It's early days in the Super League and both Young Boys and Luzern are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Europa League match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Roma, was also a home game here at Stadion Neufeld. The away team is better rested.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Luzern 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 6-2-4 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.
Young Boys form and stats
As mentioned below, Young Boys are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Super League games.
The Young goalkeeper Guillaume Faivre is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 355 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.
The Young Boys fans got no joy from their last match, a Europa League game also here at Stadion Neufeld: A 1-2 defeat against Roma. 0-0 away at Servette before that.
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 eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew two and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Young Boys as they are travelling to their away game against CFR Cluj in the Europa League. That match is four days after this one.
At Stadion Neufeld, Young Boys has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Luzern form and stats
No Super League points yet away for Luzern, from their first 2 matches. Luzern seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Luzern played 2-2 against St. Gallen in their previous match. A draw for Luzern before that, at their own venue hosting Lausanne Sport (2-2).
As mentioned above, Luzern drew the match against St. Gallen. Manager F. Celestini brought on Filip Ugrinic to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Luzern played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Luzern have the goal stats of 3-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Young victories, one draw and three Luzern wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Fassnacht 1 goals |  F. Mambimbi 1 goals |  J. Nsamé 1 goals |
Young Boys missing players
Luzern missing players
| Young Boys | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | 30 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 26 | 54 |
| 24 | 14 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 29 |
| 12% | 21% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 24% |
- Luzern has the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Super League
- Luzern has the most conceded goals (9) in Super League
- Luzern has the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Super League
- Luzern has the most matches over the total-line (4) in Super League
- Luzern has the most scored goals in the second half (5) in Super League
- Young Boys has the fewest conceded goals (1) in Super League
- Young Boys has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Super League
- Young Boys has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Super League
- Young Boys has the most matches under the total-line (4) in Super League
| Young Boys | Last season | Luzern | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 23 | 16 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 80 | 51 | Scored | S | 14 | 42 | ||
| 41 | 15 | Conceded | C | 25 | 50 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 78% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 78% | ||
| 58% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 28% | 50% | ||
| 47% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 19% | ||
| 33% | 39% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 28% | 47% | ||
| 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 28% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 517 | 269 | Total Shots | T S | 156 | 380 | ||
| 174 | 99 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 153 | ||
| 46% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Gallen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Lausanne Sport | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Lugano | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Basel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Servette | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sion | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Luzern | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Vaduz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Zurich | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 41 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 39 | 76 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 56 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 23 | 68 |
| 3 | Basel | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 36 | 62 |
| 4 | Servette | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 57 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Lugano | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 0 | 47 |
| 6 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -8 | 46 |
| 7 | Zurich | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 72 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -27 | 43 |
| 8 | Sion | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -15 | 39 |
| 9 | Thun | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 67 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 38 | -22 | 38 |
| 10 | Neuchatel Xamax | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 68 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 42 | -35 | 27 |