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BSC Young Boys

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BSC Young Boys prepare for this match following a 0-0 Super League tied result vs FC Yverdon-Sports.

In that match, BSC Young Boys managed 62% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Yverdon-Sport had 8 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that BSC Young Boys have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, BSC Young Boys have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 7 goals along the way. That kind of pattern might not follow through into this next game, however.

Ahead of this meeting, BSC Young Boys have not lost a league tie with Grasshopper Club Zürich in their last 2 games.

Grasshopper Club Zürich

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against FC Lausanne-Sport in Super League competition, Grasshopper Club Zürich and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Grasshopper Club Zürich managed 56% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. At the other end, Lausanne-Sport got 13 shots on goal with 2 on target. Berkay Dabanlı (15') scored for FC Lausanne-Sport.

The numbers tell their own story, and Grasshopper Club Zürich have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 7 goals overall. Defensively, Grasshopper Club Zürich have some weaknesses to address.

Their past results show that Grasshopper Club Zürich:

• haven't beaten BSC Young Boys when they have played them away from home in the previous 9 league games. A very poor set of away results, indeed.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 5 league games.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 31/07/2022 shows us that BSC Young Boys have won 4 of these games & Grasshopper Club Zürich 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A combined sum of 14 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 of them for Young Boys and 6 coming from GCZ. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The last league meeting between these clubs was Super League match day 19 on 20/01/2024 and the score finished BSC Young Boys 1-0 Grasshopper Club Zürich.

On that day, BSC Young Boys had 65% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The scorer was Donat Rrudhani (73').

For their opponents, Grasshopper Club Zürich got 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Urs Schnyder.

ℹ️ Team News: BSC Young Boys

Filip Ugrinic (Broken toe), Fabian Lustenberger (Hamstring injury), Kastriot Imeri (Torn lateral knee ligament) and Loris Benito (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for BSC Young Boys manager Joël Magnin.

📋 Team News: Grasshopper Club Zürich

Grasshopper Club Zürich boss Bruno Berner has to choose a team with limited availability. Damian Nigg (unknown injury), Kristers Tobers (Muscle injury), Awer Mabil (unknown injury), Dijon Kameri (unknown injury), Meritan Shabani (Cruciate ligament tear) and Michael Kempter (Cruciate ligament injury) miss out here.

⚡ Prediction

It’s looking like Grasshopper Club Zürich will need to play some great football to get a goal against a BSC Young Boys lineup who will likely boss most aspects of this game if it turns out as we expect.

We predict a very comfortable 3-0 margin for BSC Young Boys by the conclusion of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 18:05 04/04/2024