Super League: Young Boys look able to win home fixture against Sion

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Wankdorf

Young Boys are listed as probable winners of this home game vs Sion, if the league standings are to be trusted. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (52) in Super League
  • Sion have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Super League

This pitch uses artifical turf, unlike Sion's home stadium. The former five games by the guests on artifical turf have seen 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses.

This could be an interesting game with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Young Boys form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 11 Super League games here at Stadion Wankdorf for Young Boys. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Two home wins in a row for Young Boys bring valid hopes of a third.

An away draw last time out for Young Boys, facing Grasshopper in a game that ended 2-2. The attacking player Siebatcheu was declared "man of the match" for Young Boys with the rating of 8.14/10. Siebatcheu scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Ahead of that match, Young Boys won a home game hosting Basel (3-1).

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 17 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 13 wins, three draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.

There will be little rest for Young Boys after this match as they are travelling to Servette for a Super League game in only three days.

Young Boys can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 23 times. Young Boys have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Sion form and stats

There's been little loot from Sion's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the Super League. Sion only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.

Sion's last game was the home draw against Zurich (1-1). Midfield player Wesley was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Wesley scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Luzern wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sion played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected four times.

A new game in only four days for Sion, the Super League home match versus Lausanne Sport. Busy days.

Sion are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Sion are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 15 goals in these matches. Sion has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other previously this season, with the final score Young Boys - Sion 4-3 logged in the official records. The ref got to use his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the culprit was Baltazar (Sion). Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Young Boys won eight games, one match ended with a draw and Sion managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysT. Siebatcheu
T. Siebatcheu
15 goals
Young BoysC. Fassnacht
C. Fassnacht
9 goals
Young BoysA. Kanga
A. Kanga
8 goals

Young Boys missing players

Sion missing players

Young Boys Sion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
11 7 2 Won W 0 2 7
7 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
4 1 0 Lost L 2 6 10
52 23 6 Scored S 6 15 30
28 12 4 Conceded C 15 28 40
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 77%
64% 64% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 55% 45%
55% 45% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 45% 36%
32% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 36% 23%
68% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 64%
23% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 18%
14% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 18%
 
7 7.6 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.5 3.7
3.7 4.3 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 7.4 6.4
2.5 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.1 2.2
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.7 16.8 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.2 9
6.5 6.5 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.6 4
36% 32% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 38% 34%
 
7.9 7.7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 15 15.4 13.2
3.1 2.9 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6.5 5
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Sion have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sion have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Super League
  • Sion have the most conceded goals (28) away in Super League
  • Sion have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Super League
  • Sion have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in Super League
  • Sion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (52) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+24) 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 Zurich 22 15 5 2 51 28 11 9 2 0 29 10 11 6 3 2 22 18 23 50
2 Young Boys 22 11 7 4 52 28 11 7 3 1 23 12 11 4 4 3 29 16 24 40
3 Basel 22 10 10 2 48 25 11 5 5 1 27 12 11 5 5 1 21 13 23 40
4 Lugano 22 10 3 9 27 31 11 6 2 3 15 15 11 4 1 6 12 16 -4 33
5 Servette 22 8 5 9 35 40 11 4 3 4 19 20 11 4 2 5 16 20 -5 29
6 Grasshopper 22 6 9 7 37 33 11 3 5 3 20 18 11 3 4 4 17 15 4 27
7 St. Gallen 22 7 5 10 37 44 11 3 5 3 20 20 11 4 0 7 17 24 -7 26
8 Sion 22 7 5 10 30 40 11 5 2 4 15 12 11 2 3 6 15 28 -10 26
9 Luzern 22 2 9 11 23 42 11 2 2 7 12 21 11 0 7 4 11 21 -19 15
10 Lausanne Sport 22 2 6 14 19 48 11 1 3 7 11 28 11 1 3 7 8 20 -29 12

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.