BERN. Young Boys wipes out St. Gallen 5-1 with goals of Cedric Itten  (12′), K. Imeri (17′), Cedric Itten  (54′ pen), Christian Fassnacht (62′) and F. Rieder (66′ pen). Talking about the opposition, St. Gallen scored with ​Lukas Görtler (4′).

The match was played at the STADE DE SUISSE Wankdorf Bern stadium in Bern on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Urs Schnyder with the collaboration of Marco Zürcher and Alain Heiniger. The 4th official was Maxime Odiet. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 4.7 degrees Celsius or 40.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Young Boys

5 - 1

St. Gallen

  • 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
  • 18 Total 21
  • 8 On Target 4
  • 8 Off Target 14
  • 3 Shots blocked 3
  • 108 Attack 131
  • 58 Dangerous attack 70
  • 92 Ball safe 98
  • 2 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 13
Fouls
  • 9 Total 10
  • 0 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

St. Gallen had a superior ball possession 55% while Young Boys was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Gallen was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Young Boys managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Young Boys shot 18 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, St. Gallen shot 21 times, 4 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Young Boys didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, St. Gallen received 1 yellow card (Leonidas Stergiou).

Match Timeline

4'
Lukas Görtler (goal)
Cedric Itten(goal)
12'
Kastriot Imeri (goal)
17'
23'
Cedric Itten(penalty)
54'
62'
65'
65'
66'
66'
Isaac Schmidt- sub ->Michael Kempter
66'
Chadrac Akolo- sub ->Basil Stillhart
Sandro Lauper- sub ->Cheikh Niasse
71'
71'
Filip Ugrinic - sub ->K. Imeri
71'
76'
Willem Geubbels- sub ->Jérémy Guillemenot
76'
78'
A. Amenda- sub ->Fabian Lustenberger
78'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Young Boys
74
36
Servette
58
36
Lugano
57
36
Luzern
50
36
Basel
47
36
St. Gallen
45
36
Grasshopper
44
36
Zürich
44
36
Winterthur
32
36
Sion
31
36

After this encounter, Young Boys will have 45 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, St. Gallen will stay with 28 points like Lugano to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Young Boys will host Grasshopper on the 10th of April with a 30-18 head to head in favor of Young Boys (14 draws).

St. Gallen will play away agasint Lugano on the 10th of April with a 14-10 head to head stats in favor of Lugano (6 draws).

Young Boys – Formation

Young Boys
G
Anthony Racioppi 1.Switzerland
7.2
D
Fabian Lustenberger 28.Switzerland
6.7
78'
D
Loris Benito 23.Switzerland
7.4
D
Cédric Zesiger 5.Switzerland
7.1
D
Lewin Blum 27.Switzerland
7.0
M
Christian Fassnacht 16.Switzerland
8.3
78' 62'
M
Kastriot Imeri 29.Switzerland
7.8
71' 17'
M
Cheikh Niasse 20.Senegal
6.7
71'
M
Fabian Rieder 32.Switzerland
7.4
66'
F
Cedric Itten 11.Switzerland
9.1
71' 12', 54'
F
Joël Monteiro 77.Portugal
6.4
Substitutes
G
Dario Marzino 40.Switzerland
D
A. Amenda 4.Switzerland
6.3
78'
D
Ulisses Garcia 21.Switzerland
D
Quentin Maceiras 24.Switzerland
M
Miguel Chaiwa 14.Zambia
M
Filip Ugrinic 7.Switzerland
7.1
71'
M
Sandro Lauper 30.Switzerland
6.5
71'
M
Donat Rrudhani 22.Kosovo
6.4
78'
F
Jean-Pierre Nsame 18.Cameroon
6.2
71'

Young Boys adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Raphaël Wicky decided to play with the following team: Anthony Racioppi (7.2), Lewin Blum (7.0), Cedric Zesiger (7.1), Fabian Lustenberger (6.7), Loris Benito (7.4), Christian Fassnacht (8.3), Cheikh Niasse (6.7), Kastriot Imeri (7.8), Fabian Rieder (7.4), Joel Monteiro (6.4) and Cédric Itten (9.1).

The home team had on the bench: Aurele Amenda (6.3), Jean-Pierre Nsame (6.2), Miguel Changa Chaiwa, Filip Ugrinic (7.1), Dario Marzino, Sandro Lauper (6.5), Ulisses Garcia, Donat Rrudhani (6.4) and Quentin Maceiras.

Substitutions

Young Boys made 5 changes: Cheikh Niasse for Sandro Lauper (71′), K. Imeri for Filip Ugrinic (71′), Cedric Itten  for Jean-Pierre Nsame (71′), Fabian Lustenberger for Aurele Amenda (78′) and Christian Fassnacht for Donat Rrudhani (78′).

Best player: Cédric Itten​

The player that probably impressed the most for Young Boys was Cédric Itten.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 24 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 14.

St. Gallen – Formation

St. Gallen
G
Lawrence Ati Zigi 1.Ghana
5.2
D
Michael Kempter 24.Philippines
6.2
66'
D
Leonidas Stergiou 4.Switzerland
6.0
65'
D
Matej Maglica 5.Croatia
6.6
23'
D
Basil Stillhart 6.Switzerland
6.6
66'
M
Albert Vallci 20.Austria
6.7
M
Jordi Quintillà 8.Spain
6.7
M
Lukas Görtler 16.Germany
7.1
4'
M
Christian Witzig 37.Switzerland
6.1
F
Jérémy Guillemenot 9.Switzerland
6.4
76'
F
Leon Dajaku 77.Germany
6.8
76'
Substitutes
G
Lukas Watkowiak 25.Germany
D
Patrick Sutter 30.Switzerland
M
Isaac Schmidt 33.Switzerland
6.8
66'
M
Ricardo Alves 28.Switzerland
6.8
23'
M
S. Guidotti 34.Switzerland
6.5
76'
M
Grégory Karlen 23.Switzerland
F
Emmanuel Latte Lath 22.Ivory Coast
F
Willem Geubbels 69.France
6.2
76'
F
Chadrac Akolo 10.DR Congo
6.5
66'

Also St. Gallen adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Peter Zeidler played with: Lawrence Ati (5.2), Basil Stillhart (6.6), Leonidas Stergiou (6.0), Matej Maglica (6.6), Michael Kempter (6.2), Lukas Görtler (7.1), Albert Vallci (6.7), Christian Witzig (6.1), Jordi Quintillà (6.7), Leon Dajaku (6.8) and Jérémy Guillemenot (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Isaac Schmidt (6.8), Emmanuel Latte Lath, Patrick Sutter, Ricardo Azevedo (6.8), Stefano Guidotti (6.5), Willem Geubbels (6.2), Gregory Karlen, Chadrac Akolo (6.5) and Lukas Watkowiak.

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 5 changes: Matej Maglica for Ricardo Azevedo (23′), Basil Stillhart for Chadrac Akolo (66′), Michael Kempter for I. Schmidt (66′), Jérémy Guillemenot for Willem Geubbels (76′) and L. Dajaku for Stefano Guidotti (76′).

Best player: Lukas Görtler​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Gallen was Lukas Görtler.

His rating is (7.1) with 1 goal, 35 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 15. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​