St. Gallen v Young Boys preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 06.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

A brief peek at the Super League table hint of an edge to Young Boys when they go to St. Gallen. Yet; let's wait for the game before we award the win!

Insights:
  • St. Gallen have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Super League

20 - 12 - 11 with 74-49. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Young Boys when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Young Boys play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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St. Gallen form and stats

St. Gallen have played 9 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

St. Gallen enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Lausanne Sport's place. The match ended 5-1 with Görtler, Guillemenot, Duah (2) and Toma scoring. Midfield player Görtler got a match rating of 9.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Görtler scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Heartbreak before that as St. Gallen lost 1-3 at Zurich's place.

St. Gallen are traveling soon after this match as the Swiss Cup match at Etoile Carouge awaits in three days.

St. Gallen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gallen have conceded 16 from these games.

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Young Boys form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (24) away in Super League, on their Super League travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Young Boys have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Anthony Racioppi. It's been 233 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.

Young Boys had fun at their own home (Kybunpark) last time out, beating Lugano 1-0. Fassnacht scored. Racioppi (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.45. Racioppi topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Lugano at their stadium, the result 5-0.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 24 goals in 9 league games away this season. As opposed to that, Young Boys have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

St. Gallen - Young Boys 3-1 was the output when these two contenders formerly played each other, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): St. Gallen two wins, three draws and Young Boys five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysT. Siebatcheu
T. Siebatcheu
11 goals
Young BoysC. Fassnacht
C. Fassnacht
8 goals
Young BoysA. Kanga
A. Kanga
8 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Young Boys missing players

St. Gallen Young Boys
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 9 19
5 2 0 Won W 2 4 10
4 4 1 Drew D 1 2 5
10 3 1 Lost L 0 3 4
27 12 3 Scored S 11 24 44
40 16 5 Conceded C 5 11 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 79%
68% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 58%
47% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 56% 47%
21% 11% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 44% 32%
74% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 63%
5% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 26%
21% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 16%
 
6.5 6.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 6.6 7.3
5.6 6.1 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.1 3.5
2.4 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.6
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.9 10.9 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 16.3 13.3 15.2
4.9 4.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 7 6.9
29% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 38% 34%
 
12.2 13.2 16.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 7.3 7.2
5.4 5.6 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 2.6 2.7
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • St. Gallen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • St. Gallen have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super League
  • St. Gallen have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Super League
  • St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (24) away in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Super League
  • Young Boys have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Young Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 19 13 4 2 44 26 10 8 2 0 26 10 9 5 2 2 18 16 18 43
2 Basel 19 9 9 1 41 19 9 4 4 1 21 9 10 5 5 0 20 10 22 36
3 Young Boys 19 10 5 4 44 22 10 6 3 1 20 11 9 4 2 3 24 11 22 35
4 Lugano 19 9 3 7 25 25 9 5 2 2 13 12 10 4 1 5 12 13 0 30
5 Servette 19 7 4 8 32 34 9 3 2 4 17 19 10 4 2 4 15 15 -2 25
6 Sion 19 7 3 9 26 35 10 5 1 4 14 11 9 2 2 5 12 24 -9 24
7 Grasshopper 19 5 8 6 32 28 9 3 4 2 17 13 10 2 4 4 15 15 4 23
8 St. Gallen 19 5 4 10 27 40 9 2 4 3 12 16 10 3 0 7 15 24 -13 19
9 Lausanne Sport 19 2 6 11 19 42 10 1 3 6 11 26 9 1 3 5 8 16 -23 12
10 Luzern 19 1 8 10 20 39 10 1 2 7 11 21 9 0 6 3 9 18 -19 11

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.