Betting preview: Lugano faced with a tough challenge when Young Boys visits

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 14.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio di Cornaredo (6390 seats)

A key match in Super League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Lugano in 3rd position and Young Boys placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Lugano has the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys has the most scored goals (33) in Super League

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 Lugano and Young Boys.

Young Boys play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Young Boys when playing on grass are 15 wins, 11 draws and 9 defeats from 35 matches. They have scored 63 goals and conceded 48 times in these games.

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Lugano form and stats

When playing at home in the Super League, Lugano, who have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Super League, have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Lugano.

The home team returns to Stadio di Cornaredo after being equal after 90 minutes with Luzern (placed 9th) on their last time out; the Super League game ended 1-1. Before that, Lugano drew at home versus Vaduz.

Lugano's goalie Noam Baumann played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Luzern with a stunning six saves.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Servette are coming to town in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Lugano here at Stadio di Cornaredo in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Lugano have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Young Boys form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (33) in Super League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Super League. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Sion game have they lost an away game, meaning Young Boys has taken points from nine away matches in a row. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Young hope to make it five in this match.

Young Boys won their last game, 1-0 versus Lausanne Sport played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Lausanne Sport.

A quick return to home after this game, as Young are hosting Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League only four days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Young's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. The Young defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (4 goals in 9 games).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Lugano - Young Boys 0-2, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Lugano won one, Young Boys won six and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
10 goals
Young BoysT. Siebatcheu
T. Siebatcheu
8 goals
Young BoysC. Fassnacht
C. Fassnacht
4 goals

Lugano missing players

Young Boys missing players

Lugano Young Boys
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 1 Played P 1 9 19
5 3 1 Won W 1 6 13
11 3 0 Drew D 0 3 5
2 2 0 Lost L 0 0 1
19 7 1 Scored S 2 16 33
17 7 0 Conceded C 0 4 14
89% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 79%
61% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 68%
28% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 58%
22% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 16%
56% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 53%
33% 38% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 47%
22% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.6 1.9
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
7.5 7.8 5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.7 13.9
3.1 2.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.3 5.9
35% 32% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 29%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Lugano has the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Super League
  • Lugano has the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Super League
  • Young Boys has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Super League
  • Young Boys has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Super League
  • Young Boys has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Super League
  • Young Boys has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Super League
  • Young Boys has the most clean sheets (6) away in Super League
  • Young Boys has the most clean sheets (9) in Super League
  • Young Boys has the most points (21) away in Super League
  • Young Boys has the most points from losing position (9) in Super League
  • Young Boys has the most scored goals (33) in Super League
  • Young Boys has the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Super League
  • Young Boys has the the best goal difference (+12) away in Super League
  • Young Boys has the the best goal difference (+19) in Super League
  • Young Boys have not yet lost a game away.
  • Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals away as Lugano have scored home.
  • Young Boys is in the best form (5-1-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Young Boys 19 13 5 1 33 14 10 7 2 1 17 10 9 6 3 0 16 4 19 44
2 Basel 19 9 4 6 31 27 10 4 4 2 17 17 9 5 0 4 14 10 4 31
3 Lugano 18 5 11 2 19 17 8 3 3 2 7 7 10 2 8 0 12 10 2 26
4 Zurich 19 7 4 8 29 27 9 3 2 4 11 10 10 4 2 4 18 17 2 25
5 St. Gallen 18 6 6 6 20 20 9 3 2 4 10 11 9 3 4 2 10 9 0 24
6 Servette 18 6 6 6 20 22 10 3 6 1 14 12 8 3 0 5 6 10 -2 24
7 Lausanne Sport 19 5 5 9 22 27 9 4 0 5 12 11 10 1 5 4 10 16 -5 20
8 Sion 19 4 8 7 23 29 9 3 4 2 13 11 10 1 4 5 10 18 -6 20
9 Luzern 17 4 5 8 26 28 9 2 5 2 14 11 8 2 0 6 12 17 -2 17
10 Vaduz 18 3 6 9 16 28 9 2 2 5 9 15 9 1 4 4 7 13 -12 15

Read more about Super League

Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.