Super League: Young Boys predicted to win home match against Sion Sion massive favourites before trip to Young Boys

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Wankdorf

Young Boys are enjoying their stay in the top table spots while Sion are more concerned with escaping relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?

Insights:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (52) in Super League
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (43) in Super League

Both teams have had sufficient rest since their previous competitive action. Let's wish for an in-your-face fixture!

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Young Boys form and stats

Young Boys are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Stadion Wankdorf. 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 11 games. Young Boys has a nice streak going on as they have played 16 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).

The home team returns to Stadion Wankdorf after drawing with Winterthur (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Defender Blum got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.6/10. Blum hit four key passes and won 5 of 12 duels.

Before that game, a fine away victory at Thun. A Swiss Cup match. Young Boys are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 12 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 9, drew 3 and lost 0.

Take note that 10 of the latest 12 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.

Young Boys are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion Wankdorf in their league games, having scored an impressive 31 goals in 11 matches. From these home matches, Young Boys have conceded only 7 goals.

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Sion form and stats

The visitors are W3-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.

There were no winners in Sion's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Lugano (placed 4th). The draw against Lugano came from a losing position. The Sion manager Celestini brought on Sio as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Lavanchy, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.41. Lavanchy hit one key pass and won 4 of 4 duels.

The match earlier was the Swiss Cup-battle against Lugano, a home defeat (0-3).

The travelling fans enjoy Sion's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. Sion's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips. Sion has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Young Boys have managed a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Sion.

These competitors have fought previously this season: Young Boys - Sion 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
13 goals
Young BoysC. Itten
C. Itten
11 goals
Young BoysC. Fassnacht
C. Fassnacht
5 goals

Young Boys missing players

Sion missing players

Young Boys Sion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 2 11 23
13 8 2 Won W 1 3 5
9 3 1 Drew D 1 5 8
1 0 0 Lost L 0 3 10
52 31 10 Scored S 4 17 29
17 7 2 Conceded C 3 17 43
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
87% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 78%
65% 73% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 55% 57%
30% 36% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 39%
17% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 17%
65% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 57%
35% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 17%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 35%
 
5.6 4.9 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 4.1 4.6
4 4.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 7.4 6
2 1.9 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 2.7 2.9
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.5 14 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11.4 12
5.7 5.9 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 4.3 4.7
40% 48% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 36% 27%
 
10 9.1 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 13.4 12
4 3.1 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4.6 4.8
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Young Boys's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (43) in Super League
  • Sion have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Super League
  • Sion is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Young Boys have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Young Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Young Boys have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most clean sheets (8) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most points (27) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (31) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (52) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+24) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+35) in Super League
  • Young Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Young Boys 23 13 9 1 52 17 11 8 3 0 31 7 12 5 6 1 21 10 35 48
2 Servette 23 8 11 4 29 29 11 5 6 0 16 10 12 3 5 4 13 19 0 35
3 St. Gallen 23 9 6 8 45 34 12 6 5 1 22 11 11 3 1 7 23 23 11 33
4 Lugano 23 8 7 8 35 35 11 4 3 4 17 17 12 4 4 4 18 18 0 31
5 Basel 23 7 9 7 32 27 11 4 5 2 19 13 12 3 4 5 13 14 5 30
6 Luzern 23 7 9 7 34 33 12 3 5 4 15 16 11 4 4 3 19 17 1 30
7 Grasshopper 23 6 7 10 34 39 11 5 2 4 20 18 12 1 5 6 14 21 -5 25
8 Zürich 23 5 10 8 23 34 12 2 6 4 13 18 11 3 4 4 10 16 -11 25
9 Sion 23 5 8 10 29 43 12 2 3 7 12 26 11 3 5 3 17 17 -14 23
10 Winterthur 23 5 8 10 20 42 12 4 4 4 11 21 11 1 4 6 9 21 -22 23

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.