BERN. Young Boys overcame St. Gallen to win 2-1. An own goal from L. Stergiou was decisive in the 87min. It was Young Boys to strike first with a goal of J. Nsame at the 14′. Then it was a goal in the 38′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, L. Stergiou gave the win to Young Boys in the 87′ minute with an own goal. Young Boys capitalized on its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the STADE DE SUISSE Wankdorf Bern stadium in Bern on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Urs Schnyder who had the assistance of Marco Zürcher and Susann Küng. The 4th official was Mirel Turkes. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.8 degrees Celsius or 55.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Young Boys was in firm control of the ball 57% while St. Gallen was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Gallen was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, Young Boys succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Young Boys shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, St. Gallen shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Young Boys received 1 yellow card (F. Ugrinic). On the other side, St. Gallen received 1 yellow card (L. Gortler).

Standings

After this match, Young Boys will have 23 points to hold in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, St. Gallen will stay with 15 points like Sion to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Young Boys will play away against Grasshopper on the 21st of November with a 29-18 head to head statistic in favor of Young Boys (14 draws).

St. Gallen will host Basel on the 22nd of November with a 34-14 head to head statistic in favor of Basel (13 draws).

Young Boys – Formation

Young Boys adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Raphaël Wicky decided to play with the following team: David von Ballmoos (7.6), Lewin Blum (6.7), Mohamed Camara (7.1), Cedric Zesiger (7.3), Loris Benito (6.7), Christian Fassnacht (6.6), Cheikh Niasse (7.4), Filip Ugrinic (6.9), Fabian Rieder (5.9), Jean-Pierre Nsame (7.1) and Cédric Itten (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Sandro Lauper, Joel Monteiro, Kastriot Imeri (6.8), Fabian Lustenberger, Anthony Racioppi, Donat Rrudhani, Meschack Elia (6.6), Vincent Sierro (6.8) and Kevin Rüegg.

Substitutions

Young Boys made 3 changes: F. Rieder for K. Imeri (64′), J. Nsame for E. Meschack (65′) and C. Fassnacht for V. Sierro (65′).

Best player: Cédric Itten​

The player that probably impressed the most for Young Boys was Cédric Itten even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 21 passes (57% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

St. Gallen – Formation

Also St. Gallen adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Peter Zeidler played with: Lawrence Ati (6.2), Patrick Sutter (6.9), Leonidas Stergiou (7.0), Albert Vallci (7.4), Daouda Guindo (6.4), Lukas Görtler (7.3), Jordi Quintillà (6.9), Isaac Schmidt (7.0), Gregory Karlen (6.6), Jérémy Guillemenot (7.1) and Chadrac Akolo (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Ricardo Azevedo, Randy Schneider (6.3), Lukas Watkowiak, Stefano Guidotti, David Jacovic, Michael Kempter, Fabrizio Cavegn (6.6), Alessandro Kräuchi and Emmanuel Latte Lath (6.9).

St. Gallen could not rely on the presence of F. Cavegn (injured).

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 4 changes: G. Karlen for R. Schneider (66′), J. Guillemenot for E. Latte Lath (66′), C. Akolo for F. Cavegn (74′) and I. Schmidt for Ricky (88′).

Best player: Albert Vallci​

The most impressive player for St. Gallen was Albert Vallci.

His rating is (7.4) with 33 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 16.

Results of the day

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

• Young Boys – St. Gallen – 2-1
• Grasshopper – Sion – 4-4