This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Manchester United at Old Trafford when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Young Boys with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
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 United and Young Boys.
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 20 victories, 12 draws and 12 defeats from 44 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 76-52. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's quite the trip for Young Boys when visiting United as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
Manchester United form and stats
Last season, United's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.When playing at home in the Premier League, Manchester United have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Manchester United has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Old Trafford.
Manchester United's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Crystal Palace. The home side are looking to build on that result. Alex Telles was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.05 out of 10. The defender Telles hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and won 10 of 19 duels.
Ahead of that match, Manchester United won a home game hosting Arsenal (3-2).United 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 nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew one and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for United as they are travelling to their away game against Norwich City in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Old Trafford with 13 goals in 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Manchester United defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Young Boys form and stats
Young Boys was sent out of Champions League in the 3rd qualifying round last season.3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Young Boys playing as the away team in the Super League this season. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 5W-3D-3L. This is both home and away.
Home advantage was not enough for Young Boys in their previous game, as they lost their Super League-match, hosting Servette, 1-2. Defender Sandro Lauper was the best team player with a rating of 7.43. Lauper hit two key passes and won 5 of 7 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Lugano in the Super League.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Young Boys played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
A new game in only four days for Young Boys, the Super League home match versus Sion. Busy days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Young Boys are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Young Boys have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved faced each other earlier on this season: Young Boys - United 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): United two wins, zero draws and Young Boys one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Fassnacht 7 goals |  T. Siebatcheu 7 goals |   C. Ronaldo 6 goals |
Manchester United missing players
Young Boys missing players
| Manchester United | Young Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 31 | 57 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Conceded | C | 18 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 14 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 37% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | ||
| 12.5 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Villarreal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 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 | Manchester City | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 35 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 34 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 33 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 22 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Brentford | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Southampton | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | Everton | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Watford | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -9 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 10 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | -20 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zürich | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 34 |
| 2 | Basel | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | Lugano | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 25 |
| 5 | Grasshopper | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Servette | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Sion | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 18 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -15 | 15 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 12 |
| 10 | Luzern | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 10 |
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