Young Boys vs Lugano preview: Visitors face a demanding task at Stadion Wankdorf

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 24.Sep
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Wankdorf

Young Boys confront Lugano for praise and success.

Insights:
  • Young Boys have won all their matches at home so far.
  • All of Lugano's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League.

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Young Boys form and stats

Perfect Super League season at home so far for Young Boys 2 wins from 2 appearances.

Young Boys's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 1-3 against RB Leipzig (in Champions League). Camara, defender, was given a rating of 8.03/10 in that game, top of the team. Camara won 6 of 9 duels.

Before that, a fine away victory at Neuchatel Xamax. A Swiss Cup match.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Young Boys as they are travelling to their away game against St. Gallen in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from Young Boys's 2 home games: {7 goals}, 3 conceded.

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Lugano form and stats

Things could have gone better for Lugano in their Super League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

Lugano delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Bodø / Glimt in their previous game; a Europa Conference League fixture. Bottani, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.1. Bottani hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

Before that, the Swiss Cup win away at Lancy.

A quick return to home after this game, as Lugano are hosting Lausanne Sport in the Super League only three days away.

Lugano has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games.

Head 2 Head

Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: six wins for Young Boys, one draw and three wins for Lugano. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
2 goals
Young BoysC. Itten
C. Itten
2 goals
Young BoysJ. Monteiro
J. Monteiro
2 goals

Young Boys missing players

Lugano missing players

Young Boys Lugano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 2 3 5
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 2 2 2
11 7 5 Scored S 2 5 12
6 3 2 Conceded C 6 6 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
60% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 80%
40% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 40%
20% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 40%
80% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 40%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 40%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 20%
 
8.2 7.5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.7 3.2
5.2 5.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.7 4.8
2.2 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
14.2 16.5 20 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 14 13.4
5.2 6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.7 5.2
42% 58% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 36% 46%
 
13 12.5 15 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 15 14
4.6 5 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.7 4.4
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Lugano's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Young Boys's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Young Boys have created more than twice as many corners as Lugano.
  • Young Boys have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Young Boys have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Young Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Young Boys Last season Lugano
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
21 14   Won W   6 15
11 4   Drew D   7 12
4 0   Lost L   5 9
82 54   Scored S   27 59
30 11   Conceded C   26 47
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
92% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 89%
61% 72%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 53%
31% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 33%
19% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 19%
61% 61%   BTTS BTTS   78% 72%
36% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 22%
11% 0%   Failed to Score F T   17% 8%
 
6.4 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.6
4 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.9
2.1 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.6
4 0   Red cards R C   2 5
 
15.9 17.5   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 12.8
6.1 7.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 4.7
38% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 35%
 
10.3 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   13.7 12.5
3.8 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zurich 6 3 3 0 13 5 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 7 4 8 12
2 Young Boys 5 3 2 0 11 6 2 2 0 0 7 3 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 11
3 Luzern 6 3 2 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 6 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 11
4 St. Gallen 6 3 2 1 8 6 3 3 0 0 6 3 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 11
5 Lugano 5 3 0 2 12 7 2 2 0 0 7 1 3 1 0 2 5 6 5 9
6 Winterthur 6 2 2 2 13 14 3 1 2 0 4 2 3 1 0 2 9 12 -1 8
7 Yverdon Sport 6 2 2 2 10 13 2 1 1 0 6 3 4 1 1 2 4 10 -3 8
8 Servette 6 1 3 2 8 10 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 5 6 -2 6
9 Basel 5 1 1 3 10 11 3 1 1 1 8 6 2 0 0 2 2 5 -1 4
10 Grasshopper 6 1 1 4 7 11 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 0 1 2 3 6 -4 4
11 Lausanne Sport 6 1 1 4 8 13 3 0 1 2 4 8 3 1 0 2 4 5 -5 4
12 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 5 1 1 3 4 10 4 1 1 2 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 -6 4

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.