BSC Young Boys vs Grasshopper Club Zürich Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

BSC Young Boys

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BSC Young Boys will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 3-0 Conference League Qualifiers success against Liepāja.

For BSC Young Boys, the goalscorers were Jean-Pierre Nsamé (2') and Cheikh Niasse (72').

Their most recent results reveal that not much more can be done by the BSC Young Boys rearguard. BSC Young Boys have kept it tight, with the number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their past six games standing at 2. That kind of trend isn’t assured to follow through into this match, though.

Their past results show that BSC Young Boys:

• haven't lost in the league to Grasshopper Club Zürich in their last 12 matches. A long run without a loss.
• are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches at home.

Grasshopper Club Zürich

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Grasshopper Club Zürich go into this match after a 2-1 Super League win in the defeat of Lugano in their last outing.

In that match, Grasshopper Club Zürich had 38% possession and 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Grasshopper Club Zürich was Hayao Kawabe (12', 47'). Lugano had 19 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Žan Celar (79') scored for Lugano.

Looking at their form, and Grasshopper Club Zürich have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals in total. In defence, Grasshopper Club Zürich have clearly had some problems.

Leading up to this clash, Grasshopper Club Zürich:

• have not emerged victorious against BSC Young Boys when having played them away from home in the previous 6 league matches. Not good at all.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings stretching back to 09/03/2019 shows that BSC Young Boys have won 3 of these & Grasshopper Club Zürich 0, with the tally of draws being 3.

17 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 13 of them from Young Boys and 4 netted by GCZ. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Super League match day 36 on 22/05/2022 when it finished BSC Young Boys 3-0 Grasshopper Club Zürich.

In that game, BSC Young Boys had 45% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The goalscorers were Christian Fassnacht (7'), Wilfried Kanga (77') and Joël Monteiro (89').

Grasshopper Club Zürich had 21 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Fedayi San.

ℹ️ Team News: BSC Young Boys

Quentin Maceiras (Unknown Injury), Leandro Zbinden (Surgery) and Sandro Lauper (Unknown Injury) are not available for BSC Young Boys boss Raphaël Wicky.

It looks as if BSC Young Boys will possibly use a 4-3-1-2 system for the game, handing starts to David von Ballmoos, Lewin Blum, Mohamed Ali Camara, Cedric Zesiger, U. Alexandre Garcia, Christian Fassnacht, Cheikh Niasse, N. Moumi Ngamaleu, Fabian Rieder, Wilfried Kanga and Cedric Itten.

📰 Team News: Grasshopper Club Zürich

Grasshopper Club Zürich manager Giorgio Contini has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Tomás Ribeiro (Meniscal Injury), Simone Stroscio (Unknown Injury), Florian Hoxha (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Sang-bin Jeong (Ankle Injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

It’s our belief that GCZ seem most likely to play in a 3-5-2 system with a starting lineup of André Moreira, Noah Loosli, Georg Margreitter, Ayumu Seko, Bendegúz Bolla, Amir Abrashi, Tsiy William Ndenge, Hayao Kawabe, Dominik Schmid, Francis Momoh and Giotto Morandi.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that BSC Young Boys should be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

Conversely, Grasshopper Club Zürich may well find it hard getting goals although we do think that they will probably end up managing to get on the scoresheet as well here.

We’re tipping a 3-1 victory for BSC Young Boys when the full-time whistle blows.

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

Peter Guest, 00:50 27/07/2022