Early betting lines indicate Young Boys advantage hosting Lugano at Stadion Wankdorf

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Lugano have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-4-4 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.

Young Boys form and stats

Young Boys, who have the most scored goals (53) in Super League, have performed here at Stadion Wankdorf this season with 10 wins from 14 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. Young has a nice streak going on as they have played 18 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Servette defeat 125 days ago. Young has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Wankdorf, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Young, as their goalkeeper David von Ballmoos has completely shut out the opponents for 286 minutes in the Super League.

Young's last game was hosting St. Gallen (placed 7th) and winning 2-0. Prior to that, an away loss at St. Gallen in the Swiss Cup.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Young home games with this odds we find 18 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 14 wins, three draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, eight matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Young as they are travelling to their away game against Zurich in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.

Young have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Wankdorf with 26 goals in 14 league matches. Young have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Lugano form and stats

Playing away, Lugano have won 4 games, drawn 9 and suffered 1 defeat in the Super League this season.

Lugano failed to get anything from their last game, a Swiss Cup home match vs Luzern (after extra-time) (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-2. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Lausanne Sport in the Super League.

You'll want to know how Lugano managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.

A quick return to home after this game, as Lugano are hosting St. Gallen in the Super League only three days away.

The visiting Lugano have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

J. Nsamé 15 goals

T. Siebatcheu 10 goals

M. Elia 6 goals

Young Boys missing players

Lugano missing players