Zürich tops Young Boys 3-1

ZüRICH. Zürich beats Young Boys 3-1.

By
Mark Hall
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Zürich tops Young Boys 3-1

ZüRICH. Zürich defeats Young Boys 3-1. Zürich got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Jonathan Okita (6′) and Nikola Katić (28′). Young Boys tried to recover with a goal from Meschack Elia (32′). Notwithstanding, the encounter was closed by a goal (90′) scored by Bledian Krasniqi for Zürich. Young Boys was vastly better in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Alessandro Dudic who was helped by Alain Heiniger and Claudio dos Santos. The 4th official was . The weather was snow. The temperature was quite cold at 3 degrees Celsius or 37.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Zürich

3 - 1

Team 1

Young Boys

  • ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
  • 19 Total 12
  • 9 On Target 5
  • 8 Off Target 6
  • 2 Shots blocked 1
  • 106 Attack 128
  • 62 Dangerous attack 49
  • 75 Ball safe 78
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 3
  • 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 10 Total 16
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Young Boys had a superior ball possession 61% while Zürich was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Zürich was putting more pressure with 62 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Zürich won the match​.

Zürich shot 19 times, 9 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Young Boys shot 12 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Zürich received 3 yellow cards (Ifeanyi Mathew, Bledian Krasniqi and Adrián Guerrero). On the opposite side, Young Boys received 2 yellow cards (Loris Benito and Ulisses Garcia).

Match Timeline

Jonathan Okita(goal)Cheick Oumar Conde
6'
Adrián Guerrero- Yellow
13'
Nikola Katic(goal)Adrián Guerrero
28'
32'
Meschack Elia(goal)
50'
69'
Joël Monteiro- sub ->Ebrima Colley
69'
Silvere Ganvoula- sub ->Darian Males
Marc Hornschuh- sub ->Silvan Wallner
77'
77'
Saidy Janko - sub ->Lewin Blum
Antonio Marchesano- sub ->Jonathan Okita
82'
Bledian Krasniqi- sub ->Daniel Afriyie
83'
88'
N. Persson- sub ->Ulisses Garcia
88'
Ifeanyi Mathew- Yellow
90'
90'
Loris Benito - Yellow
Ivan Santini- sub ->Rodrigo Conceição
90'
Bledian Krasniqi(goal)Ifeanyi Mathew
90'
Bledian Krasniqi- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Young Boys
65
0
Lugano
59
33
Servette
57
0
St. Gallen
50
0
Winterthur
49
0
Zürich
48
33
Luzern
44
33
Lausanne Sport
40
33
Basel
40
33
Yverdon Sport
40
33
Grasshopper
30
33
Stade Lausanne-Ouchy
23
33

After this contest, Zürich will have 30 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Young Boys will stay with 28 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Zürich will host Lausanne Sport on the 30th of January with a 14-4 head to head in favor of Zürich (7 draws).

Young Boys will play away agasint Lausanne Sport on the 3rd of February with a 22-3 head to head statistic in favor of Young Boys (7 draws).

Zürich – Formation

Zürich
G
Yanick Brecher  25.Switzerland
7.0
D
Lindrit Kamberi 2.Switzerland
6.8
D
Silvan Wallner 4.Switzerland
6.8
77'
D
Nikola Katic 24.Croatia
7.5
Goals28'
M
Adrián Guerrero 3.Spain
7.5
13'
M
Ifeanyi Mathew 12.Nigeria
7.0
90'
M
Cheick Condé 17.Guinea
7.0
M
Nikola Boranijasevic 19.Serbia
7.0
F
Jonathan Okita 11.Germany
7.9
82' Goals6'
F
D. Afriyie 18.Ghana
7.0
83'
F
Rodrigo Conceição 27.Portugal
8.1
90'
Substitutes
G
Zivko Kostadinovic 1.Switzerland
D
Marc Hornschuh 16.Germany
6.7
77'
D
Mirlind Kryeziu 31.Kosovo
D
Selmin Hodza 32.Switzerland
M
Bledian Krasniqi 7.Switzerland
7.7
83' 90' Goals90'
M
Antonio Marchesano 10.Switzerland
7.1
82'
M
Fabian Rohner 23.Switzerland
F
Ivan Santini 9.Croatia
90'
F
A. Oko-Flex 22.England

