Super League: St. Gallen - Young Boys preview and statistics

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Tue 22.December
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

St. Gallen and Young Boys are both riding high in the Super League with their 3rd and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • St. Gallen has the most clean sheets (7) in Super League
  • Young Boys is in the best form (4-1-1)

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 16 wins, 11 draws and 9 defeats with the goal stats 66-49 (scored/conceded).

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St. Gallen form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for St. Gallen, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Super League, at their home stadium (Kybunpark) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. St. Gallen have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Stress levels are on the rise for St. Gallen's attacking players as they have now played 209 minutes without scoring in a league game. V. Ruiz was their last goal scorer. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Lawrence Ati-Zigi not having conceded a league goal in 332 minutes.

The home team returns to Kybunpark after being equal after 90 minutes with Basel (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the Super League game ended 0-0. In the match before that, Gallen hosted Lugano and drew the game 0-0.

Gallen's goalie Lawrence Ati played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Basel with a stunning six saves.

The Gallen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Young Boys form and stats

As the visiting team in Super League matches, Young Boys, who have the the best goal difference (+9) in Super League, have produced an overall stat of 3-2-0 so far. Having won their last three away games Young has no reason to fear anyone.

There were no winners in Young's previous match, a Super League home game that ended 2-2 vs Lugano (placed 5th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Basel at their stadium, the result 2-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Young Boys's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Young are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.

Head 2 Head

St. Gallen and Young Boys have met before this season: Young Boys - St. Gallen 0-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Gallen won one, Young Boys won seven and two draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
6 goals
GallenK. Duah
K. Duah
3 goals
Young BoysM. Elia
M. Elia
3 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Young Boys missing players

St. Gallen Young Boys
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 1 5 12
5 2 0 Won W 1 3 7
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
11 5 1 Scored S 2 8 18
9 5 3 Conceded C 0 2 9
75% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 60% 75%
33% 40% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 67%
33% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 58%
25% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 8%
33% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 50%
58% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 80% 50%
33% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.6 15.4 19 Shots (avg) S ( 13 14.4 15.6
3.8 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6 6.3
24% 25% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 24%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • St. Gallen has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Super League
  • St. Gallen has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Super League
  • St. Gallen has the most clean sheets (7) in Super League
  • St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Young Boys has the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Super League
  • Young Boys has the most points from losing position (9) in Super League
  • Young Boys has the the best goal difference (+6) away in Super League
  • Young Boys has the the best goal difference (+9) 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 away.
  • Young Boys is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 12 7 4 1 18 9 7 4 2 1 10 7 5 3 2 0 8 2 9 25
2 Basel 13 6 2 5 18 15 7 4 2 1 12 9 6 2 0 4 6 6 3 20
3 St. Gallen 12 5 5 2 11 9 5 2 2 1 5 5 7 3 3 1 6 4 2 20
4 Zurich 12 5 3 4 19 15 5 3 1 1 10 4 7 2 2 3 9 11 4 18
5 Lugano 11 4 6 1 13 10 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 1 5 0 7 6 3 18
6 Lausanne Sport 12 4 3 5 16 16 6 3 0 3 9 6 6 1 3 2 7 10 0 15
7 Servette 12 4 3 5 11 13 6 2 3 1 6 6 6 2 0 4 5 7 -2 15
8 Luzern 12 3 4 5 18 19 6 1 4 1 9 8 6 2 0 4 9 11 -1 13
9 Sion 11 1 5 5 11 18 5 1 3 1 5 4 6 0 2 4 6 14 -7 8
10 Vaduz 11 1 3 7 9 20 7 1 1 5 6 13 4 0 2 2 3 7 -11 6

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.