Champions League preview and statistics: Young Boys vs Atalanta full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 23.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Wankdorf

Champions League betting and spectator preview: Young Boys and Atalanta meet at Stadion Wankdorf to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.

Atalanta could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie A game only three sleeps ago.

This football pitch uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Atalanta's home stadium. The previous one game by the guests on artifical turf have generated 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

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Young Boys form and stats

Last season, Young Boys's Champions League journey ended in the 3rd qualifying round.

Young Boys have collected 11 points from their Super League home games so far after 3-2-0. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in this competition. The Young fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadion Wankdorf and will expect new points from this game. Young Boys has played 17 games in a row here without a defeat.

Young drew their last game, 1-1 away at Grasshopper. Jordan Siebatcheu was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Grasshopper after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Defender Sandro Lauper got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Lauper won 4 of 6 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Young Boys lost 0-2 at Villarreal's place.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), Young's attacking play is working. Young have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Atalanta form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Real Madrid drew the shortest straw.

Atalanta have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 16 points collected from 6 Serie A games. 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. Total Champions League statistics for Atalanta: 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. Atalanta are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.

Atalanta are travelling after their nice 5-2 home win in the Serie A against Spezia. A mental fixture with masses of goals last time out for Atalanta, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that entertaining match, will this fixture be as much fun? The attacker Mario Pašalić got a match rating of 9.23 in that game. Pašalić scored two goals, served one assist, hit five key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).

Preceding that game was the away Serie A victory against Cagliari with the score of 2-1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Atalanta manager G. Gasperini as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Juventus.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Atalanta are regular goalscorers on their travels. 6 goals have been conceded by Atalanta in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head match ended Atalanta - Young 1-0, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
8 goals
Young BoysC. Fassnacht
C. Fassnacht
7 goals
YoungT. Siebatcheu
T. Siebatcheu
6 goals

Young Boys missing players

Atalanta missing players

Young Boys Atalanta
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   11 25
13 7   Won W   6 11
6 2   Drew D   2 7
6 1   Lost L   3 7
57 22   Scored S   23 50
34 14   Conceded C   19 39
92% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
84% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 88%
64% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 72%
52% 60%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   64% 48%
40% 40%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 24%
72% 80%   BTTS BTTS   82% 80%
16% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 12%
20% 10%   Failed to Score F T   9% 12%
 
6.3 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.1
3.4 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 3.6
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2
3 2   Red cards R C   0 2
 
14.5 16.6   Shots (avg) S (   13.9 14
6 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.8
33% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 43%
 
7.3 7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.7 10.1
3.1 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Villarreal 4 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 5 3 4 7
2 Manchester United 4 2 1 1 8 7 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 7
3 Atalanta 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 0 5
4 Young Boys 4 1 0 3 3 8 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 -5 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 Zurich 14 8 4 2 32 24 6 4 2 0 17 9 8 4 2 2 15 15 8 28
2 Basel 13 7 5 1 29 12 7 4 2 1 18 6 6 3 3 0 11 6 17 26
3 Lugano 13 7 2 4 20 15 7 4 2 1 11 7 6 3 0 3 9 8 5 23
4 Young Boys 12 6 4 2 29 14 5 3 2 0 10 4 7 3 2 2 19 10 15 22
5 Grasshopper 14 4 6 4 25 22 7 3 3 1 16 11 7 1 3 3 9 11 3 18
6 Servette 14 4 3 7 23 30 8 3 1 4 15 17 6 1 2 3 8 13 -7 15
7 St. Gallen 14 4 3 7 19 28 7 2 3 2 11 11 7 2 0 5 8 17 -9 15
8 Sion 14 4 3 7 16 28 7 2 1 4 7 10 7 2 2 3 9 18 -12 15
9 Lausanne Sport 14 2 5 7 16 28 7 1 3 3 9 15 7 1 2 4 7 13 -12 11
10 Luzern 14 1 7 6 18 26 7 1 2 4 10 13 7 0 5 2 8 13 -8 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 Napoli 13 10 2 1 26 7 6 5 1 0 11 2 7 5 1 1 15 5 19 32
2 Milan 13 10 2 1 29 15 6 5 1 0 13 4 7 5 1 1 16 11 14 32
3 Inter 13 8 4 1 32 15 6 4 2 0 18 6 7 4 2 1 14 9 17 28
4 Atalanta 13 7 4 2 27 17 7 2 3 2 13 11 6 5 1 0 14 6 10 25
5 Roma 13 7 1 5 23 15 6 4 1 1 9 4 7 3 0 4 14 11 8 22
6 Lazio 13 6 3 4 25 21 7 5 1 1 18 8 6 1 2 3 7 13 4 21
7 Fiorentina 13 7 0 6 20 17 6 4 0 2 14 9 7 3 0 4 6 8 3 21
8 Juventus 13 6 3 4 18 15 6 3 1 2 7 6 7 3 2 2 11 9 3 21
9 Bologna 13 5 3 5 19 24 7 4 1 2 13 9 6 1 2 3 6 15 -5 18
10 Hellas Verona 12 4 4 4 25 21 6 4 0 2 16 10 6 0 4 2 9 11 4 16
11 Empoli 12 5 1 6 18 23 7 1 1 5 9 18 5 4 0 1 9 5 -5 16
12 Sassuolo 13 4 3 6 19 20 7 2 2 3 8 8 6 2 1 3 11 12 -1 15
13 Venezia 13 4 3 6 12 19 5 2 1 2 7 7 8 2 2 4 5 12 -7 15
14 Torino 12 4 2 6 15 12 6 3 1 2 12 6 6 1 1 4 3 6 3 14
15 Udinese 12 3 5 4 15 18 7 2 3 2 10 11 5 1 2 2 5 7 -3 14
16 Sampdoria 13 3 3 7 17 25 7 1 2 4 9 16 6 2 1 3 8 9 -8 12
17 Spezia 13 3 2 8 15 31 6 2 1 3 7 8 7 1 1 5 8 23 -16 11
18 Genoa 13 1 6 6 17 26 6 0 3 3 7 11 7 1 3 3 10 15 -9 9
19 Cagliari 13 1 4 8 15 28 7 1 2 4 10 13 6 0 2 4 5 15 -13 7
20 Salernitana 13 2 1 10 10 28 7 1 1 5 5 14 6 1 0 5 5 14 -18 7

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.