Zürich started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Bo Henriksen decided to play with the following team: Yanick Brecher (7.0), Lindrit Kamberi (6.8), Nikola Katić (7.5), Silvan Wallner (6.8), Nikola Boranijašević (7.0), Cheick Oumar Conde (7.0), Ifeanyi Mathew (7.0), Adrián Guerrero (7.5), Rodrigo Conceição (8.1), Daniel Afriyie (7.0) and Jonathan Okita (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Živko Kostadinović, Bledian Krasniqi (7.7), Ivan Santini, Antonio Marchesano (7.1), Marc Hornschuh (6.7), Armstrong Oko-Flex, Fabian Rohner, Mirlind Kryeziu and Selmin Hodza.

Substitutions

Zürich made 4 changes: Silvan Wallner for Marc Hornschuh (77′), Daniel Afriyie for Bledian Krasniqi (83′), Jonathan Okita for Antonio Marchesano (82′) and Rodrigo Conceição for Ivan Santini (90′).

Player of the match: Rodrigo Conceição​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Zürich was Rodrigo Conceição even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 19 passes (63% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

Young Boys – Formation

Young Boys
G
Anthony Racioppi 1.Switzerland
7.3
D
Mohamed Camara 13.Guinea
6.7
D
Ulisses Garcia 21.Switzerland
6.8
88' 50'
D
Loris Benito  23.Switzerland
6.3
90'
D
Lewin Blum 27.Switzerland
7.0
77'
M
Filip Ugrinic  7.Switzerland
7.0
M
Ebrima Colley 11.Gambia
6.8
69'
M
Cheikh Niasse 20.Senegal
6.8
M
Darian Males 39.Switzerland
6.8
69'
F
Meschack Elia 15.DR Congo
7.8
Goals32'
F
Jean-Pierre Nsame 18.Cameroon
7.3
88'
Substitutes
G
David von Ballmoos 26.Switzerland
D
A. Amenda 4.Switzerland
D
Saidy Janko  17.Gambia
6.4
77'
D
N. Persson 19.Sweden
6.4
88'
D
Fabian Lustenberger  28.Switzerland
M
Miguel Chaiwa 14.Zambia
M
Donat Rrudhani 22.Kosovo
7.0
88'
F
Silvere Ganvoula 35.Republic of the Congo
6.8
69'
F
Joël Monteiro 77.Portugal
6.8
69'

Young Boys started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Raphaël Wicky played with: Anthony Racioppi (7.3), Lewin Blum (7.0), Mohamed Camara (6.7), Loris Benito (6.3), Ulisses Garcia (6.8), Filip Ugrinic (7.0), Cheikh Niasse (6.8), Ebrima Colley (6.8), Darian Males (6.8), Jean-Pierre Nsame (7.3) and Meschack Elia (7.8).

These were the players on the bench: Aurèle Amenda, Miguel Chaiwa, Saidy Janko (6.4), Noah Persson (6.4), Donat Rrudhani (7.0), David von Ballmoos , Fabian Lustenberger, Silvere Ganvoula (6.8) and Joël Monteiro (6.8).

Young Boys could not rely on the presence of Saidy Janko (injured).

Substitutions

Young Boys made 5 changes: Lewin Blum for Saidy Janko (77′), Ulisses Garcia for Noah Persson (88′), Jean-Pierre Nsame for Donat Rrudhani (88′), Ebrima Colley for Joël Monteiro (69′) and Darian Males for Silvere Ganvoula (69′).

Player of the match: Meschack Elia​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Young Boys was Meschack Elia.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 25 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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