Young Boys vs Luzern betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Stadion Neufeld

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 26.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Neufeld (14000 seats)

Young Boys perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Luzern can look both up and down from their 5th position.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Young and Luzern.

Luzern play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Luzern when playing on artifical turf are 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from twelve matches. They have scored 13 goals and conceded 16 times in these games.

The season is still full of potential for Young as they can still win the whole Super League. Luzern are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Young Boys form and stats

Young Boys, who have the most scored goals (75) in Super League, have been very solid at home in the Super League so far, with 44 points collected from 16 matches (14-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. In general it's been a long time since Young tasted defeat here at Stadion Neufeld, as they have taken at least one point from their last 16 home games in the league.

The Young goalkeeper David von Ballmoos is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 202 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.

Young enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Neuchâtel Xamax's place. The match ended 1-0 with Jean-Pierre Nsame scoring.

Goals are plentiful at Stadion Neufeld in the league this season as Young Boys has scored 47 goals here in 16 home games. Young have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Luzern form and stats

5-2-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Luzern in their Super League matches away. Recent form does not give Luzern much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Young Boys will be a tough nut to crack. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Luzern have lost on their last two travels.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super League home defeat versus Sion with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Neuchâtel Xamax.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Luzern's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won one of these as expected, zero of them by at least two goals. Luzern managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Luzern struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Young and Luzern have met before this season: Luzern - Young Boys 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Young Boys, one draw and three wins for Luzern. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

YoungJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
29 goals
LuzernF. Margiotta
F. Margiotta
11 goals
LuzernP. Schürpf
P. Schürpf
8 goals

Young Boys missing players

Luzern missing players

Young Boys Luzern
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 3 16 33
20 14 3 Won W 1 5 12
7 2 1 Drew D 0 2 6
6 0 0 Lost L 2 9 15
75 47 12 Scored S 3 14 40
40 14 5 Conceded C 7 24 48
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 82%
61% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 31% 52%
48% 56% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 21%
36% 44% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 12%
48% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 31% 48%
39% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 27%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 27%
 
6.7 6.8 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 5.3
4.2 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.9 5.6
2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
485 246 61 Total Shots T S 24 147 358
159 89 23 Shots on Target S O 11 52 143
47% 53% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 27% 28%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Luzern has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
  • Luzern has the fewest scored goals in the first half (14)
  • Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Young Boys has the most clean sheets (13)
  • Young Boys has the most clean sheets (8) at home
  • Young Boys has the most points (44) at home
  • Young Boys has the most points from losing position (19)
  • Young Boys has the most scored goals (47) at home
  • Young Boys has the most scored goals (75)
  • Young Boys has the the best goal difference (+33) at home
  • Young Boys have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Young Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Luzern have scored away.
  • Young Boys have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Young Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • 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 33 20 7 6 75 40 16 14 2 0 47 14 17 6 5 6 28 26 35 67
2 St. Gallen 33 19 5 9 69 52 17 10 2 5 36 29 16 9 3 4 33 23 17 62
3 Basel 33 18 5 10 70 34 16 11 2 3 38 13 17 7 3 7 32 21 36 59
4 Servette 33 11 13 9 51 42 16 7 7 2 24 12 17 4 6 7 27 30 9 46
5 Luzern 33 12 6 15 40 48 17 7 4 6 26 24 16 5 2 9 14 24 -8 42
6 Zürich 32 12 6 14 40 62 15 7 2 6 22 33 17 5 4 8 18 29 -22 42
7 Lugano 33 9 13 11 38 41 17 5 8 4 15 16 16 4 5 7 23 25 -3 40
8 Thun 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 7 3 7 26 29 16 3 2 11 15 34 -22 35
9 Sion 32 8 8 16 35 52 16 4 5 7 21 26 16 4 3 9 14 26 -17 32
10 Neuchâtel Xamax 33 5 12 16 32 57 17 2 5 10 15 25 16 3 7 6 17 32 -25 27

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.