National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Basel or Young Boys that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 15 victories, 15 draws and 10 defeats from 40 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 75-48. You can compare this with overall results below.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Basel and Young Boys.
Basel form and stats
Basel participated in Swiss Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.5-6-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Basel so far this season.
The Basel fans got no joy from their last fixture, a Swiss Cup duel also played here at St. Jakob-Park: A 2-4 defeat against Young Boys.
Previous to that game, a Super League home match hosting Winterthur in a game that was won 2-0.Basel have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at St. Jakob-Park with 22 goals in 13 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Young Boys form and stats
Young Boys was sent out of Swiss Cup in the round of 16 last season.The visitors are W5-D6-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Two travels in a row for Young Boys, whose boss Wicky could celebrate last time after the Swiss Cup win against Basel.
It was a Super League defeat before that one as the away game against Servette wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Young Boys are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 14 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Young Boys are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Young Boys have avoided defeat in the last 13 games (8-5-0) versus Basel.The duelists have met earlier this season: Basel - Young Boys 2-4.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Nsamé 14 goals |  C. Itten 14 goals |   A. Zeqiri 7 goals |
Basel missing players
Young Boys missing players
| Basel | Young Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Scored | S | 25 | 61 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 6.2 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.2 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.9 | 15.7 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 27% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| 13 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 60 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 41 | 54 |
| 2 | Servette | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 32 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 39 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Lugano | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 5 | Basel | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 34 |
| 7 | Luzern | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Zurich | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 29 |
| 9 | Sion | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | -18 | 26 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -24 | 26 |
