Winterthur line up against away side BSC Young Boys at Stadion Schützenwiese in the Super League tie on Sunday.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Winterthur v BSC Young Boys - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
Winterthur
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Winterthur, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-1 Super League triumph versus Stade Lausanne-Ouchy.
In that match, Winterthur had 48% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Winterthur was Aldin Turkeš (68'). For their opponents, Stade Lausanne-Ouchy got 4 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.
Under three goals per game were scored during 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Winterthur have been involved. Breaking down the goal split during that period, opposition teams scored a total of 3 and Winterthur managed a tally of 7. It will be interesting to see if that trend will be continued on here.
Coming into this fixture, Winterthur are unbeaten in their last 5 league matches at home.
BSC Young Boys
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BSC Young Boys go into this match following a 4-2 Super League win to defeat FC Luzern in their most recent outing.
In that match, BSC Young Boys managed 46% possession and 26 shots at goal with 11 on target. For BSC Young Boys, goals were scored by Silvère Ganvoula (27'), Meschak Elia (47') and Joël Monteiro (49', 53'). On the other side, Luzern got 17 shots at goal with 6 on target. Jakub Kadák (3', 33') was the scorer for FC Luzern.
Indicating their penchant for eventful matches, we’ve had goals 21 times in the previous six games in which BSC Young Boys have taken to the pitch, yielding an average of 3.5 goals per fixture. Opposition teams have got 7 of these goals.
Leading up to this clash, BSC Young Boys:
- are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
- are without an away win for the past 5 league games.
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Head to head
Checking on past results between these clubs going back to 28/08/2022 reveals that these fixtures have been pretty painful for Winterthur. They’ve not managed to get themselves any wins at all while BSC Young Boys have just been too good for them, beating them in 83% of those ties.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 29 overall at an average of 4.83 goals per meeting.
The last league fixture between the two was Super League match day 13 on 04/11/2023 when the final score was Winterthur 1-4 BSC Young Boys.
On that occasion, Winterthur had 51% possession and 19 shots at goal with 5 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Samuel Ballet (4').
BSC Young Boys had 16 shots at goal with 8 on target. Joël Monteiro (6'), Filip Ugrinic (43'), Loris Benito (71') and Meschak Elia (83') scored.
The referee was Anojen Kanagasingam.
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Team News: Winterthur
Roman Buess (unknown injury), Alexandre Jankewitz (unknown injury), Musa Araz (Knee surgery), Luca Zuffi (unknown injury) and Tobias Schättin (unknown injury) won’t be able to feature for Winterthur manager Patrick Rahmen.
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Team News: BSC Young Boys
BSC Young Boys boss Joël Magnin has some current player fitness concerns. Filip Ugrinic (Broken toe), Fabian Lustenberger (Hamstring injury) and Loris Benito (Cruciate ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
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Prediction
We envisage that BSC Young Boys are likely to create a decent amount of chances and shots on target.
At the other end, Winterthur could well find it tough to break down their defence but we can see them hitting back at some stage here, too.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a fairly comfortable 1-3 victory for BSC Young Boys when the full-time whistle blows.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
13:11 19/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Winterthur
Formed: 1896
Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese (9,450)
Captain: Granit Lekaj
Chairman: Mike Keller
Manager: Patrick Rahmen
Competitions: Super League position 4, Swiss Cup (Semi-finals)
🔑 Key Player: Sayfallah Ltaief
Mostly taking to the field in the Left Wing position, Sayfallah Ltaief was born in Zürich, Switzerland. Having made his senior debut playing for Winterthur in the 2019 - 2020 season, the dangerous Forward has managed 8 league goals in the Super League 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in a total of 30 appearances.