Sunday welcomes the showpiece of the huge Swiss Cup Final featuring BSC Young Boys and Lugano. Which team will be leaving with the honours? Let’s hope it’s deserving of a final.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for BSC Young Boys v Lugano, scroll down (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
BSC Young Boys
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BSC Young Boys, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 2-1 Super League success versus Winterthur.
In that game, BSC Young Boys managed 73% possession and 25 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For BSC Young Boys, the scorers were Jean-Pierre Nsame (30') and Kastriot Imeri (88'). Winterthur got 7 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Roman Buess (48') was the scorer for Winterthur.
Raphaël Wicky's BSC Young Boys have netted 12 times over their preceding six outings. The comparative number of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures stands at 5.
Lugano
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Lugano head into the match after a 2-3 Super League win against FC Zürich in their last outing.
In that game, Lugano had 55% possession and 16 shots on goal with 4 on target. For Lugano, the goals were scored by Kreshnik Hajrizi (18'), Žan Celar (41') and Renato Steffen (94'). On the other side, Zürich got 19 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Roko Šimić (86') and Aiyegun Tosin (89') scored for FC Zürich.
The numbers tell their own story, and Lugano have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 7 goals in total. At the back, Lugano certainly have room for improvement. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will be sustained here.
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Head to head
A review of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 29/01/2022 shows that BSC Young Boys have won 3 of these games & Lugano 2, with the number of draws being 1.
In all, 17 goals were produced between them in this period, with 10 for Young Boys and 7 being from Lugano. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.
The last league clash between these sides was Super League match day 35 on 25/05/2023 which ended up with the score at Lugano 2-0 BSC Young Boys.
In that game, Lugano had 48% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Goals were scored by Ignacio Aliseda (77') and Mohamed El Amine Amoura (89').
At the other end, BSC Young Boys got 12 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.
The referee was Luca Cibelli.
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Team News: BSC Young Boys
David von Ballmoos (Knee Injury), Leandro Zbinden (Unknown Injury), Anthony Racioppi (Meniscal Injury), Cedric Itten (Neck Injury), Miguel Chaiwa (Unknown Injury), Yannick Toure (Unknown Injury) and Kevin Rüegg (Muscle Injury) won’t be able to feature for BSC Young Boys manager Raphaël Wicky.
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Team News: Lugano
Lugano manager Mattia Croci-Torti has to choose a team with limited availability. Fabio Daprelà (Unknown Injury), Hicham Mahou (Unknown Injury) and Lukas Mai (torn tendon) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
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Prediction
In our view, BSC Young Boys will more than likely create enough chances to score more than one when they face Lugano, who might well find it difficult scoring.
Therefore, we are anticipating a decent 2-0 margin for BSC Young Boys at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
10:25 31/05/2023
🏟️ Team Focus:
BSC Young Boys
Formed: 1898
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf (31,120)
Captain: Fabian Lustenberger
Chairman: Hanspeter Kienberger
Manager: Raphaël Wicky
Competitions: Super League position 1, Swiss Cup (Final), Conference League Qualifiers (Play Off Round)
⭐ Star Man: Christian Fassnacht
Generally taking up the Right Wing position, Christian Fassnacht was born in Switzerland. Having made a first senior appearance for Winterthur in the 2014 - 2015 season, the talented Forward has accumulated 8 league goals in the Super League 2022 - 2023 campaign so far in a total of 29 appearances.