Zürich conquers Young Boys 1-0 with a goal scored by I. Mathew

ZüRICH. Zürich prevails over Young Boys 1-0 after I. Mathew scored just 1 goal (1').

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David Brown
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Zürich conquers Young Boys 1-0 with a goal scored by I. Mathew

ZüRICH. Zürich conquers Young Boys 1-0 after I. Mathew scored just 1 goal (1′). Young Boys lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. In front of 17,261 spectators.​ The referee was Lukas Fähndrich with the collaboration of Jonas Erni and Nicolas Müller. The 4th official was . The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.43 degrees Celsius or 52.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Zürich

1 - 0

Team 1

Young Boys

  • 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
  • 12 Total 13
  • 5 On Target 4
  • 5 Off Target 7
  • 2 Shots blocked 2
  • 122 Attack 148
  • 41 Dangerous attack 70
  • 74 Ball safe 93
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 8
  • 5 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 16 Total 11
  • 2 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Young Boys had a strong ball possession 57% while Zürich was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Young Boys had a more offensive attitude with 70 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Zürich found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Zürich shot 12 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Young Boys shot 13 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Zürich received 2 yellow cards (Cheick Oumar Conde and Amadou Dante). On the other side, Young Boys received 1 yellow card (Ebrima Colley).

Match Timeline

Ifeanyi Mathew(goal)
1'
Cheick Condé- Yellow
6'
Amadou Dante- Yellow
56'
63'
Ebrima Colley- Yellow
64'
Jaouen Hadjam- sub ->Noah Persson
64'
Cedric Itten- sub ->Ebrima Colley
64'
Lukasz Lakomy- sub ->Sandro Lauper 
Fabian Rohner- sub ->Jonathan Okita
71'
82'
J. Mvuka- sub ->Meschack Elia
82'
Joël Monteiro- sub ->Cheikh Niasse
D. Afriyie- sub ->Antonio Marchesano
83'
C. Ligue- sub ->Rodrigo Conceição
90'
Ivan Santini- sub ->Bledian Krasniqi
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 playing this match, Zürich has 42 points to hold in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Young Boys will stays with 51 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

Zürich – Formation

Zürich
G
Yanick Brecher  25.Switzerland
8.1
D
Lindrit Kamberi 2.Switzerland
6.7
D
Nikola Katic 24.Croatia
7.3
D
Mirlind Kryeziu 31.Kosovo
7.3
D
Amadou Dante 44.Mali
7.1
56'
M
Bledian Krasniqi 7.Switzerland
7.0
90'
M
Jonathan Okita 11.Germany
7.0
71'
M
Ifeanyi Mathew 12.Nigeria
7.7
Goals1'
M
Cheick Condé 17.Guinea
6.7
6'
M
Rodrigo Conceição 27.Portugal
6.6
90'
F
Antonio Marchesano 10.Switzerland
6.4
83'
Substitutes
G
Zivko Kostadinovic 1.Switzerland
D
F. Daprelà 5.Switzerland
D
Nikola Boranijasevic 19.Serbia
M
Fabian Rohner 23.Switzerland
6.4
71'
F
Ivan Santini 9.Croatia
90'
F
D. Afriyie 18.Ghana
6.4
83'
F
C. Ligue 20.Switzerland
90'
F
A. Oko-Flex 22.England

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

The manager Bo Henriksen decided to play with the following team: Yanick Brecher (8.1), Lindrit Kamberi (6.7), Nikola Katić (7.3), Mirlind Kryeziu (7.3), Amadou Dante (7.1), Cheick Oumar Conde (6.7), Ifeanyi Mathew (7.7), Rodrigo Conceição (6.6), Bledian Krasniqi (7.0), Jonathan Okita (7.0) and Antonio Marchesano (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Živko Kostadinović, Fabio Daprelà, Ivan Santini, Nevio Emanuele Di Giusto, Daniel Afriyie (6.4), Nikola Boranijašević, Calixte Paul Ligue, Armstrong Oko-Flex and Fabian Rohner (6.4).

Substitutions

Zürich made 4 changes: Jonathan Okita for Fabian Rohner (71′), Antonio Marchesano for Daniel Afriyie (83′), Rodrigo Conceição for Calixte Paul Ligue (90′) and Bledian Krasniqi for Ivan Santini (90′).

Player of the match: Yanick Brecher​

The most impressive player for Zürich was the goalkeeper: Yanick Brecher. His rating is 8.06. He performed 4 saves.

Young Boys – Formation

Young Boys
G
David von Ballmoos 26.Switzerland
7.3
D
Mohamed Camara 13.Guinea
7.0
D
N. Persson 19.Sweden
6.6
64'
D
Fabian Lustenberger  28.Switzerland
7.3
D
Saidy Janko  17.Gambia
7.5
M
Cheikh Niasse 20.Senegal
6.7
82'
M
Sandro Lauper 30.Switzerland
6.8
64'
M
Ebrima Colley 11.Gambia
6.8
64' 63'
M
Darian Males 39.Switzerland
8.1
F
Meschack Elia 15.DR Congo
7.0
82'
F
Silvere Ganvoula 35.Republic of the Congo
6.7
Substitutes
G
Anthony Racioppi 1.Switzerland
D
Jaouen Hadjam 3.Algeria
7.1
64'
D
A. Amenda 4.Switzerland
D
Anel Husic 5.Switzerland
D
Lewin Blum 27.Switzerland
M
Lukasz Lakomy 8.Poland
6.7
64'
F
Cedric Itten 9.Switzerland
7.0
64'
F
J. Mvuka 32.Norway
6.8
82'
F
Joël Monteiro 77.Portugal
6.8
82'

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

Raphaël Wicky played with: David von Ballmoos  (7.3), Saidy Janko (7.5), Mohamed Aly Camara (7.0), Fabian Lustenberger (7.3), Noah Persson (6.6), Darian Males (8.1), Sandro Lauper  (6.8), Ebrima Colley (6.8), Cheikh Niasse (6.7), Silvere Ganvoula (6.7) and Meschack Elia (7.0).

They had on the bench: Anthony Racioppi, Jaouen Hadjam (7.1), Aurèle Amenda, Anel Husic, Lukasz Lakomy (6.7), Cedric Itten (7.0), Lewin Blum, Joël Monteiro (6.8) and Joel Mugisha Mvuka (6.8).

Substitutions

Young Boys made 5 changes: Noah Persson for Jaouen Hadjam (64′), Ebrima Colley for Cedric Itten (64′), Sandro Lauper  for Lukasz Lakomy (64′), Meschack Elia for Joel Mugisha Mvuka (82′) and Cheikh Niasse for Joël Monteiro (82′).

Player of the match: Darian Males​

The most impressive player for Young Boys was Darian Males.

His rating is 8.1 with 33 passes (61% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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