Young Boys welcome Winterthur for another action-packed Super League match here at Stadion Wankdorf.
It should be mentioned that Winterthur play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Winterthur on artifical turf are 2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats from seven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 11-12. You can compare this with overall results below.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Young Boys form and stats
The hosts won their first Super League game here at Stadion Wankdorf, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Young Boys last season were 14 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses from 18 games.
Young Boys drew their last game, 2-2 away at Yverdon Sport (placed 10th). Midfield player Ugrinić got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, the max score being 10. Ugrinić scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 43 successful passes (of 51 total).
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Lausanne Sport.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 12 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 10, drew 2 and lost 0.
At Stadion Wankdorf, Young Boys has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Winterthur form and stats
Winterthur have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Super League were 3 victories, 4 draws and 11 defeats from 18 fixtures.
Winterthur play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-5 to Basel (placed 6th). As you can tell from the result, the match against Basel was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Winterthur goalkeeper Kuster could enjoy a terrific day's work vs Basel, but despite registering six saves the loss could not be stopped. Giusto got a match rating of 7.24 in that game, top player of the team. Giusto scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Luzern.Winterthur have the goal stats of 2-5 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Young Boys have avoided defeat in the last 6 games (3-3-0) facing Winterthur.Top Goalscorers
  J. Nsamé 1 goals |  F. Ugrinic 1 goals |  C. Itten 1 goals |
Young Boys missing players
Winterthur missing players
| Young Boys | Winterthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 6.5 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 6.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | 18.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 8.5 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 13 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 20 | 15.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| Young Boys | Last season | Winterthur | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 11 | 20 | ||
| 82 | 54 | Scored | S | 17 | 32 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 34 | 66 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 75% | ||
| 61% | 72% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 47% | ||
| 31% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 19% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 17% | ||
| 61% | 61% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 61% | ||
| 36% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 19% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 22% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 15.9 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 9 | ||
| 6.1 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||
| 10.3 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lugano | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Servette | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Zürich | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Luzern | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Basel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Lausanne Sport | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Grasshopper | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Yverdon Sport | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Winterthur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 82 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 52 | 74 |
| 2 | Servette | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 53 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 58 |
| 3 | Lugano | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 59 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 57 |
| 4 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 50 |
| 5 | Basel | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 1 | 47 |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 66 | 52 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 45 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 56 | 64 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 35 | -8 | 44 |
| 8 | Zürich | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 55 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -14 | 44 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 66 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 34 | -34 | 32 |
| 10 | Sion | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 73 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 36 | -32 | 31 |
