The first of two encounters in the Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Slovan Bratislava will try to edge Young Boys in their own ballpark.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
19-12-11 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Young Boys when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 42 matches are 77-55 (scored/conceded).
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Young Boys, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
Slovan Bratislava form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Champions League for Bratislava, as the manager V. Weiss led his troops to eliminate Shamrock Rovers, and reach the 2nd Qualifying Round. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 1st qualifying round.In their previous game, the manager V. Weiss led his Bratislava to a defeat in the Champions League match away at Shamrock Rovers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Štadión Tehelné pole.
Previous to that game, a Champions League home match hosting Shamrock Rovers in a game that was won 2-0.Bratislava are traveling soon after this match as the Super Liga match at Liptovsky Mikulas awaits in four days.
Young Boys form and stats
Young's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 3rd qualifying round.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 6 draws and only 1 loss in the Super League. The fact that Young have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Young Boys play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting Lausanne Sport. Midfield player Michel Aebischer was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Aebischer scored one goal, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 54 successful passes (of 58 total). As you can tell from the result, the match against Lausanne Sport was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that game was the away Super League victory against Lausanne Sport with the score of 4-2.Young has another fixture away, a Super League game, against Luzern in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Young have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 36 goals from 18 away matches. Young Boys are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 18 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Bratislava wins - draws - Young Boys wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Slovan Bratislava missing players
Young Boys missing players
| Slovan Bratislava | Young Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 60 | 25 | Scored | S | 20 | 53 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.8 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.3 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 38% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 55% | ||
| 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 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 74 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 45 | 84 |
| 2 | Basel | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 53 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 53 |
| 3 | Servette | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 56 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -11 | 50 |
| 4 | Lugano | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 22 | -2 | 49 |
| 5 | Luzern | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 59 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 3 | 46 |
| 6 | Lausanne Sport | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 55 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -3 | 46 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -3 | 44 |
| 8 | Zurich | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 57 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 36 | -4 | 43 |
| 9 | Sion | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 58 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 32 | -10 | 38 |
| 10 | Vaduz | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 58 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 27 | -22 | 36 |