Young Boys welcome Luzern as odds-on favourites: Read our football preview

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Wankdorf

A key match in Super League as both participants are battling for the top league positions. With Young Boys in 1st position and Luzern located at 2nd, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling battle. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (70) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most points from losing position (13) in Super League

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Super League.

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Young Boys form and stats

Home games in the Super League have been a walk in the park for Young Boys so far, with 39 points won from 15 matches; 12 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Young Boys has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadion Wankdorf. We remember; it was Lugano.

Young Boys lost their last game at Grasshopper (placed 5th) after a 1-4 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through three league fixtures. Midfielder Fassnacht was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. Fassnacht scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the 6-1 home victory against Servette.

Observe: 11 of the most recent 14 league games from this football club have had goals from both teams.

It's goals goals goals for Young Boys who have scored 46 goals from 15 league home games. From these home matches, Young Boys have conceded only 8 goals.

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Luzern form and stats

Playing away, Luzern have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Super League this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Luzern hope to make it five in this match.

Luzern go into this game after a win, the home game against Winterthur that ended 3-1. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Sorgić and that is impressive! Defender Frýdek was the best team player with a rating of 8.6. Frýdek served one assist, hit four key passes and won 8 of 11 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Basel with the score of 2-0.

Observe! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's last 13 league matches.

Luzern are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 15 away games so far. As opposed to that, Luzern have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Young Boys have pulled off a sequence of 13 consecutive matches without defeat (8-5-0) when playing Luzern.

Luzern - Young Boys 1-1 was the output when these two squads last played each other, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysC. Itten
C. Itten
17 goals
Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
16 goals
LuzernM. Meyer
M. Meyer
10 goals

Young Boys missing players

Luzern missing players

Young Boys Luzern
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 2 Played P 1 14 29
17 12 2 Won W 0 6 11
10 3 0 Drew D 1 4 9
3 0 0 Lost L 0 4 9
70 46 9 Scored S 1 24 47
25 8 1 Conceded C 1 20 40
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 90%
67% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 64% 55%
33% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 34%
20% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 17%
63% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 66%
37% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 17%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 21%
 
6.2 6.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 6.4
3.9 3.8 1 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 5
2.1 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.9
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 8
 
15.9 17.4 21.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.2 13.6
6.1 7 10.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.3 5.4
38% 44% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 30%
 
10.1 9.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 6 12.1 11.8
4 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5 4.8
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Young Boys's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Luzern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Luzern have the most points (25) away in Super League
  • Luzern have the most points from losing position (13) in Super League
  • Luzern have the most scored goals (27) away in Super League
  • Luzern have won significantly less corners away then 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.
  • Young Boys have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home 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 most clean sheets (11) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most points (39) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (46) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (70) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (40) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+38) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+45) in Super League
  • Young Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 30 17 10 3 70 25 15 12 3 0 46 8 15 5 7 3 24 17 45 61
2 Luzern 30 12 9 9 50 40 15 5 5 5 23 20 15 7 4 4 27 20 10 45
3 Servette 30 10 14 6 39 42 15 7 7 1 22 14 15 3 7 5 17 28 -3 44
4 Lugano 30 11 10 9 44 40 15 6 5 4 23 19 15 5 5 5 21 21 4 43
5 Grasshopper 30 11 7 12 47 49 15 8 2 5 29 24 15 3 5 7 18 25 -2 40
6 Basel 30 9 12 9 39 36 15 5 7 3 23 17 15 4 5 6 16 19 3 39
7 St. Gallen 30 9 9 12 52 45 15 6 6 3 27 18 15 3 3 9 25 27 7 36
8 Zürich 30 7 12 11 30 48 15 4 7 4 17 20 15 3 5 7 13 28 -18 33
9 Sion 30 7 9 14 38 57 15 2 4 9 16 32 15 5 5 5 22 25 -19 30
10 Winterthur 30 7 8 15 28 55 15 5 4 6 14 25 15 2 4 9 14 30 -27 29

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.