ZüRICH. Zürich beat Young Boys to win 2-1. A. Ceesay was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Zürich to strike first with a goal of A. Ceesay at the 33′. Then A. Ceesay scored again for Zürich in the 61′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, J. Siebatcheu reduced the distance for Young Boys (74′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Young Boys lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 17,663 spectators.​ The referee was Urs Schnyder assisted by Jan Köbeli and Efe Kurnazca. The 4th official was Léonce Lionel Tschudi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.6 degrees Celsius or 54.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Zürich

2 - 1

Young Boys

  • 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
  • 5 Total 9
  • 3 On Target 1
  • 2 Off Target 8
  • 0 Shots blocked 3
  • 74 Attack 93
  • 50 Dangerous attack 70
  • 83 Ball safe 82
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 10
Fouls
  • 15 Total 17
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Young Boys had a strong ball possession 59% while Zürich was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Young Boys had a more offensive attitude with 70 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Zürich managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Zürich shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Young Boys shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Zürich received 2 yellow cards (F. Aliti and B. Kramer). Talking about the opposition, Young Boys received 3 yellow cards (Q. Maceiras, K. Varga and F. Mambimbi).

Match Timeline

18'
33'
46'
61'
62'
62'
62'
62'
Joël Monteiro- sub ->W. Kanga
74'
74'
Marc Hornschuh- sub ->A. Marchesano
78'
84'
Fabian Rohner- sub ->N. Boranijasevic
85'
86'
86'
Lewin Blum- sub ->U. Garcia
89'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Zürich
76
36
Basel
62
36
Young Boys
60
36
Lugano
54
36
St. Gallen
50
36
Servette
44
36
Sion
41
36
Grasshopper
40
36
Luzern
40
36
Lausanne Sport
22
36

After playing this match, Zürich will have 66 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Young Boys will stay with 47 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Zürich will host Sion on the 23rd of April with a 25-12 head to head stats in favor of Zürich (21 draws).

Young Boys will host Servette on the 23rd of April with a 8-6 head to head statistic in favor of Servette (5 draws).

Zürich – Formation

Zürich
G
Yanick Brecher 25.Switzerland
6.3
D
Fidan Aliti 6.Kosovo
7.0
62' 18'
D
Mirlind Kryeziu 31.Kosovo
7.4
D
Lindrit Kamberi 2.Switzerland
6.8
M
Nikola Boranijasevic 19.Serbia
6.8
85'
M
Adrián Guerrero 3.Spain
5.9
M
Blerim Džemaili 21.Switzerland
6.6
M
Ousmane Doumbia 20.Ivory Coast
6.9
M
Ante Coric 24.Croatia
7.1
46'
F
Antonio Marchesano 10.Switzerland
6.9
78'
F
Assan Ceesay 9.Gambia
8.4
62' 33', 61'
Substitutes
G
Zivko Kostadinovic 1.Switzerland
D
Marc Hornschuh 16.Germany
6.8
78'
D
Fabian Rohner 23.Switzerland
6.9
85'
D
Karol Mets 28.Estonia
6.8
62'
M
M. Leitner 78.Germany
M
S. Seiler 33.Switzerland
F
Blaz Kramer 18.Slovenia
7.0
62' 90'
F
Aiyegun Tosin 15.Benin
6.2
46'
F
W. Gnonto 22.Italy

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

The manager André Breitenreiter decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Zürich made 5 changes: A. Coric for T. Aiyegun (46′), F. Aliti for K. Mets (62′), A. Ceesay for B. Kramer (62′), A. Marchesano for M. Hornschuh (78′) and N. Boranijasevic for F. Rohner (85′).

Young Boys – Formation

Young Boys
G
David von Ballmoos 26.Switzerland
6.4
D
Ulisses Garcia 21.Switzerland
6.7
86'
D
Cédric Zesiger 5.Switzerland
6.6
D
Mohamed Camara 4.Guinea
6.8
D
Quentin Maceiras 24.Switzerland
7.1
84'
M
Fabian Rieder 32.Switzerland
6.4
62'
M
Wilfried Kanga 9.France
6.8
62'
M
Meschack Elia 15.DR Congo
6.5
M
M. Ngamaleu 13.Cameroon
7.4
74'
M
Cheikh Niasse 20.Senegal
7.0
F
Jordan Siebatcheu 17.France
6.8
74'
Substitutes
G
Anthony Racioppi 1.Switzerland
D
Lewin Blum 27.Switzerland
6.4
86'
D
A. Amenda 23.Switzerland
D
Fabian Lustenberger 28.Switzerland
M
Nico Maier 22.Switzerland
M
Kevin Varga 7.Hungary
6.3
86' 89'
M
Vincent Sierro 8.Switzerland
6.7
62'
F
Felix Mambimbi 19.Switzerland
6.4
74' 90'
F
Joël Monteiro 77.Portugal
7.1
62'

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

Matteo Vanetta played with: .

Substitutions

Young Boys made 5 changes: F. Rieder for V. Sierro (62′), W. Kanga for J. Monteiro (62′), N. Moumi Ngamaleu for F. Mambimbi (74′), E. Meschack for K. Varga (86′) and U. Garcia for L. Blum (86′).

Results of the day

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