Zürich vs Young Boys: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 16.October
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

The visiting Young Boys side should be the strongest party at Zürich, as the guests have a 19 point supremacy from their ten league fixtures this season.

Insights:
  • Zürich is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (24) in Super League

Young Boys play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this match takes place on grass. Recent results for Young Boys when featuring on grass are 16 wins, 13 draws and 13 defeats from 42 matches. They have created {75 goals} and conceded 55 times in these fixtures.

Little time to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Europa League fixture only three days earlier. That game was an away game at PSV, so at least Zürich are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Zürich form and stats

When playing at home in the Super League, Zürich have managed 0 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games. All in all it has been a very rough period for Zürich who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. days ago.

The regulars are hoping that Zürich will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-5 away defeat in the Europa League fixture against PSV.

Before that, Zürich drew at home versus Winterthur.

There will be little rest for Zürich after this match as they are travelling to Basel for a Super League game in only four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Zürich here at Stadion Letzigrund in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zürich defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Young Boys form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (24) in Super League, are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.

Impressive finishing from Nsame secured the home win 2-1 against St. Gallen in their previous game. Itten, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.71. Itten hit three key passes.

Prior to that result Young Boys won their away game at Luzern. The scoreline was 2-1.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this club's 10 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.

The schedule is very tough for Young Boys now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Lugano is waiting in only three days.

Young Boys have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. Young Boys are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams face each other this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Young Boys - Zürich 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zürich three wins, zero draws and Young Boys seven victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
6 goals
Young BoysC. Itten
C. Itten
5 goals
Young BoysM. Elia
M. Elia
3 goals

Zürich missing players

Young Boys missing players

Zürich Young Boys
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 3 5 10
0 0 0 Won W 2 3 7
4 2 0 Drew D 1 1 2
6 3 0 Lost L 0 1 1
7 3 0 Scored S 7 11 24
20 9 0 Conceded C 2 4 6
80% 60% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 90%
80% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 90%
50% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 80% 80%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 20%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 10%
50% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 50%
20% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 50%
50% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 10%
 
4.6 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 9.3 7 5.6
4.2 4.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4 3.3
3 2.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.1 10.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 11.2 12.6
3.5 2.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.7 6 5.9
20% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 37% 41%
 
10 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 12.4 10.3
5.2 4.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6.8 5
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Young Boys have scored more than double the goals of Zürich.
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most clean sheets (5) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (24) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+18) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Super League
  • Young Boys have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Young Boys is in the best form (5-0-1) in Super League
  • Zürich have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Super League
  • Zürich have yet to win a game.
  • Zürich is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Young Boys 10 7 2 1 24 6 5 4 1 0 13 2 5 3 1 1 11 4 18 23
2 Servette 10 5 3 2 12 9 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 3 5 3 18
3 St. Gallen 10 5 0 5 19 15 5 4 0 1 11 4 5 1 0 4 8 11 4 15
4 Lugano 10 5 0 5 16 15 5 2 0 3 7 8 5 3 0 2 9 7 1 15
5 Sion 10 4 3 3 17 18 5 1 2 2 5 9 5 3 1 1 12 9 -1 15
6 Grasshopper 10 3 5 2 19 20 5 3 2 0 13 8 5 0 3 2 6 12 -1 14
7 Basel 9 3 3 3 15 12 5 2 2 1 9 6 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 12
8 Luzern 9 3 3 3 14 11 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 2 2 1 10 6 3 12
9 Winterthur 10 1 3 6 7 24 5 0 2 3 4 17 5 1 1 3 3 7 -17 6
10 Zürich 10 0 4 6 7 20 5 0 2 3 3 9 5 0 2 3 4 11 -13 4

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.