The head coach Wicky aiming to whip up Young Boys win vs Basel

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

The bragging rights belong to Young Boys at this point, with their 1st position in the Super League table and looking forward to facing Basel (who are in 5th).

Insights:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (29) in Super League
  • Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Basel have scored away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League.

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Young Boys form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Wankdorf as Young Boys have scored 14 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

The home fans saw a 1-1 draw versus Sion last time out and are looking for a victory here. The talented striker Nsame bettered all the other players in that game and received a match rating of 8.33 out of 10. Nsame scored one goal and hit two key passes.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Lugano with a 4-1 scoreline.

The Young Boys manager Wicky has got the team scoring with 14 from 6 home games in the league. Young Boys are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Wankdorf in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 6 matches.

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Basel form and stats

1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Basel in their Super League matches away.

Basel delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Zalgiris in their previous game; a Europa Conference League fixture. That win felt good as this side had gone three league fixtures without winning. Diouf got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Diouf scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).

Before that, Basel secured a home win against Winterthur with the score 3-1.

The schedule is very tough for Basel now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa Conference League game at Pyunik is waiting in only four days.

The visiting Basel have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded by Basel in these games.

Head 2 Head

Young Boys have not lost in the last 10 matches (5-5-0) against Basel.

The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the final score Basel - Young Boys 0-0 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
8 goals
Young BoysC. Itten
C. Itten
6 goals
Young BoysM. Elia
M. Elia
3 goals

Young Boys missing players

Basel missing players

Young Boys Basel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 5 12
8 4 1 Won W 0 1 4
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
29 14 3 Scored S 1 6 18
8 3 2 Conceded C 2 6 13
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 75%
85% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 67%
69% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 42%
23% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 33%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 25%
54% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 58%
46% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 25%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 42%
 
5.6 4.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 5.2
3.2 2.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.4 5
2.2 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.4 15.2 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6 10.8
5.7 5.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 4.7
39% 41% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 40% 32%
 
10.2 8.3 9 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 11.2 9.9
4.6 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4 3.5
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Young Boys's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Basel have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Young Boys have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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 (3) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most clean sheets (6) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (29) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+21) in Super League
  • Young Boys have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Young Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Young Boys is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 13 8 4 1 29 8 6 4 2 0 14 3 7 4 2 1 15 5 21 28
2 Servette 13 6 5 2 16 12 6 4 2 0 9 4 7 2 3 2 7 8 4 23
3 Sion 13 5 4 4 20 20 6 2 2 2 7 9 7 3 2 2 13 11 0 19
4 St. Gallen 13 5 3 5 24 20 7 4 2 1 13 6 6 1 1 4 11 14 4 18
5 Basel 12 4 5 3 18 13 7 3 3 1 12 7 5 1 2 2 6 6 5 17
6 Grasshopper 13 4 5 4 25 25 6 3 2 1 15 11 7 1 3 3 10 14 0 17
7 Luzern 12 4 4 4 20 17 6 2 2 2 10 9 6 2 2 2 10 8 3 16
8 Lugano 13 5 1 7 19 23 6 2 0 4 8 12 7 3 1 3 11 11 -4 16
9 Winterthur 13 3 3 7 10 27 7 2 2 3 6 17 6 1 1 4 4 10 -17 12
10 Zürich 13 0 6 7 8 24 7 0 3 4 4 13 6 0 3 3 4 11 -16 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.