Super League fixture prognosis and preview for the Servette vs Young Boys clash

It should be mentioned that Young Boys play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Young Boys on grass are 14 victories, 15 draws and 10 defeats from 39 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 71-46. You can compare this with overall results below.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Servette form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for Servette at their home stadium (Stade de Genève) is 5 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat.

The Servette manager Geiger and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Lugano (placed 3rd). The hometeam coach Geiger made a successful contribution in the game against Lugano, bringing on Valls who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Defender Baron got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Baron hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.

Some stats: A review of the 10 latest league matches reveals that 8 of them had goals from both sides.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Servette as they have a new game in only four days, a Swiss Cup match thankfully also at home. Lugano are visiting.

Servette are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Servette have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Young Boys form and stats

As the visiting team in Super League matches, Young Boys have produced an overall stat of 5-6-1 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Young Boys as they haven't lost any of their last 18 games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Young Boys goalkeeper Anthony Racioppi is eager to challenge this, with his 208 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Young Boys won their last game, 3-0 versus Basel played at home. It's hard not to mention Itten's lethal finishing against Basel. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Rieder got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, top player of the team. Rieder hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).

The schedule is very tough for Young Boys now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Swiss Cup game at Basel is waiting in only three days.

Young Boys are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 12 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

Oddly enough, the last time the hosts kept a "clean sheet" was also versus this opponent, eleven games ago (Servette - Young Boys 0-0). The referee had use for red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the recipient was Itten (Young Boys). H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Servette four wins, two draws and Young Boys four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

C. Itten 14 goals

J. Nsamé 13 goals

M. Elia 7 goals

Servette missing players

Young Boys missing players