Super League match preview: Zürich versus Young Boys

Competition: Switzerland Super League
Date: Sun 14.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Zürich have their presumed home advantage while Young Boys are ahead 41 points in the Super League table.

Young Boys could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Luzern, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Young Boys.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Young Boys's home stadium. The visitors last 18 games on grass have ended in 12 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.

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Zürich form and stats

When playing at home, Zürich have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.

Zürich drew their last game, 1-1 away at Grasshopper. Ahead of that match, Zürich lost 0-2 at home to Basel.

The Zürich fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 16 in 14 matches. Zürich have only conceded 13 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Young Boys form and stats

Young Boys, who have the most points (36) away in Super League, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 36 points collected from 14 games. 11 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far.

It's the second away game in a row for Young Boys, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Luzern in the Super League last time out. Before that, Young Boys secured a home win against Thun with the score 5-1.

Young Boys are a potent attacking force on the road with their 36 goals in 14 games on the road. 14 goals have been conceded by Young Boys in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Young Boys - Zürich 2-0. Zürich-Young Boys H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zürich 1 win, Young Boys 7 wins, 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

G. Hoarau
17 goals / 4 assists
J. Nsamé
11 goals / 1 assists
B. Kololli
9 goals / 5 assists

Zürich missing players

Young Boys missing players

Zürich Young Boys
Total Home Statistic Away Total
28 14 Played 14 28
36 16 Scored 36 78
40 13 Conceded 14 27
89% 79% Over 0.5 100% 100%
75% 64% Over 1.5 86% 86%
46% 36% Over 2.5 71% 64%
32% 14% Over 3.5 57% 57%
14% 7% Over 4.5 36% 43%
54% 50% Both teams to score 64% 57%
21% 36% Clean Sheet 36% 43%
36% 36% Failed To Score 0% 0%
Key stats this season:
  • Young Boys hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
  • Young Boys is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Young Boys has scored in all of their 14 away matches.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Young Boys 28 24 3 1 78 27 14 13 0 1 42 13 14 11 3 0 36 14 51 75
2 Basel 28 14 10 4 52 39 14 7 5 2 26 19 14 7 5 2 26 20 13 52
3 Thun 28 10 8 10 52 47 14 5 7 2 25 20 14 5 1 8 27 27 5 38
4 Sion 28 10 6 12 44 43 14 5 4 5 20 17 14 5 2 7 24 26 1 36
5 St. Gallen 28 10 5 13 40 49 14 6 2 6 25 26 14 4 3 7 15 23 -9 35
6 Zürich 28 8 10 10 36 40 14 5 6 3 16 13 14 3 4 7 20 27 -4 34
7 Luzern 28 10 4 14 42 50 14 4 1 9 19 30 14 6 3 5 23 20 -8 34
8 Lugano 28 7 12 9 38 41 13 3 6 4 17 21 15 4 6 5 21 20 -3 33
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 28 6 8 14 36 56 14 4 3 7 22 30 14 2 5 7 14 26 -20 26
10 Grasshopper 28 5 6 17 26 52 15 4 2 9 15 28 13 1 4 8 11 24 -26 21