Young Boys tops Basel 3-1 after recovering from a 0-1 deficit

BERN. Young Boys was capable to reverse the scoreline against Basel.

February 14, 2022

BERN. Young Boys was able to turn the tables against Basel. It was Basel to score first with a goal from M. Lang. Nevertheless, later Young Boys found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with V. Sierro (39′), N. Moumi Ngamaleu (69′) and J. Siebatcheu (71′).

Young Boys remained with 10 players after U. Garcia received a double yellow card in the 80′. Even so, Young Boys still succeeded in win this match competing only with 10 players.

The match was played at the Stadion Wankdorf (Bern) stadium in Bern on Sunday and it started at 2:15 pm local time. In front of 31,120 spectators. The referee was Urs Schnyder with the support of Stéphane De Almeida and Marco Zürcher. The 4th official was Esther Staubli. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.8 degrees Celsius or 47.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.

Match Statistics

Young Boys

3 - 1

Basel

44 Ball Possession 56

Shots

17 Total 15
4 On Target 4
13 Off Target 11
3 Shots blocked 2

77 Attack 101
56 Dangerous attack 71
92 Ball safe 104

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 9

Fouls

10 Total 8
3 Yellow Cards 3
1 Double Yellow 1
1 Red Card 1

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Young Boys was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Basel that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Basel was putting more pressure with 71 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Young Boys succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.

Young Boys shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Basel shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Young Boys received 2 yellow cards (J. Lefort and U. Garcia). On the opposite side, Basel received 2 yellow cards (W. Burger and F. Frei).

U. Garcia (Young Boys) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (80′).

Also, Basel didn’t finish the match with 11 players after W. Burger (Basel) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (60′).

Match Timeline

22'

Michael Lang(goal)M. Palacios

35'

39'

43'

54'

55'

60'

62'

69'

71'

Lewin Blum- sub ->Q. Maceiras

73'

78'

Fabian Frei - Yellow

80'

81'

Darian Males- sub ->D. Ndoye

81'

A. Amenda- sub ->W. Kanga

85'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Young Boys will have 39 points to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Basel will stay with 37 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Young Boys will play away against Grasshopper on the 20th of February with a 29-18 head to head stats in favor of Young Boys (12 draws).

Basel will host Lausanne Sport on the 19th of February with a 20-1 head to head stats in favor of Basel (6 draws).

Young Boys – Formation

Young Boys

Anthony Racioppi 1.Switzerland

6.4

Fabian Lustenberger 28.Switzerland

6.8

35'

Jordan Lefort 25.France

7.1

43'

Quentin Maceiras 24.Switzerland

6.3

73'

Sandro Lauper 30.Switzerland

7.5

M. Sulejmani 10.Serbia

7.1

73'

M. Ngamaleu 13.Cameroon

7.6

69'

Vincent Sierro 8.Switzerland

7.8

39'

Fabian Rieder 32.Switzerland

7.5

Jordan Siebatcheu 17.France

8.3

71'

Wilfried Kanga 9.France

6.7

85'

Substitutes

G. Faivre 91.Switzerland

A. Amenda 23.Switzerland

6.4

85'

Ulisses Garcia 21.Switzerland

6.6

35'

55'

Lewin Blum 27.Switzerland

6.6

73'

Theo Golliard 60.Switzerland

B. Muteba 62.Switzerland

Cheikh Niasse 20.Senegal

Kevin Varga 7.Hungary

6.9

73'

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

The manager David Wagner decided to play with the following team: Anthony Racioppi (6.4), Quentin Maceiras (6.3), Sandro Lauper (7.5), Fabian Lustenberger (6.8), Jordan Lefort (7.1), Nicolas Moumie Ngamaleu (7.6), Vincent Sierro (7.8), Fabian Rieder (7.5), Miralem Sulejmani (7.1), Jordan Siebatcheu (8.3) and Wilfried Kanga (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Théo Golliard, Benjamin Kabeya, Aurele Amenda (6.4), Ulisses Garcia (6.6), Guillaume Faivre, Lewin Blum (6.6), Cheikh Niasse and Kevin Varga (6.9).

Young Boys could not rely on the presence of U. Garcia (injured).

Substitutions

Young Boys made 4 changes: F. Lustenberger for U. Garcia (35′), Q. Maceiras for L. Blum (73′), M. Sulejmani for K. Varga (73′) and W. Kanga for A. Amenda (85′).

Best player: Jordan Siebatcheu

The most impressive player for Young Boys was Jordan Siebatcheu.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 19 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 13.

Basel – Formation

Basel

Heinz Lindner 1.Austria

5.8

Michael Lang 5.Switzerland

7.4

81'

22'

Andy Pelmard 21.France

6.9

Noah Katterbach 3.Germany

6.4

Wouter Burger 23.Netherlands

5.8

60'

Fabian Frei 20.Switzerland

6.4

78'

M. Palacios 35.Argentina

7.8

L. Millar 17.Canada

6.0

Dan Ndoye 27.Switzerland

6.1

81'

Sebastiano Esposito 9.Italy

6.6

81'

Fedor Chalov 99.Russia

6.4

62'

Substitutes

Felix Gebhardt 46.Germany

Sergio López 22.Spain

A. Hajdari 76.Switzerland

6.8

62'

N. Djiga 6.Burkina Faso

Tomás Tavares 30.Portugal

6.4

81'

V. Stocker 14.Switzerland

Darian Males 19.Switzerland

6.2

81'

Liam Chipperfield 40.Switzerland

Joelson Fernandes 96.Portugal

6.8

81'

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

Patrick Rahmen played with: Heinz Lindner (5.8), Michael Lang (7.4), Andy Pelmard (6.9), Wouter Burger (5.8), Noah Katterbach (6.4), Fabian Frei (6.4), Matías Palacios (7.8), Dan Ndoye (6.1), Sebastiano Esposito (6.6), Liam Millar (6.0) and Fedor Chalov (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Sergio López, Joelson Fernandes (6.8), Albian Hajdari (6.8), Valentin Stocker, Nasser Djiga, Darian Males (6.2), Tomás Tavares (6.4), Felix Gebhardt and Liam Chipperfield.

Substitutions

Basel made 4 changes: F. Chalov for A. Hajdari (62′), S. Esposito for J. Fernandes (81′), D. Ndoye for D. Males (81′) and M. Lang for T. Tavares (81′).