Young Boys supporters put their faith in manager Wicky to deliver victory against Basel

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 19.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Wankdorf

The league table reveals that 20 points divide the two competitors in this Super League fixture. Young Boys have both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (56) in Super League
  • Basel have the most points from losing position (11) in Super League

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. That game, against Slovan Bratislava, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Basel.

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Young Boys form and stats

Young Boys have been very solid at home in the Super League so far, with 30 points collected from 12 matches (9-3-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. days ago.

The Young Boys fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Sion (after extra-time) and win 4-0. Sweet to taste a league victory after three games without one. As mentioned above, Young Boys "killed" Sion in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Midfielder Rieder was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.0 (out of ten) in that game. Rieder scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 65 successful passes (of 76 total).

1-1 away at Winterthur (after extra-time) before that.

Betting people might want to know that 10 of the most recent 13 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each team.

Young Boys are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (35 goals in 12 games). Young Boys have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Basel form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Basel playing as the away team in the Super League this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Slovan Bratislava in their previous outing. The Europa Conference League fixture ended 2-2. Calafiori, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.25. Calafiori scored one goal and won 9 of 13 duels.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against St. Gallen (after extra-time) in the Super League.

Basel are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games (in the league). 14 goals have been conceded by Basel in these games.

Head 2 Head

Young Boys have put together a streak of 11 consecutive matches without losing (6-5-0) when playing Basel.

Young Boys - Basel 3-1 was the story when these two contenders last met, earlier this season. The referee brandished his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the culprit was Lang (Basel).

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
13 goals
Young BoysC. Itten
C. Itten
11 goals
Young BoysM. Elia
M. Elia
7 goals

Young Boys missing players

Basel missing players

Young Boys Basel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 2 12 24
14 9 2 Won W 0 3 7
9 3 1 Drew D 2 4 10
1 0 0 Lost L 0 5 7
56 35 7 Scored S 1 13 33
17 7 1 Conceded C 1 14 28
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 92% 83%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 58% 67%
67% 75% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 42%
33% 42% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 38%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 17%
62% 58% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 58%
38% 42% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 25%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 33%
 
5.9 5.5 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 6.5 6.2
3.9 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 10.5 6.1 4.8
2 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.5
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
14.4 15.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 11.7 13.7
5.8 6.1 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.3 5.6
41% 48% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 20% 24%
 
10 9.1 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 21.5 11.9 10.7
3.9 3 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Young Boys's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Basel have the most points from losing position (11) in Super League
  • Young Boys have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Young Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Basel have scored away.
  • Young Boys have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most clean sheets (9) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most points (30) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (35) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (56) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+28) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+39) in Super League
  • Young Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Young Boys is in the best form (2-4-0) 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 24 14 9 1 56 17 12 9 3 0 35 7 12 5 6 1 21 10 39 51
2 Servette 24 8 11 5 29 30 12 5 6 1 16 11 12 3 5 4 13 19 -1 35
3 St. Gallen 24 9 7 8 46 35 12 6 5 1 22 11 12 3 2 7 24 24 11 34
4 Lugano 24 9 7 8 37 35 12 5 3 4 19 17 12 4 4 4 18 18 2 34
5 Luzern 24 8 9 7 35 33 12 3 5 4 15 16 12 5 4 3 20 17 2 33
6 Basel 24 7 10 7 33 28 12 4 6 2 20 14 12 3 4 5 13 14 5 31
7 Grasshopper 24 7 7 10 36 40 12 6 2 4 22 19 12 1 5 6 14 21 -4 28
8 Zurich 24 5 10 9 23 36 12 2 6 4 13 18 12 3 4 5 10 18 -13 25
9 Sion 24 5 8 11 29 47 12 2 3 7 12 26 12 3 5 4 17 21 -18 23
10 Winterthur 24 5 8 11 21 44 12 4 4 4 11 21 12 1 4 7 10 23 -23 23

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.