📏 Form Guide

BSC Young Boys

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BSC Young Boys are hoping to win again following the 2-1 Super League triumph versus FC Luzern.

In that game, BSC Young Boys had 49% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For BSC Young Boys, the goalscorers were Ebrima Colley (42') and Cedric Itten (91'). Luzern got 10 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Levin Winkler (66') was the scorer for FC Luzern.

It’s been all too rare in recent games where BSC Young Boys have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that BSC Young Boys have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 11 goals in the process. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.

Ahead of this clash, BSC Young Boys have not been beaten in the league by FC Basel 1893 in their last 2 matches.

FC Basel 1893

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FC Basel 1893 will go into the meeting following on from a 2-3 Super League win over FC Lausanne-Sport in their last match.

In that game, FC Basel 1893 managed 48% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. For FC Basel 1893, the scorers were Kevin Carlos (19', 30') and Bénie Traoré (55'). Lausanne-Sport had 19 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Jamie Roche (13') and Kaly Sène (78') scored for FC Lausanne-Sport.

Showing their bias toward fruitful matches, goals have been scored 32 times in the previous 6 matches in which FC Basel 1893 have taken to the pitch, yielding a mean average of 5.33 goals per clash. Their opponents have hit 7 of this grand total.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that FC Basel 1893:

• haven't beaten BSC Young Boys when they've played them away from home in the last 17 league matches. What a horrible run of results.
• are undefeated in their last 6 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head clashes going back to 08/10/2023 shows that BSC Young Boys have won 4 of these games and FC Basel 1893 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

A combined sum of 19 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 13 of them from Young Boys and 6 being from Basel. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The last league encounter between the two was Super League match day 28 on 16/03/2025 and the score finished FC Basel 1893 1-2 BSC Young Boys.

That day, FC Basel 1893 had 61% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Philip Otele (67').

BSC Young Boys had 19 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Christian Fassnacht (1', 78') scored.

The match was refereed by Urs Schnyder.

🗞️ Team News: BSC Young Boys

Joël Monteiro (Torn ankle ligaments) and Facinet Conte (unknown injury) won’t be able to feature for BSC Young Boys manager Giorgio Contini.

📋 Team News: FC Basel 1893

FC Basel 1893 manager Fabio Celestini has some current player fitness concerns. Adriano Onyegbule (Knee injury) and Finn van Breemen (Meniscus injury) will not be playing here.

✨ Prediction

In this match, BSC Young Boys will, in all likelihood, be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

However, FC Basel 1893 could well struggle to make a breakthrough although we do think it’s probable that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet.

Therefore, we are anticipating a fairly comfortable 3-1 win for BSC Young Boys at full-time.

Renata Leite, 12:06 18/05/2025