Young Boys supporters put their faith in manager Vanetta to deliver victory against Zürich

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Wankdorf

A total of 26 sets of fixtures have been played and both Young Boys and Zürich are flying high in the table. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (39) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most clean sheets (9) in Super League

Zürich play their home games on grass, while this game will take part on artifical turf. The latest results for Zürich when featuring on artifical turf are 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from four matches. They have scored 6 goals and conceded 9 times in these fixtures.

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.

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Young Boys form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Wankdorf as Young Boys have scored 28 goals to get 28 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 8-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Young Boys coach Vanetta and his side return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Lausanne Sport (placed 10th). Siebatcheu, a forward, was the champion player for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 7.85 (out of 10). Siebatcheu scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Luzern that ended 2-2.

Goals decide football matches and Young Boys are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 13 league matches. Young Boys have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Zürich form and stats

Zürich have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 8-3-2 from 13 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Basel game have they lost an away game, meaning Zürich has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Zürich might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. St. Gallen proved too strong as Zürich slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Letzigrund. Džemaili got a match rating of 6.84 in that game, top player of the team. Džemaili hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Prior to that result Zürich won their away game at Lausanne Sport. The scoreline was 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Zürich have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were four victories, four draws and four defeats.

As opposed to that, Zürich have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also encountered each other earlier this campaign: Zürich - Young Boys 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings involving these two teams are: nine wins for Young Boys, zero draws and one win for Zürich. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysT. Siebatcheu
T. Siebatcheu
17 goals
ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
11 goals
Young BoysC. Fassnacht
C. Fassnacht
9 goals

Young Boys missing players

Zürich missing players

Young Boys Zürich
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 1 13 26
12 8 1 Won W 0 8 18
9 4 1 Drew D 0 3 5
5 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
59 28 4 Scored S 1 26 59
34 15 2 Conceded C 3 18 33
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 85%
65% 69% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 69%
58% 54% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 54% 54%
27% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 19%
69% 77% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 58%
19% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 35%
15% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 8%
 
7.2 8.1 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 10 5.5 4.9
3.3 3.8 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.6 5
2.4 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3 2.5
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15.2 17.3 19 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.5 12.6
6.6 6.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.4 5.7
35% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 37% 40%
 
7.8 7.5 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 12.5 10.7
3.2 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.2
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Young Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (39) in Super League
  • Young Boys have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most clean sheets (9) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points (27) away in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points from losing position (17) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Super League
  • Zürich have the the best goal difference (+26) in Super League
  • Zürich haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zürich 26 18 5 3 59 33 13 10 2 1 33 15 13 8 3 2 26 18 26 59
2 Basel 26 12 11 3 56 31 13 6 6 1 31 14 13 6 5 2 25 17 25 47
3 Young Boys 26 12 9 5 59 34 13 8 4 1 28 15 13 4 5 4 31 19 25 45
4 Lugano 26 13 3 10 34 34 13 7 2 4 17 17 13 6 1 6 17 17 0 42
5 Servette 26 10 5 11 40 46 12 5 3 4 20 20 14 5 2 7 20 26 -6 35
6 St. Gallen 26 9 7 10 45 47 13 4 6 3 23 21 13 5 1 7 22 26 -2 34
7 Sion 26 8 6 12 33 47 13 6 2 5 16 15 13 2 4 7 17 32 -14 30
8 Grasshopper 26 6 9 11 40 42 13 3 5 5 23 24 13 3 4 6 17 18 -2 27
9 Luzern 26 4 10 12 28 47 13 3 2 8 13 23 13 1 8 4 15 24 -19 22
10 Lausanne Sport 26 2 7 17 22 55 14 1 4 9 14 34 12 1 3 8 8 21 -33 13

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.