There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League Play-offs meeting between Young Boys and Maccabi Haifa. Game on!
Maccabi Haifa 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.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Young Boys form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.As mentioned below, Young Boys are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Super League games.
The Young Boys coach Wicky and his players return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League. Defender Benito got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.02/10. Benito won 5 of 5 duels.
In the game before, a fine away win at Breitenrain. A Swiss Cup game.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Young Boys at home in the league. 7 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sheriff, Slovan Bratislava and Hamrun Spartans in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
Maccabi Haifa delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Young Boys in their previous match; a Champions League duel. Defender Seck was the best team player with a rating of 7.81. Seck hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.
Previously, the Toto Cup victory away at Maccabi Petah Tikva.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Haifa - Young Boys 0-0 was the outcome when this pair of squads formerly did battle, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Nsamé 2 goals |  C. Itten 2 goals |  J. Monteiro 2 goals |
Young Boys missing players
Maccabi Haifa missing players
| Young Boys | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 67 | 48 | Scored | S | 23 | 55 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.8 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.5 | ||
| 6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 45% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 47% | ||
| 11.2 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 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 | 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 |
