BERN. Young Boys crushes Sion 4-0 with goals of Meschack Elia (2′), Meschack Elia (38′), F. Rieder (66′) and F. Rieder (86′). Young Boys was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadion Wankdorf (Bern) stadium in Bern on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Luca Cibelli with the collaboration of Vital Jobin and Devis Dettamanti. The 4th official was Marijan Drmic. The weather was drizly. The temperature was quite cold at 3.5 degrees Celsius or 38.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 35 Total 9
- 8 On Target 2
- 16 Off Target 5
- 11 Shots blocked 2
- 150 Attack 80
- 116 Dangerous attack 25
- 84 Ball safe 78
- 0 Penalties 0
- 12 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 7
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Young Boys had a superior ball possession 70% while Sion was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Young Boys was more pushing with 116 dangerous attacks and 34 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Young Boys won the match.
Young Boys shot 34 times, 8 on target, 15 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sion shot 9 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Young Boys received 1 yellow card (L. Blum). Regarding the opposition, Sion received 1 yellow card (I. Chouaref).
Also, Sion didn’t end the match with 11 players after Giovanni Sio (Sion) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (25′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Young Boys will have 51 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Sion will stay with 23 points like Winterthur to remain in the 9th 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).
Sion will host Servette on the 8th of April with a 8-7 head to head in favor of Sion (9 draws).
Young Boys – Formation
Young Boys
70'
49'
66', 86'
Young Boys started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Raphaël Wicky decided to play with the following team: Anthony Racioppi , Lewin Blum , Fabian Lustenberger , Cedric Zesiger , Ulisses Garcia , Christian Fassnacht , Sandro Lauper , Kastriot Imeri , Fabian Rieder , Meschack Elia and Cédric Itten .
The home team had on the bench: Aurele Amenda, Miguel Changa Chaiwa, Donat Rrudhani , Marvin Keller, Filip Ugrinic , Joel Bichsel, Quentin Maceiras , Jean-Pierre Nsame and Joel Monteiro .
Substitutions
Young Boys made 5 changes: L. Blum for Quentin Maceiras (64′), Cedric Itten for Jean-Pierre Nsame (64′), Ulisses Garcia for Donat Rrudhani (70′), Christian Fassnacht for Filip Ugrinic (71′) and Meschack Elia for Joel Almada Monteiro (76′).
Best player: Fabian Rieder
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Young Boys was Fabian Rieder.
His rating is with 2 goals, 68 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.
Sion – Formation
Sion
25'
Sion started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Fabio Celestini played with: Heinz Lindner , Numa Lavanchy , Nathanaël Saintini , Reto Ziegler , Dennis Iapichino , Musa Araz , Wylan Cyprien , Anto Grgić , Ylyas Chouaref , Giovanni Sio and Itaitinga .
These were the players on the bench: Dimitri Kévin Cavaré, Gaetan Karlen, Denis Will Poha, Kevin Fickentscher, Luca Zuffi, Kevin Bua , Kevin Halabaku , Joël Schmied and Baltazar Costa Rodrigues de Oliveira.
Substitutions
Sion made 4 changes: Musa Araz for Kevin Halabaku (58′), I. Chouaref for Kevin Bua (76′), Anto Grgic for Denis Will Poha (82′) and Itaitinga for Gaetan Karlen (82′).
Best player: Reto Ziegler
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sion was Reto Ziegler.
His rating is with 16 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
