A cursory look at the Super League standings suggest an upper hand to Young Boys when they come to St. Gallen. Even so; let's play the game before we award the win!
- St. Gallen have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in Super League
- Young Boys have the most scored goals (75) in Super League
Happy, happy days for Young Boys who are already winners of the Super League. This could affect their motivation. Gallen's stadium, Kybunpark, has a grass surface. Young Boys have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Young Boys when playing on grass; 13 wins, 14 draws and 11 losses from 38 matches. They have scored {68 goals} in these games and conceded 47.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
St. Gallen form and stats
6 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what St. Gallen have to build on here at Kybunpark in the Super League. We have seen two home losses in a row now for St. Gallen, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
St. Gallen travelled for their previous game, a trip to Servette that ended 1-1. Witzig (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Witzig scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the home loss against Lugano with the scoreline 1-2.Take note that 22 of the most recent 28 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each team.
A decent goal production from St. Gallen in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 15 league matches. On the other hand, Gallen have conceded 18 goals. When St. Gallen hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Zurich, Winterthur and Sion), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Young Boys form and stats
Playing away, Young Boys, who have the most scored goals (75) in Super League, have won 5 games, drawn 7 and suffered 3 defeats in the Super League this season.
Itten, Nsame, Rieder, Fassnacht and Lauper scored in Young Boys's previous match, the home game against Luzern that ended 5-1. As mentioned above, Young Boys was the only team on the pitch versus Luzern in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Fassnacht has bagged at least one goal for the away side three games in a row. The capability! Lauper got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, top player of the team. Lauper scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Grasshopper wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 12 of this club's latest 15 league games.
The travelling fans enjoy Young Boys's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 15 league matches away. As opposed to that, Young Boys have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head meeting ended Young Boys - St. Gallen 5-1, earlier this season. St. Gallen-Young Boys H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gallen three wins, Young Boys five wins, two draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Itten 18 goals |  J. Nsamé 17 goals |   J. Guillemenot 10 goals |
St. Gallen missing players
Young Boys missing players
| St. Gallen | Young Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 53 | 27 | 8 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | 75 |
| 46 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | 90% |
| 84% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | 90% |
| 55% | 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | 68% |
| 35% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 27% | 35% |
| 26% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 71% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 73% | 65% |
| 13% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 27% | 35% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | 10% |
| 5.9 | 6.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 15.6 | 17.5 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 14.3 | 15.8 |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.1 | 6.1 |
| 30% | 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 31% | 40% |
| 11.7 | 12.3 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.2 | 10.2 |
| 5 | 5.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
- All of St. Gallen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Gallen have scored in all their home matches so far.
- St. Gallen have the most dropped points from leading position (29) 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.
- Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (17) away in Super League
- Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Super League
- Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Super League
- Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Super League
- Young Boys have the most clean sheets (11) in Super League
- Young Boys have the most clean sheets (4) away in Super League
- Young Boys have the most scored goals (75) in Super League
- Young Boys have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Super League
- Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in Super League
- Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+49) in Super League
- Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Super League
| 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 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 75 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 49 | 64 |
| 2 | Lugano | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 46 |
| 3 | Luzern | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 45 |
| 4 | Servette | 31 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 40 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 28 | -3 | 45 |
| 5 | Basel | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 43 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 42 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -6 | 40 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 37 |
| 8 | Zurich | 31 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -18 | 34 |
| 9 | Sion | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 27 | -19 | 31 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -30 | 29 |
