Super League game sneak peek: Luzern versus Young Boys

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: swissporarena (16490 seats)

Young Boys have come here for an absorbing game versus the hosting Luzern. Prepare for the game with this full Super League preview!

Insights:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (9) in Super League

This field has grass, which is not Young Boys's regular surface at their own pitch. When appearing on grass Young Boys have performed like this: Played 37 matches producing 13 wins, 13 draws and 11 defeats with the goal difference 62-45 (scored/conceded).

The hosts Luzern saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Hibernian.

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Luzern form and stats

Luzern have only played one Super League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats from 18 matches.

The club members hope that Luzern will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away defeat in the Europa Conference League fixture against Hibernian. Beka was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.03 out of 10. The defender Beka scored one goal and won 10 of 15 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting St. Gallen (1-2).

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

Early season league goal statistics from Luzern's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Young Boys form and stats

One match played away so far in the Super League for Young Boys and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses from 18 games.

Impressive finishing from Itten, Nsame, Rieder, Ganvoula and Monteiro secured the home win 5-2 against Winterthur in their previous game. A loony match with plenty of goals last time out for Young Boys, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that game, will this fixture be as refreshing? Itten, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.25. Itten scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 2-2 draw at Yverdon Sport's stadium before that.

{2 goals} so far away for Young Boys, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Young Boys have managed a streak of 14 consecutive games without losing (9-5-0) when playing Luzern.

Top Goalscorers

LuzernV. Villiger
V. Villiger
2 goals
Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
2 goals
Young BoysC. Itten
C. Itten
2 goals

Luzern missing players

Young Boys missing players

Luzern Young Boys
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 2 0 Scored S 2 2 9
3 1 0 Conceded C 2 2 5
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.3 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 7
5.7 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 6.3
2.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12 15
2.7 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 5.7
38% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 53%
 
17.7 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 16 16 13.7
6.7 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 4.3
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (9) in Super League
Luzern Last season Young Boys
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 18   Played P   18 36
12 5   Won W   7 21
11 7   Drew D   7 11
12 6   Lost L   4 4
53 26   Scored S   28 82
52 24   Conceded C   19 30
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 92%
89% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 92%
54% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 61%
34% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 31%
17% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 19%
66% 67%   BTTS BTTS   61% 61%
14% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 36%
23% 22%   Failed to Score F T   22% 11%
 
6.2 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   6.4 6.4
5.1 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4
2.8 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
9 8   Red cards R C   4 4
 
13.7 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   14.4 15.9
5.3 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 6.1
29% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 38%
 
12.3 11.9   Shots against (avg) S A   11.8 10.3
4.8 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 3.8

  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 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 7
2 Young Boys 3 2 1 0 9 5 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 7
3 St. Gallen 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
4 Lugano 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
5 Servette 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 5
6 Grasshopper 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
7 Luzern 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
8 Yverdon Sport 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
9 Basel 3 1 0 2 7 7 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 3
10 Lausanne Sport 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
11 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 1
12 Winterthur 3 0 1 2 4 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 10 -6 1
Last season 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 36 21 11 4 82 30 18 14 4 0 54 11 18 7 7 4 28 19 52 74
2 Servette 36 14 16 6 53 46 18 8 9 1 31 16 18 6 7 5 22 30 7 58
3 Lugano 36 15 12 9 59 47 18 9 5 4 32 21 18 6 7 5 27 26 12 57
4 Luzern 36 13 11 12 54 52 18 5 7 6 26 24 18 8 4 6 28 28 2 50
5 Basel 36 11 14 11 51 50 18 6 8 4 27 21 18 5 6 7 24 29 1 47
6 St. Gallen 36 11 12 13 66 52 18 8 6 4 37 21 18 3 6 9 29 31 14 45
7 Grasshopper 36 12 8 16 56 64 18 9 3 6 35 29 18 3 5 10 21 35 -8 44
8 Zurich 36 10 14 12 41 55 18 5 8 5 23 26 18 5 6 7 18 29 -14 44
9 Winterthur 36 8 8 20 32 66 18 5 4 9 15 32 18 3 4 11 17 34 -34 32
10 Sion 36 7 10 19 41 73 18 2 4 12 17 37 18 5 6 7 24 36 -32 31

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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.