 0 6 5 12 2 1 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 5 2 10 -7 3
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Young Boys 8 5 2 1 17 9 3 3 0 0 11 4 5 2 2 1 6 5 8 17
2 Zurich 8 4 4 0 15 6 4 3 1 0 8 2 4 1 3 0 7 4 9 16
3 Lugano 8 5 0 3 18 14 3 3 0 0 9 2 5 2 0 3 9 12 4 15
4 Luzern 8 4 3 1 11 7 4 3 1 0 8 4 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 15
5 St. Gallen 8 4 3 1 11 8 4 4 0 0 8 4 4 0 3 1 3 4 3 15
6 Winterthur 9 3 3 3 19 20 5 2 2 1 8 6 4 1 1 2 11 14 -1 12
7 Yverdon Sport 8 3 3 2 14 16 3 2 1 0 9 5 5 1 2 2 5 11 -2 12
8 Servette 9 2 4 3 12 15 5 1 3 1 7 7 4 1 1 2 5 8 -3 10
9 Basel 7 1 2 4 13 15 4 1 2 1 9 7 3 0 0 3 4 8 -2 5
10 Grasshopper 9 1 2 6 9 15 5 1 1 3 5 7 4 0 1 3 4 8 -6 5
11 Lausanne Sport 9 1 2 6 10 17 4 0 2 2 4 8 5 1 0 4 6 9 -7 5
12 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 7 1 2 4 6 13 5 1 2 2 4 9 2 0 0 2 2 4 -7 5

Read more about Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.