All you need and want to know about the Super League game Young Boys - Basel!
- Young Boys have the most points from losing position (11) in Super League
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Super League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Young Boys and Basel.
Young Boys's stadium, Stadion Wankdorf, has a artifical turf surface. Basel have grass 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 Basel when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses from four matches. They have scored 4 goals in these games and conceded 6.
Young Boys form and stats
Young Boys have performed here at Stadion Wankdorf this season with 5 wins from 8 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Young Boys's last game was hosting Sion (placed 7th) and winning 4-3. The force was strong with Young Boys in their previous game playing Sion. It looked dark when they went behind 0-2 but thanks to goals from Sulejmani, Ngamaleu and Kanga (2) the match ended with a very strong 4-3 win. A goal frenzy last time out for Young Boys, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Sion. Fun stuff to watch! The versatile forward Wilfried Kanga bested all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.43 out of 10. Kanga scored two goals.
A 1-1 draw away in the Champions League before that, with Manchester United the opponent.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Young Boys as they are travelling to their away game against Lugano in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
Young Boys can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 18 times. Young Boys have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Basel form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 4 draws and only 0 losses in the Super League. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Grasshopper game have they lost an away game, meaning Basel has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
Basel has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Servette for a Super League game that ended a draw (2-2). As mentioned above, Basel drew the match against Servette. Manager Rahmen brought on Millar to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Andy Pelmard was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.32. The defender Pelmard won 5 of 6 duels.
Before that, Basel secured a home win against Qarabag with the score 3-0.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Basel playing away, we found one game. Results were one away win, zero draws and zero home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Basel are hosting Grasshopper in the Super League only four days away.
Basel have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 8 away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Basel have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Basel - Young Boys 1-1 was the product when these sides last played each other, earlier this season. Young Boys-Basel H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Young Boys five wins, Basel two wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendonça Cabral 14 goals |   A. Kanga 8 goals |  C. Fassnacht 7 goals |
Young Boys missing players
Basel missing players
| Young Boys | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 35 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 69% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 25% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 7.4 | 8.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.1 | 17.1 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.5 | 12.2 |
| 7 | 7.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.2 | 6 |
| 33% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 36% |
| 7 | 7 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.1 | 12 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
- Basel have not yet lost a game away.
- Basel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Basel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Basel have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Super League
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Super League
- Basel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Super League
- Basel have the the best goal difference (+19) in Super League
- Basel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Young Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Young Boys have the most points from losing position (11) in Super League
- Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Super League
- Young Boys have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Basel | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 31 |
| 3 | Lugano | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 28 |
| 5 | Grasshopper | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Servette | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Sion | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 24 | -13 | 18 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -15 | 16 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 12 |
| 10 | Luzern | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 11 |