Super League fixture prognosis and game guide for the Zürich vs Young Boys encounter

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Lots to play for in this fixture, with Zürich placed 1st and Young Boys placed 3rd. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals (36) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (44) in Super League

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Young Boys have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 17-15-11 (win-draw-loss) from 43 matches.

Both teams have had time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an in-your-face match!

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Zürich form and stats

33 points is a decent return from 14 Super League games here at Stadion Letzigrund for Zürich. The data says 10 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Zürich lost their last game at Servette (placed 6th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Guerrero (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Guerrero hit seven key passes and had 49 successful passes (of 55 total).

In the match before that, Zürich hosted Grasshopper and drew the game 1-1.

Zürich can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 34 times. On the other hand, Zürich have conceded 16 goals.

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Young Boys form and stats

4-6-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Young Boys in their Super League matches away. Visiting Young Boys has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Young Boys delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Lausanne Sport (placed 10th) in their previous game. The draw against Lausanne Sport came from a losing position. The Young Boys manager Vanetta brought on Niasse as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Attacker Elia got a player rating of 7.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Elia served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Basel.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Young Boys are regular goalscorers on their travels. Young Boys's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have battled earlier this season: Young Boys - Zürich 1-2. Zürich-Young Boys H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zürich two wins, Young Boys eight wins, zero draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysT. Siebatcheu
T. Siebatcheu
18 goals
ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
12 goals
ZürichD. Gnonto
D. Gnonto
9 goals

Zürich missing players

Young Boys missing players

Zürich Young Boys
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 2 Played P 2 14 29
19 10 1 Won W 0 4 12
6 3 1 Drew D 2 6 11
4 1 0 Lost L 0 4 6
62 34 7 Scored S 3 33 64
36 16 5 Conceded C 3 21 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
83% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 83%
66% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 69%
48% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 64% 59%
17% 21% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 36% 24%
59% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 72%
31% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 17%
10% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 14%
 
5 4.7 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 6.4 7.2
4.9 4.3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.9 3.4
2.6 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
12.8 12.8 16 Shots (avg) S ( 8 12.8 14.9
5.9 6.1 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 6.5 6.6
36% 40% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 36% 33%
 
10.7 8.9 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 8.8 8.1
4.2 3.9 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.5 3.3
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (33) away 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 (+12) away in Super League
  • Young Boys have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Young Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zürich have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals (36) in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) 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 (4) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the most clean sheets (9) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points (33) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the most points from losing position (18) in Super League
  • Zürich have the most scored goals (34) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the the best goal difference (+18) at home 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 29 19 6 4 62 36 14 10 3 1 34 16 15 9 3 3 28 20 26 63
2 Basel 29 13 13 3 64 37 14 6 7 1 33 16 15 7 6 2 31 21 27 52
3 Young Boys 29 12 11 6 64 40 15 8 5 2 31 19 14 4 6 4 33 21 24 47
4 Lugano 29 14 4 11 40 40 15 8 2 5 21 21 14 6 2 6 19 19 0 46
5 St. Gallen 29 11 8 10 53 51 15 5 7 3 28 25 14 6 1 7 25 26 2 41
6 Servette 29 12 5 12 44 51 14 7 3 4 23 21 15 5 2 8 21 30 -7 41
7 Sion 29 9 6 14 37 53 14 6 2 6 16 18 15 3 4 8 21 35 -16 33
8 Grasshopper 29 6 11 12 45 49 15 3 6 6 27 30 14 3 5 6 18 19 -4 29
9 Luzern 29 4 12 13 34 54 14 3 3 8 15 25 15 1 9 5 19 29 -20 24
10 Lausanne Sport 29 3 8 18 29 61 15 2 4 9 18 35 14 1 4 9 11 26 -32 17

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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.