Nothing but a win will please the Young Boys club members in this Stadion Wankdorf clash with Basel, having a robust lead on the away side in the Super League standings.
- Young Boys is in the best form (4-1-1) in Super League
- Basel have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Super League
The hosts Young Boys saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Crvena Zvezda.
Young Boys form and stats
Perfect Super League season at home so far for Young Boys 3 wins from 3 appearances. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Young Boys, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
The Young Boys boss Wicky and his players return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Crvena Zvezda in the Champions League. Midfielder Ugrinić was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.71 (out of ten) in that game. Ugrinić scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Grasshopper.Young Boys always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Stadion Wankdorf with 11 goals in 3 league games. On the other hand, Young Boys have conceded 4 goals.
Basel form and stats
No Super League points yet away for Basel, from their first 3 matches. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Vogel, the Basel manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Stade Lausanne-Ouchy with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Dräger, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. Dräger hit two key passes and won 11 of 16 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Luzern.The visiting Basel have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Basel concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Young Boys have won at least one point in the last 14 fixtures (8-6-0) against Basel.Top Goalscorers
  J. Nsamé 4 goals |  C. Itten 3 goals |  J. Monteiro 3 goals |
Young Boys missing players
Basel missing players
| Young Boys | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 25% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 7.5 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5.7 | 4.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| 2 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 14.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 13 | 13.4 |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 45% | 65% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 31% | 34% |
| 13 | 11.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 15.3 | 13.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
- All of Basel's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Young Boys's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Basel have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Basel have lost all their away matches so far.
- Basel have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Basel have the fewest points (0) away in Super League
- Basel have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Super League
- Basel have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Young Boys have scored in all their matches so far.
- Young Boys have the most scored goals (11) at home in Super League
- Young Boys have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Super League
- Young Boys have won all their matches at home so far.
- Young Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Young Boys is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 | Zurich | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Lugano | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Luzern | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Yverdon Sport | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | Winterthur | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Servette | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | Basel | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Grasshopper | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 12 | Lausanne Sport | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
