Basel and Young Boys draw 2-2 on Sunday. HIGHLIGHTS

BASEL. Basel finds its way back against Young Boys with a goal on the E. Fernandes 61' and a goal on the W. Kanga 78'.

April 4, 2022

BASEL. Basel comes back against Young Boys with a goal on the E. Fernandes 61′ and a goal on the W. Kanga 78′. Basel was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%)

The match was played at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. In front of 25,760 spectators. The referee was Fedayi San with the help of Sladan Josipovic and Pascal Hirzel. The 4th official was Luca Piccolo. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.8 degrees Celsius or 38.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.

Match Statistics

Basel

2 - 2

Young Boys

57 Ball Possession 43

Shots

16 Total 10
4 On Target 6
12 Off Target 4
5 Shots blocked 0

83 Attack 86
54 Dangerous attack 60
80 Ball safe 91

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 7

Fouls

2 Total 0
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Basel had a superior ball possession 57% while Young Boys was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Young Boys had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Young Boys to win the contest.

Basel shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Young Boys shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Basel received 3 yellow cards (M. Lang, P. Kasami and A. Pelmard). On the other side, Young Boys received 3 yellow cards (V. Sierro, F. Mambimbi and A. Amenda).

Match Timeline

12'

A. Amenda- sub ->F. Lustenberger

Taulant Xhaka(goal)

41'

Michael Lang- Yellow

49'

57'

61'

64'

65'

71'

75'

76'

Cheikh Niasse- sub ->E. Fernandes

78'

84'

A. Amenda- Yellow

85'

Darian Males- sub ->D. Ndoye

Sergio López - sub ->M. Lang

85'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Basel will have 51 points to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Young Boys will have 46 points like Lugano to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Basel will play away with St. Gallen on the 10th of April with a 33-14 head to head in favor of Basel (12 draws).

Young Boys will host Lausanne Sport on the 9th of April with a 22-3 head to head statistic in favor of Young Boys (6 draws).

Basel – Formation

Basel

Heinz Lindner 1.Austria

6.8

Michael Lang 5.Switzerland

6.6

85'

49'

Andy Pelmard 21.France

6.6

90'

Tomás Tavares 30.Portugal

7.0

Fabian Frei 20.Switzerland

6.2

Taulant Xhaka 34.Albania

7.7

41'

Wouter Burger 23.Netherlands

6.5

71'

L. Millar 17.Canada

6.1

Dan Ndoye 27.Switzerland

6.8

85'

Fedor Chalov 99.Russia

7.3

71'

Sebastiano Esposito 9.Italy

8.4

71'

Substitutes

Felix Gebhardt 46.Germany

Sergio López 22.Spain

6.2

85'

N. Djiga 6.Burkina Faso

Noah Katterbach 3.Germany

Pajtim Kasami 7.Switzerland

6.4

71'

90'

Darian Males 19.Switzerland

6.4

85'

V. Stocker 14.Switzerland

7.0

71'

Joelson Fernandes 96.Portugal

Ádám Szalai 11.Hungary

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

The manager Guillermo Abascal Perez decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Basel made 4 changes: W. Burger for P. Kasami (71′), F. Chalov for V. Stocker (71′), D. Ndoye for D. Males (85′) and M. Lang for S. Lopez (85′).

Young Boys – Formation

Young Boys

David von Ballmoos 26.Switzerland

6.4

Fabian Lustenberger 28.Switzerland

6.6

12'

Ulisses Garcia 21.Switzerland

6.7

Cédric Zesiger 5.Switzerland

7.3

Lewin Blum 27.Switzerland

7.0

64'

Edimilson Fernandes 11.Switzerland

7.5

76'

61'

Vincent Sierro 8.Switzerland

7.1

64'

57'

Sandro Lauper 30.Switzerland

6.2

Meschack Elia 15.DR Congo

7.0

Felix Mambimbi 19.Switzerland

7.1

65'

Jordan Siebatcheu 17.France

6.5

Substitutes

Anthony Racioppi 1.Switzerland

Mohamed Camara 4.Guinea

A. Amenda 23.Switzerland

6.1

12'

84'

Quentin Maceiras 24.Switzerland

7.0

64'

Cheikh Niasse 20.Senegal

6.2

76'

M. Ngamaleu 13.Cameroon

6.8

75'

Kevin Varga 7.Hungary

Nico Maier 22.Switzerland

Wilfried Kanga 9.France

7.6

64'

78'

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

Matteo Vanetta played with: .

Young Boys could not rely on the presence of A. Amenda (injured).

Substitutions

Young Boys made 5 changes: F. Lustenberger for A. Amenda (12′), V. Sierro for W. Kanga (64′), L. Blum for Q. Maceiras (64′), E. Meschack for N. Moumi Ngamaleu (75′) and E. Fernandes for C. Niasse (76′).