Champions League betting and spectator preview: Young Boys and KÍ meet at Stadion Neufeld to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as KÍ have to travel 2600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Young Boys form and stats
Last season, Young's Champions League journey ended in the play-offs.Young Boys have been outstanding at home so far in the Super League with 16 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Young Boys tasted defeat here at Stadion Neufeld, as they have taken at least one point from their last 30 home games in the league. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Luzern (after extra-time).
Young are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (51 goals in 18 games). From these home matches, Young have conceded only 15 goals.
KÍ form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Slovan Bratislava in order to reach 2nd Qualifying Round of Champions League. They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 2nd qualifying round.KÍ have an excellent away record in the Meistaradeildin so far with 7-1-1 from 9 games. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Young Boys. It’s been three wins in a row for KÍ on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. KÍ goalkeeper Kristian Joensen is eager to challenge this, with his 450 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
KÍ go into this game after a win, the home game against Slovan Bratislava that ended 3-0. A home win before that, celebrating 6-0 vs IF.
The KÍ manager M. Thomassen has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 34 goals in 9 league matches away. KÍ have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Nsamé 32 goals |   J. Bjartalíð 12 goals |  C. Fassnacht 7 goals |
Young Boys missing players
KÍ missing players
| Young Boys | KÍ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 14 | Won | W | 11 | 20 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 61 | 45 | Scored | S | 43 | 74 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.1 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 318 | 162 | Total Shots | T S | 179 | 314 | ||
| 111 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 92 | 156 | ||
| 48% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 41 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 39 | 76 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 56 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 23 | 68 |
| 3 | Basel | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 36 | 62 |
| 4 | Servette | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 57 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Lugano | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 0 | 47 |
| 6 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -8 | 46 |
| 7 | Zurich | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 72 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -27 | 43 |
| 8 | Sion | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -15 | 39 |
| 9 | Thun | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 67 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 38 | -22 | 38 |
| 10 | Neuchatel Xamax | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 68 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 42 | -35 | 27 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HB | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 40 | 46 |
| 2 | KÍ | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 38 | 41 |
| 3 | B36 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 29 | 37 |
| 4 | NSI | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 35 |
| 5 | Vikingur | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | IF | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 20 |
| 7 | EB / Streymur | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -24 | 16 |
| 8 | TB | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 10 |
| 9 | AB | 18 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 30 | -40 | 7 |
| 10 | Skala | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -40 | 2 |