BERN. Sporting CP overcomes Young Boys 3-1. Sporting CP got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Aurèle Amenda (31′) and Viktor Gyökeres (41′). Young Boys tried to recover with a goal from Filip Ugrinic (42′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a goal (48′) scored by Gonçalo Inácio for Sporting CP.
The match was played at the Stadion Wankdorf (Bern) stadium in Bern on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Bastien with the support of Hicham Zakrani and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Jérémie Pignard. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.45 degrees Celsius or 54.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 11 Total 13
- 3 On Target 6
- 3 Off Target 3
- 5 Shots blocked 4
- 116 Attack 73
- 33 Dangerous attack 35
- 89 Ball safe 109
- 0 Penalties 1
- 4 Corners 3
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 18 Total 2
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Young Boys was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Sporting CP that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sporting CP was more pushing with 35 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting CP won the encounter.
Young Boys shot 11 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Sporting CP shot 13 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Young Boys received 3 yellow cards (Lukasz Lakomy, Ebrima Colley and Mohamed Camara). On the opposite side, Sporting CP didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
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Young Boys – Formation
Young Boys
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46'
42'
Young Boys started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Raphaël Wicky decided to play with the following team: David von Ballmoos , Lewin Blum , Mohamed Camara , Aurèle Amenda , Jaouen Hadjam , Lukasz Lakomy , Sandro Lauper , Filip Ugrinic , Joel Mugisha Mvuka , Cedric Itten and Ebrima Colley .
The home team had on the bench: Fabian Lustenberger, Darian Males , Anthony Racioppi, Meschack Elia , Cheikh Niasse , Silvere Ganvoula , Dario Marzino, Malik Deme, Mats Seiler, Joël Monteiro and Noah Persson.
Young Boys could not rely on the presence of Cheikh Niasse (injured).
Substitutions
Young Boys made 5 changes: Ebrima Colley for Joël Monteiro (61′), Joel Mugisha Mvuka for Meschack Elia (61′), Cedric Itten for Silvere Ganvoula (61′), Filip Ugrinic for Cheikh Niasse (46′) and Lukasz Lakomy for Darian Males (81′).
Player of the match: Filip Ugrinic
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Young Boys was Filip Ugrinic.
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (93% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 1 cross.
Sporting CP – Formation
Sporting CP
Sporting CP started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim played with: Sebastián Coates, Antonio Adán , Eduardo Quaresma , Gonçalo Inácio , Matheus Reis , Ricardo Esgaio , Daniel Bragança , Morten Hjulmand , Nuno Santos , Marcus Edwards and Pedro Gonçalves , Viktor Gyökeres .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Hidemasa Morita , Francisco Trincão , Geny Catamo , Luís Neto, Rafael Pontelo, Koba Koindredi , Rafael Nel , Francisco Silva and Franco Israel.
Substitutions
Sporting CP made 4 changes: Morten Hjulmand for Hidemasa Morita (60′), Pedro Gonçalves for Francisco Trincão (74′), Viktor Gyökeres for Geny Catamo (74′) and Daniel Bragança for Koba Koindredi (84′).
Player of the match: Pedro Gonçalves
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting CP was Pedro Gonçalves even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 27 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Feyenoord – Roma – 1-1
- Young Boys – Sporting CP – 1-3
- Galatasaray – Sparta Praha – 3-2
- Shakhtar Donetsk – Olympique Marseille – 2-2
- Milan – Rennes – 3-0
- Lens – SC Freiburg – 0-0
- Benfica – Toulouse – 2-1
- Sporting Braga – Qarabağ – 2-4
