This could be an interesting match as Lugano have their presumed home advantage while Young Boys are ahead 17 points in the Super League table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This pitch has grass, which is not Young Boys's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Young Boys have performed like this: Played 36 matches resulting in 21 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats with the goal stats 73-55 (scored/conceded).
Lugano form and stats
Lugano's struggle is real here at Cornaredo with only 6 points collected from 8 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-4.
The home team returns to Cornaredo after sharing the points with Dynamo Kyiv on their last time out; the Europa League game ended 1-1. Before that, Lugano played out a Super League draw 1-1 when visiting Neuchatel Xamax.
Lugano have scored 3 goals here in 8 league matches, a depressing statistic. 9 goals have been conceded.
Young Boys form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Young Boys have produced an overall stat of 4-2-2 so far.
Young Boys are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Rangers. Before that, Young Boys secured a home win against Luzern with the score 1-0.
6 saves made goalkeeper David von Ballmoos a hero against Rangers, contributing heavy to the point gained.
Young Boys has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Young Boys have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Young Boys - Lugano 2-0 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Lugano won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Young Boys has 8 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4Top Goalscorers
 
J. Nsamé
15 goals
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C. Fassnacht
4 goals
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M. Ngamaleu
4 goals
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Lugano missing players
Young Boys missing players
| Lugano | Young Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 39 |
| 19 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| 82% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 38% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 47% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 65% |
| 18% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 41% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 59% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 41% | 62% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 12% |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.1 | 6.7 |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 224 | 92 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 112 | 251 |
| 82 | 24 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 39 | 89 |
| 22% | 12% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 38% | 44% |
- Lugano has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- Lugano has the fewest scored goals (3) at home
- Lugano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Young Boys has the most points from losing position (11)
- Young Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Young Boys have scored more than double the goals of Lugano.
- Young Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Basel | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 36 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Zurich | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 27 |
| 5 | Servette | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | Lugano | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Sion | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 20 |
| 8 | Luzern | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 15 |
| 9 | Neuchatel Xamax | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 13 |
| 10 | Thun | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 9 |