Young Boys vs Sion preview: Away team will have a hard job at STADE DE SUISSE Wankdorf Bern

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: STADE DE SUISSE Wankdorf Bern (31789 seats)

A total of twelve sets of fixtures are finished and both Young Boys and Sion are up there with the best. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (28) in Super League
  • Sion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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 Boys and Sion.

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Young Boys form and stats

Young Boys have collected 13 points from their Super League home games so far after 4-1-0. Young Boys are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

A strong away win for Young Boys against Lugano the last match, as Itten, Nsame, Imeri and Garcia were on target. Nsame, a striker, was the top performer for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 8.13 (out of 10). Nsame scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Young Boys played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Zurich.

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 Boys home games with this odds we find 15 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 11 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 7 matches were won by at least two goals.

Scoring bonanza? Who knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league games with this side has had three goals or more.

Young Boys are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games). Defensively Young Boys have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sion form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sion playing as the away team in the Super League this season.

Sion play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Winterthur (placed 9th). Midfielder Grgić was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Grgić hit one key pass and had 67 successful passes (of 77 total).

Before that, Sion secured a home win against Luzern with the score 2-0.

You'll want to know how Sion managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 4 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.

Sion's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 10 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Young Boys have won every one of the 4 most recent games versus this team. Something to take note of?

These opponents have met before this season: Sion - Young Boys 0-3.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
7 goals
Young BoysC. Itten
C. Itten
6 goals
SionF. Stojilkovic
F. Stojilkovic
5 goals

Young Boys missing players

Sion missing players

Young Boys Sion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 0 6 12
8 4 1 Won W 0 3 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
28 13 3 Scored S 0 12 19
7 2 0 Conceded C 0 10 19
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 92%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 83%
75% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 67%
25% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 17%
50% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
50% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 25%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
5.6 4.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.2 5.8
3.2 2.6 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.5 5.7
2.3 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.8 14 18 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.3 13.8
5.8 5.8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.3 5.6
41% 45% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 28%
 
10.2 8.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.2 10.1
4.6 3.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.2 4.4
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Young Boys's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 (2) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most clean sheets (6) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (28) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+21) in Super League
  • Young Boys have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Young Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Young Boys is in the best form (4-1-1) in Super League

  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 12 8 3 1 28 7 5 4 1 0 13 2 7 4 2 1 15 5 21 27
2 Servette 11 5 4 2 12 9 6 4 2 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 3 5 3 19
3 Sion 12 5 3 4 19 19 6 2 2 2 7 9 6 3 1 2 12 10 0 18
4 St. Gallen 12 5 2 5 23 19 6 4 1 1 12 5 6 1 1 4 11 14 4 17
5 Lugano 12 5 1 6 18 20 6 2 0 4 8 12 6 3 1 2 10 8 -2 16
6 Grasshopper 11 3 5 3 19 21 5 3 2 0 13 8 6 0 3 3 6 13 -2 14
7 Basel 10 3 4 3 15 12 5 2 2 1 9 6 5 1 2 2 6 6 3 13
8 Luzern 11 3 4 4 17 16 5 1 2 2 7 8 6 2 2 2 10 8 1 13
9 Winterthur 12 3 3 6 9 24 7 2 2 3 6 17 5 1 1 3 3 7 -15 12
10 Zurich 11 0 5 6 7 20 6 0 3 3 3 9 5 0 2 3 4 11 -13 5

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.