Maccabi Haifa and Young Boys will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Champions League Play-offs battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
Maccabi Haifa's stadium, Sammy Ofer Stadium, has a grass surface. Young Boys have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Young Boys when playing on grass; 13 wins, 14 draws and 11 losses from 38 matches. They have scored {63 goals} in these games and conceded 46.
Young Boys have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Not a lot of time to rest for the home side, as they had a Toto Cup game only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Maccabi Petah Tikva.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Maccabi Haifa have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Sheriff, Slovan Bratislava and Hamrun Spartans. Maccabi was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.On the other hand, in the Champions League, Maccabi Haifa has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Maccabi Haifa are returning here after guesting Maccabi Petah Tikva in a Toto Cup fixture and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Before that fixture, a home victory against Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League.
Young Boys form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.Things could have gone better for Young Boys in their Super League away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right.
Two away matches in a row for Young Boys, whose coach Wicky could celebrate last time after the Swiss Cup win against Breitenrain.
Before that, Young Boys travelled to Luzern and returned home with a draw after the Super League game finished 1-1.{3 goals} so far away for Young Boys, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Nsamé 2 goals |  C. Itten 2 goals |  J. Monteiro 2 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Young Boys missing players
| Maccabi Haifa | Young Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 17 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 57 | 34 | Scored | S | 19 | 71 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 40% | ||
| 68% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 4% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.1 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.9 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.6 | 16.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 47% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 45% | ||
| 8.8 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zurich | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Lugano | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Servette | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Luzern | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Lausanne Sport | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Grasshopper | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 4 |
| 10 | Yverdon Sport | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | Basel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 1 |
