Young Boys vs Lausanne Sport pre-match info: Guests will have a grim 90 minutes at Stadion Wankdorf

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Wankdorf

The Super League overall standings tell a tale about these teams so far, with Young Boys leading Lausanne Sport by 30 points. Get your full match preview:

Insights:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest scored goals (27) in Super League

It should be mentioned that Lausanne Sport play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Lausanne Sport on artifical turf are 0 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats from three games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 2-5. You can compare this with overall results below.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Young Boys form and stats

Young Boys have performed here at Stadion Wankdorf this season with 8 wins from 14 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 2.

Young Boys shared the glory with Basel in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Midfielder Fernandes was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.7 (out of ten) in that game. Fernandes scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).

Ahead of that match, Young Boys lost 1-2 at home to Zurich.

Young Boys are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 18 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 14, drew three and lost one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (29 in 14 games), Young Boys's attacking play is working. More than 55 % of these goals (17 in all) came after at least 60 minutes had been played. Young Boys have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Lausanne Sport form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lausanne Sport so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-9 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Lausanne as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Basel match.

Impressive finishing from Sanches and Amdouni (3) secured the home win 4-1 against Servette in their previous game. The attacker Amdouni got a match rating of 9.45 in that game. Amdouni scored three goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Lugano wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

The attacking power of Lausanne Sport when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Lausanne Sport have conceded 24 goals in their away games. Lausanne Sport has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Lausanne Sport - Young Boys 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Young Boys won nine games, one match ended with a draw and Lausanne Sport have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysT. Siebatcheu
T. Siebatcheu
17 goals
Young BoysC. Fassnacht
C. Fassnacht
9 goals
Young BoysA. Kanga
A. Kanga
9 goals

Young Boys missing players

Lausanne Sport missing players

Young Boys Lausanne Sport
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 3 13 28
12 8 2 Won W 0 1 3
10 4 3 Drew D 1 3 7
6 2 0 Lost L 2 9 18
62 29 10 Scored S 2 9 27
38 17 7 Conceded C 7 24 59
96% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 86% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 89%
68% 71% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 54%
57% 50% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 39%
25% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 14%
71% 79% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 54% 64%
18% 21% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 4%
14% 7% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 32%
 
7.3 8.1 10.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.7 3.9
3.3 3.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5 5.2
2.4 2.5 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.7 3.2
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 5
 
14.9 16.9 19.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 9.2 9.1
6.6 6.6 7.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 3.5
34% 31% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 19% 28%
 
8.2 7.6 4.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 13.8 12.4
3.4 3.2 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.5 5.1
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Lausanne Sport have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest points (6) away in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest scored goals (27) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the most conceded goals (59) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the most conceded goals in the second half (39) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Super League
  • Lausanne Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Young Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Young Boys have scored more than double the goals of Lausanne Sport.
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (42) 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 28 19 6 3 62 35 14 10 3 1 34 16 14 9 3 2 28 19 27 63
2 Basel 28 13 12 3 62 35 14 6 7 1 33 16 14 7 5 2 29 19 27 51
3 Young Boys 28 12 10 6 62 38 14 8 4 2 29 17 14 4 6 4 33 21 24 46
4 Lugano 28 14 4 10 39 37 14 8 2 4 20 18 14 6 2 6 19 19 2 46
5 St. Gallen 28 11 7 10 51 49 14 5 6 3 26 23 14 6 1 7 25 26 2 40
6 Servette 28 11 5 12 43 51 13 6 3 4 22 21 15 5 2 8 21 30 -8 38
7 Sion 28 8 6 14 34 52 14 6 2 6 16 18 14 2 4 8 18 34 -18 30
8 Grasshopper 28 6 10 12 43 47 14 3 5 6 25 28 14 3 5 6 18 19 -4 28
9 Luzern 28 4 11 13 32 52 14 3 3 8 15 25 14 1 8 5 17 27 -20 23
10 Lausanne Sport 28 3 7 18 27 59 15 2 4 9 18 35 13 1 3 9 9 24 -32 16

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.