Stadion Wankdorf: Young Boys vs Luzern Super League preview

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 15.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Wankdorf

It's advantage Young Boys so far with their 1st position in the Super League table, welcoming Luzern who are placed 4th.

Insights:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (65) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Super League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

4 - 1 - 4 with 7-10. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Luzern when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Luzern play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

Young are already the Super League winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. Luzern are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Young Boys form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Wankdorf as Young Boys, who have the most scored goals (65) in Super League, have scored 33 goals to get 42 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 13-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The Young fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadion Wankdorf and will expect new points from this game. Young Boys has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Young, as their goalkeeper David von Ballmoos has completely shut out the opponents for 188 minutes in the Super League.

Attacking player Christian Fassnacht bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Fassnacht scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, Young Boys won a home game hosting Basel (2-0).

A decent goal production from Young in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 17 league matches. From these home matches, Young Boys have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Luzern form and stats

5-3-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Luzern in their Super League matches away.

Midfield player Varol Tasar was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Tasar scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Luzern find the net regularly in their away games. 24 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. Luzern struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 31 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Luzern - Young Boys 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Young wins - draws - Luzern wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
18 goals
YoungT. Siebatcheu
T. Siebatcheu
12 goals
LuzernD. Sorgić
D. Sorgić
12 goals

Young Boys missing players

Luzern missing players

Young Boys Luzern
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 4 17 34
23 13 3 Won W 1 5 12
9 3 1 Drew D 0 3 10
2 1 0 Lost L 3 9 12
65 33 10 Scored S 8 24 59
25 12 4 Conceded C 12 31 52
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
82% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 91%
59% 59% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 76% 71%
24% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 38%
9% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 75% 24% 21%
53% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 76%
47% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 21%
12% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 2.5 2.4
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
13.4 14 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.9 11.9
5.2 5.6 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.9 5
37% 34% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 29% 35%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Luzern have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most matches over the total-line (21) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most points from losing position (17) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Super League
  • Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most clean sheets (16) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most points (42) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (65) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+40) in Super League
  • Young Boys is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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 34 23 9 2 65 25 17 13 3 1 33 12 17 10 6 1 32 13 40 78
2 Basel 34 14 8 12 56 49 17 8 6 3 31 21 17 6 2 9 25 28 7 50
3 Servette 34 13 8 13 41 53 17 6 7 4 27 27 17 7 1 9 14 26 -12 47
4 Luzern 34 12 10 12 59 52 17 7 7 3 35 21 17 5 3 9 24 31 7 46
5 Lausanne Sport 34 12 10 12 50 46 17 9 2 6 31 25 17 3 8 6 19 21 4 46
6 Lugano 34 10 13 11 35 40 17 6 4 7 16 19 17 4 9 4 19 21 -5 43
7 Zürich 34 10 10 14 49 52 17 5 5 7 23 20 17 5 5 7 26 32 -3 40
8 St. Gallen 34 9 11 14 38 47 17 6 5 6 19 20 17 3 6 8 19 27 -9 38
9 Vaduz 34 9 9 16 34 51 17 4 4 9 17 28 17 5 5 7 17 23 -17 36
10 Sion 34 7 14 13 43 55 17 3 8 6 19 26 17 4 6 7 24 29 -12 35

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.