Super League match prediction and preview for St. Gallen vs Young Boys clash

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 23.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

A key match in Super League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With St. Gallen in 1st position and Young Boys placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This stadium uses grass, unlike Young Boys's home stadium. The visitors last 35 games on grass have ended in 19 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses.

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St. Gallen form and stats

St. Gallen, who have the most scored goals (48) in Super League, have performed here at Kybunpark this season with 7 wins from 11 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 3. Two home wins in a row for St. Gallen bring valid hopes of a third.

St. Gallen lost their last game at Luzern (placed 6th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, St. Gallen won a home game hosting Servette (1-0).

St. Gallen can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 24 times. St. Gallen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Young Boys form and stats

Playing away, Young Boys have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Super League this season. Young Boys seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Young Boys play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Lugano (placed 7th). Before that, Young Boys secured a home win against Sion with the score 1-0.

Young Boys have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Young Boys have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Young Boys - St. Gallen 4-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one St. Gallen victory, zero draws and nine Young Boys wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
17 goals
St. GallenJ. Quintillà Guasch
J. Quintillà Guasch
9 goals
St. GallenC. Itten
C. Itten
9 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Young Boys missing players

St. Gallen Young Boys
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 1 Played P 1 11 22
14 7 0 Won W 0 4 13
2 1 1 Drew D 0 3 5
6 3 0 Lost L 1 4 4
48 24 0 Scored S 0 16 43
28 13 0 Conceded C 3 18 28
95% 91% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
86% 82% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 82%
77% 73% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 55%
50% 64% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 41%
27% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 27%
73% 55% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 45% 50%
18% 36% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 36%
14% 18% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 36% 18%
 
6 6.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6.5 6.6
3.6 3.1 1 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4.2
2.6 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
322 158 14 Total Shots T S 12 148 326
135 62 6 Shots on Target S O 4 45 108
36% 39% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 40%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • St. Gallen has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
  • St. Gallen has the most scored goals (48)
  • St. Gallen has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
  • St. Gallen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Young Boys has the most points from losing position (11)
  • Young Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 St. Gallen 22 14 2 6 48 28 11 7 1 3 24 13 11 7 1 3 24 15 20 44
2 Young Boys 22 13 5 4 43 28 11 9 2 0 27 10 11 4 3 4 16 18 15 44
3 Basel 22 12 3 7 46 22 11 7 1 3 25 9 11 5 2 4 21 13 24 39
4 Servette 22 10 6 6 36 21 11 6 3 2 17 7 11 4 3 4 19 14 15 36
5 Zürich 22 9 4 9 27 44 11 5 1 5 18 27 11 4 3 4 9 17 -17 31
6 Luzern 22 9 3 10 24 29 11 5 2 4 14 14 11 4 1 6 10 15 -5 30
7 Lugano 22 6 7 9 24 27 11 2 5 4 6 11 11 4 2 5 18 16 -3 25
8 Sion 22 6 4 12 28 41 11 3 3 5 17 20 11 3 1 7 11 21 -13 22
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 3 9 10 24 37 11 1 3 7 10 18 11 2 6 3 14 19 -13 18
10 Thun 22 5 3 14 22 45 11 2 2 7 11 24 11 3 1 7 11 21 -23 18

Read more about Super League

Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.