Young Boys host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League Play-offs game. Anderlecht will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Stade Constant Vanden Stock before the return leg in 7 days.
It's no vacation for neither Young Boys nor Anderlecht as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Young Boys form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Europa Conference League for Young Boys, as the manager Vanetta led his troops to eliminate Liepaja and KuPS, and reach the Play-offs.Seven points from three Super League home games is a great start for Young Boys, who are hoping to build on that form here at Stadion Wankdorf. 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Young Boys.
The Young Boys goalkeeper Anthony Racioppi is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 221 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.
A nice win for Young Boys last time playing, versus Servette. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Itten, Elia and Rieder scoring for the victors. Midfield player Rieder got a match rating of 7.95 in that game, the max score being 10. Rieder scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Young Boys are traveling soon after this match as the Swiss Cup match at Schoenberg awaits in three days.
Young Boys are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Young Boys have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Anderlecht form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Paide in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League. Anderlecht's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the play-offs against Vitesse.Things could have gone better for Anderlecht in their Pro League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Anderlecht play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Sint-Truiden. Anderlecht goalie Crombrugge was high and low in the Sint-Truiden game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Crombrugge (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.14. Crombrugge topped it up with a clean sheet.
Anderlecht are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
3 goals so far away for Anderlecht, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Soares Silva 3 goals |   F. Rieder 2 goals |  C. Itten 2 goals |
Young Boys missing players
Anderlecht missing players
| Young Boys | Anderlecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 53 | 39 | Scored | S | 18 | 45 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14.6 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.4 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| 9.1 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Sion | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Servette | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | Lugano | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Luzern | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Basel | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
| 10 | Zurich | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Antwerp | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Genk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Gent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Club Brugge | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | KV Oostende | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Mechelen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Zulte-Waregem | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Cercle Brugge | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | AS Eupen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
