There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa League 16th Finals meeting between Young Boys and Bayer Leverkusen. Game on!
Young Boys have less rest than Bayer Leverkusen in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Lugano, so at least Young are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Young Boys form and stats
Young was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Wankdorf as Young Boys have scored 17 goals to get 23 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 7-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa League, Young Boys has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Young Boys haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Servette, 67 days ago. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadion Wankdorf after three straight home wins.
Happy days for Young in their previous game, a Super League match away at Lugano that ended with a 3-1 victory. Previous to that game, a Super League home match hosting Lausanne Sport in a game that was won 1-0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Young as they have a new game in only three days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Servette are visiting.
Young Boys have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Wankdorf with 17 goals in 10 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Bayer Leverkusen have produced an overall stat of 5-2-3 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on P. Bosz, the Leverkusen manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Leverkusen's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Mainz 05 that finished 2-2. A home win before that, celebrating 5-2 vs Stuttgart.
Drawing 2-2 against Mainz 05 after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager P. Bosz needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. The draw against Mainz 05 came from a losing position. The Leverkusen manager P. Bosz brought on Patrik Schick as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Bundesliga trip to Augsburg.
Leverkusen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. Leverkusen are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Nsamé 11 goals |   L. Alario 9 goals |  T. Siebatcheu 8 goals |
Young Boys missing players
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
| Young Boys | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 54 | 32 | Scored | S | 22 | 62 | ||
| 25 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 68% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.4 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 14.9 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6.1 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 47 |
| 2 | Basel | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
| 3 | Zurich | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | Lugano | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | Servette | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 7 | Lausanne Sport | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | Sion | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 9 | Luzern | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Vaduz | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -16 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 32 | 48 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Wolfsburg | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 39 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 36 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 33 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Union Berlin | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 30 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 23 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 22 |
| 14 | Köln | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 21 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -17 | 17 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 30 | -37 | 9 |