International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Young Boys and CSKA Sofia are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
The visiting CSKA Sofia played their last game only four days ago, a Parva Liga match.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike CSKA Sofia's home stadium. The visitors last four games on artifical turf have ended in 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Young Boys form and stats
Young Boys participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the group stage.As mentioned below, Young Boys are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Super League games. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Young Boys has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. Young haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Basel, 117 days ago. After failing to beat Basel here at Stadion Neufeld, Young Boys has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with 17 wins in a row.
Young manager G. Seoane and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus CFR Cluj in the Europa League. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Luzern.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus St. Gallen in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadion Neufeld.
The Young fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Young have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
CSKA Sofia form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.Playing away, CSKA Sofia have won 1 game, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Parva Liga this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away. Sofia has drawn their two previous away games.
Younousse Sankharé scored in Sofia's previous match, the home game against Tsarsko selo that ended 1-0. Before that, CSKA Sofia travelled to Roma and returned home with a draw after the Europa League game finished 0-0.
The end of the last match, against Tsarsko selo, was very satisfying as Younousse Sankharé scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Parva Liga trip to Montana.
Sofia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. CSKA Sofia have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Sankharé 3 goals |   J. Nsamé 2 goals |  V. Ivaylov Antov 2 goals |
Young Boys missing players
CSKA Sofia missing players
| Young Boys | CSKA Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 13 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 51 | 36 | Scored | S | 14 | 41 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 338 | 169 | Total Shots | T S | 144 | 346 | ||
| 128 | 71 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 129 | ||
| 37% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Roma | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Lugano | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Lausanne Sport | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Basel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Servette | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Zürich | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Sion | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Luzern | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 2 |
| 10 | Vaduz | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 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 | Ludogorets | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | Beroe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Arda | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Tsarsko selo | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Botev Plovdiv | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Botev Vratsa | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | Montana | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Levski Sofia | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Slavia Sofia | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 7 |
| 14 | Etar | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -18 | 2 |