The magic of the cup as Young Boys greet CSKA Sofia visitors in Europa League tie

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 05.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Neufeld (14000 seats)

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.

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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.

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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

CSKA SofiaY. Sankharé
Y. Sankharé
3 goals
Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
2 goals
CSKA SofiaV. Ivaylov Antov
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

Read more about Europa League

The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.