Soccer match preview: Young Boys confident before travelling to Thun

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Tue 23.June
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stockhorn Arena (10014 seats)

Struggling Thun will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Young Boys in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It's no vacation for neither Thun nor Young Boys as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Thun form and stats

Thun's struggle is real here at Stockhorn Arena with only 9 points collected from 12 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-7.

Thun are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Neuchatel Xamax. In the game before, an away victory match versus Basel with a 1-0 scoreline.

Thun has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Thun are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (25 from 12 played).

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Young Boys form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.

The supporters enjoyed Young Boys's previous game versus Zürich (placed 5th), a Super League 3-2 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to St. Gallen.

It's hard not to mention Jean-Pierre Nsame's lethal finishing against Zürich. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

A new game in only four days for Young, the Super League home match versus Neuchatel Xamax. Busy days.

Young are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 12 away games so far. In the opposite end, Young have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Young Boys - Thun 4-2. Thun-Young Boys H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Thun two wins, Young Boys five wins, three draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
21 goals
Young BoysN. Ngamaleu
N. Ngamaleu
5 goals
ThunC. Kablan
C. Kablan
4 goals

Thun missing players

Young Boys missing players

Thun Young Boys
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 4 12 24
5 2 0 Won W 2 4 14
4 3 0 Drew D 1 4 6
15 7 2 Lost L 1 4 4
24 12 3 Scored S 6 19 49
48 25 7 Conceded C 5 21 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 83%
58% 58% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 58%
38% 42% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 42% 46%
21% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 33%
54% 58% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 54%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 33%
38% 42% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 17%
 
3.8 4.1 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 6.2 6.7
6 4.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.4 4.4
2.3 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
302 184 21 Total Shots T S 59 157 344
94 50 6 Shots on Target S O 15 48 116
26% 24% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 42%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Thun has the fewest scored goals in the first half (9)
  • Thun has the most conceded goals in the second half (30)
  • Thun has the the worst goal difference (-13) at home
  • Thun has the the worst goal difference (-24)
  • Thun have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Thun have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Young Boys has the most points from losing position (15)
  • Young Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Young Boys have scored more than double the goals of Thun.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 St. Gallen 24 15 3 6 53 32 12 7 2 3 27 16 12 8 1 3 26 16 21 48
2 Young Boys 24 14 6 4 49 33 12 10 2 0 30 12 12 4 4 4 19 21 16 48
3 Basel 23 12 4 7 48 24 12 7 2 3 27 11 11 5 2 4 21 13 24 40
4 Servette 23 10 7 6 38 23 11 6 3 2 17 7 12 4 4 4 21 16 15 37
5 Zürich 24 9 5 10 30 48 12 5 2 5 19 28 12 4 3 5 11 20 -18 32
6 Luzern 23 9 4 10 25 30 11 5 2 4 14 14 12 4 2 6 11 16 -5 31
7 Lugano 23 6 8 9 24 27 12 2 6 4 6 11 11 4 2 5 18 16 -3 26
8 Sion 24 6 5 13 29 43 12 3 3 6 18 22 12 3 2 7 11 21 -14 23
9 Neuchatel Xamax 24 4 10 10 27 39 12 2 3 7 12 19 12 2 7 3 15 20 -12 22
10 Thun 24 5 4 15 24 48 12 2 3 7 12 25 12 3 1 8 12 23 -24 19

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.