MANCHESTER. Manchester United and Young Boys draw 1-1. M. Greenwood scored the first goal (9′) for Manchester United. F. Rieder made it even (42′). Even after this draw, Manchester United finish the group stage as the first team of Group F.
The match was played at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Bastien who had the assistance of Hicham Zakrani and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Jérémie Pignard. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.3 degrees Celsius or 43.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 7 Total 17
- 5 On Target 5
- 2 Off Target 12
- 1 Shots blocked 5
- 100 Attack 143
- 30 Dangerous attack 52
- 115 Ball safe 98
- 14 Free Kicks 9
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 4
Fouls
- 8 Total 14
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Manchester United was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Young Boys that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Young Boys was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Young Boys to win the encounter.
Manchester United shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Young Boys shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Manchester United received 1 yellow card (S. Shoretire). Regarding the opposition, Young Boys didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Manchester United will have 11 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Young Boys will have 5 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
Manchester United – Formation
Manchester United started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Ralf Rangnick decided to play with the following team: Dean Henderson
, Aaron Wan-Bissaka , Eric Bailly , Nemanja Matić , Luke Shaw , Donny van de Beek , Amad Diallo , Juan Mata , Jesse Lingard , Anthony Elanga and Mason Greenwood .The home team had on the bench: Tom Heaton
, Charlie Savage , Matej Kovar, Shola Shoretire , Teden Mengi , Zidane Iqbal and Bjorn Hardley.Substitutions
Manchester United made 5 changes: L. Shaw for T. Mengi (61′), D. Henderson for T. Heaton (68′), A. Diallo for S. Shoretire (68′), J. Lingard for Z. Iqbal (89′) and J. Mata for C. Savage (89′).
Best player: Mason Greenwood
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester United was Mason Greenwood.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 33 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 7.Young Boys – Formation
Young Boys started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
David Wagner played with: Guillaume Faivre
, Quentin Maceiras , Mohamed Camara , Fabian Lustenberger , Jordan Lefort , Nicolas Moumie Ngamaleu , Michel Aebischer , Christopher Martins Pereira , Fabian Rieder , Meschack Elia and Jordan Siebatcheu .The following players were sitting on the bench: Alexandre Jankewitz, Silvan Hefti
, Miralem Sulejmani, Vincent Sierro , Wilfried Kanga , Cedric Zesiger, Leandro Zbinden, Abdullah Laidani, Nicolas Bürgy, Yannick Toure, Sandro Lauper and Nico Maier .Substitutions
Young Boys made 5 changes: M. Aebischer for V. Sierro (62′), F. Rieder for S. Hefti (62′), J. Siebatcheu for W. Kanga (62′), M. Camara for S. Lauper (77′) and E. Meschack for N. Maier (87′).
Best player: Vincent Sierro
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Young Boys was Vincent Sierro.
His rating is
with 17 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 3 crosses.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 62′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
- VfL Wolfsburg – Lille – 1-3
- Salzburg – Sevilla – 1-0
- Manchester United – Young Boys – 1-1
- Zenit – Chelsea – 3-3
- Juventus – Malmö FF – 1-0
- Benfica – Dynamo Kyiv – 2-0
- FC Bayern München – FC Barcelona – 3-0