Young Boys look forward to facing Zürich with faith in taking all three points. Can they? Read our preview!
- Young Boys have the most scored goals (77) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in Super League
Young Boys are already the Super League winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one.
Young Boys and Zürich should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Young Boys form and stats
This stadium, Stadion Wankdorf, has been a fortress for Young Boys in the Super League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 13-3-0. Young Boys has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadion Wankdorf. We remember; it was Lugano.
It's back home for Young Boys, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating St. Gallen away with the result 2-0. Itten and Nsame found the net in that victory. Racioppi, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.01 out of 10 in that game. Racioppi topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Young Boys won a home game hosting Luzern (5-1).Some goal stats: A review of the 16 latest league games highlights that 12 of them had at least one goal from each team.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Young Boys is on fire here. A stunning 51 from 16 league matches. Young Boys are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Wankdorf in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 16 matches.
Zürich form and stats
Playing away, Zürich have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 7 defeats in the Super League this season.
Two travels in a row for Zürich, whose coach Henriksen could celebrate last time after the win against Basel. Katić, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. Katić hit the woodwork once and won 4 of 5 duels.
A draw for Zürich before that, at their own venue hosting Sion (2-2).The attacking power of Zürich when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Zürich struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Young Boys and Zürich have duelled already this season: Zürich - Young Boys 2-2. Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Young Boys won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Zürich managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Itten 19 goals |  J. Nsamé 18 goals |   T. Aiyegun 11 goals |
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| Young Boys | Zürich | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 19 | 13 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 77 | 51 | 17 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 34 |
| 26 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 11 | 28 | 50 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 88% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 81% | 75% |
| 66% | 75% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 34% | 44% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 34% |
| 22% | 25% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 16% |
| 62% | 56% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | 53% |
| 38% | 44% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 38% | 31% |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15.9 | 17.2 | 19.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | 11 |
| 6.1 | 7 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 39% | 46% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 25% | 29% |
| 10.4 | 9.2 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.1 | 10.5 |
| 3.9 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
- All of Young Boys's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Zürich.
- Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Super League
- Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Super League
- Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) 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 (12) in Super League
- Young Boys have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Super League
- Young Boys have the most points (42) at home in Super League
- Young Boys have the most scored goals (51) at home in Super League
- Young Boys have the most scored goals (77) in Super League
- Young Boys have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Super League
- Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (44) in Super League
- Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+42) at home in Super League
- Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+51) in Super League
- Young Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Zürich have the fewest dropped points from leading position (8) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) 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 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 77 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 51 | 67 |
| 2 | Servette | 32 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 43 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 30 | -2 | 48 |
| 3 | Lugano | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 51 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 47 |
| 4 | Luzern | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 46 |
| 5 | Basel | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 42 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 57 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -7 | 40 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 5 | 37 |
| 8 | Zürich | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -16 | 37 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 30 | -29 | 32 |
| 10 | Sion | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 60 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 27 | -20 | 31 |
