Young Boys and Manchester United get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
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 Young and Manchester United.
Manchester United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Young Boys form and stats
Young Boys participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 3rd qualifying round.Only two Super League home games for Young Boys so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition. In general it's been a long time since Young Boys tasted defeat here at Stadion Wankdorf, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.
A nice win for Young last time playing, versus Zurich. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Meschack Elia, Christian Fassnacht and Michel Aebischer (2) scoring for the victors. Midfield player Michel Aebischer got a match rating of 9.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Aebischer scored two goals, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 45 successful passes (of 54 total). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Young Boys played a great game against Zurich and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
1-1 away at Basel before that.At Stadion Wankdorf, Young Boys has the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Manchester United form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.Four points from two away games for Manchester United, meaning one draw and one victory in the Premier League so far. Manchester United are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 28 in a row without losing.
The supporters enjoyed United's previous game versus Newcastle United, a Premier League 4-1 win played at home. Attacker Cristiano Ronaldo got a player rating of 8.84 in the game. "Man of the match" Ronaldo scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers with the score of 1-0.2 goals so far away for Manchester United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Young victories, zero draws and two Manchester United wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Borges Fernandes 4 goals |   M. Elia 3 goals | T. Siebatcheu 3 goals |
Young Boys missing players
Manchester United missing players
| Young Boys | Manchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 57 | 35 | Scored | S | 21 | 54 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 53% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 46% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atalanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Basel | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | Servette | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Sion | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 6 | Lugano | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Luzern | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Everton | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Brentford | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Southampton | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Watford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Arsenal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| 18 | Burnley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -10 | 0 |
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