Super League preview with statistics: Zürich welcomes Young Boys to Stadion Letzigrund

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Thu 22.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Zürich have their presumed home advantage while Young Boys are ahead 31 points in the Super League table.

Insights:
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (56) in Super League

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League.

This pitch has grass, which is not Young Boys's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Young Boys have performed like this: Played 43 matches resulting in 19 wins, 14 draws and 10 defeats with the goal stats 79-57 (scored/conceded).

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Zürich form and stats

Zürich have collected 16 points from their Super League home games so far after 4-4-6.

Before that game, the home loss against Servette with the scoreline 1-2.

The hometeam coach M. Rizzo made a successful contribution in the game against Sion, bringing on Fabian Rohner who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.

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

Zürich are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Young Boys form and stats

Young Boys, who have the most scored goals (56) in Super League, have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 8-6-0 from 14 games. Things are running smoothly for Young who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 19 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Servette. Young Boys are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 14 in a row without losing.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Young goalkeeper David von Ballmoos is eager to challenge this, with his 376 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Before that, Young secured a home win against St. Gallen with the score 2-0.

It's hard not to mention Jean-Pierre Nsame's lethal finishing against Lugano. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

After this away game Young return home for a Super League game against Sion. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Young are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 14 away games so far. Young are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Young Boys - Zürich 4-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - zero - ten (Zürich wins - draws - Young Boys wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
18 goals
Young BoysT. Siebatcheu
T. Siebatcheu
10 goals
ZürichA. Marchesano
A. Marchesano
9 goals

Zürich missing players

Young Boys missing players

Zürich Young Boys
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 3 14 29
9 4 2 Won W 3 8 19
8 4 0 Drew D 0 6 9
12 6 2 Lost L 0 0 1
40 17 4 Scored S 8 27 56
43 16 3 Conceded C 1 10 21
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 86%
76% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 79%
59% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 59%
41% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 28%
17% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 10%
59% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 52%
28% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 48%
21% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.6 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.4 9 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 13.2 13.8
3.7 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 5.4 5.7
37% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 36% 34%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Young Boys have not yet lost a game away.
  • Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most clean sheets (14) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most clean sheets (7) away in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most points (30) away in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (27) away in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals (56) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Super League
  • Young Boys have the the best goal difference (+35) in Super League
  • Young Boys is in the best form (4-2-0)

  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 29 19 9 1 56 21 15 11 3 1 29 11 14 8 6 0 27 10 35 66
2 Basel 29 12 6 11 49 43 15 6 6 3 28 21 14 6 0 8 21 22 6 42
3 Servette 29 11 8 10 34 40 14 5 7 2 21 17 15 6 1 8 13 23 -6 41
4 Lausanne Sport 29 11 7 11 40 38 15 9 0 6 26 20 14 2 7 5 14 18 2 40
5 Lugano 29 9 13 7 33 32 14 5 4 5 14 16 15 4 9 2 19 16 1 40
6 Zürich 29 9 8 12 40 43 14 4 4 6 17 16 15 5 4 6 23 27 -3 35
7 St. Gallen 29 8 10 11 35 39 15 5 5 5 18 17 14 3 5 6 17 22 -4 34
8 Luzern 29 8 9 12 49 49 14 4 7 3 28 20 15 4 2 9 21 29 0 33
9 Vaduz 29 8 8 13 30 45 14 4 3 7 15 23 15 4 5 6 15 22 -15 32
10 Sion 29 5 12 12 32 48 15 3 6 6 17 24 14 2 6 6 15 24 -16 27

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.