BERN. Sion and Young Boys draw 1-1. M. Balotelli scored the first goal (52′) for Sion. J. Nsame equalized (64′) with a penalty. Young Boys was truly better in terms of ball possession (63%)​

The match was played at the Stadion Wankdorf (Bern) stadium in Bern on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Urs Schnyder with the help of Marco Zürcher and Benjamin Zürcher. The 4th official was Sven Wolfensberger. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14 degrees Celsius or 57.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Young Boys

1 - 1

Sion

  • ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
  • 21 Total 9
  • 5 On Target 5
  • 16 Off Target 4
  • 4 Shots blocked 0
  • 110 Attack 82
  • 90 Dangerous attack 39
  • 88 Ball safe 101
  • 1 Penalties 1
  • 6 Corners 2
  • 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 18 Total 7
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Young Boys had a strong ball possession 63% while Sion was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Young Boys was putting more pressure with 90 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Young Boys to win the match​.

Young Boys shot 21 times, 5 on target, 16 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sion shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Young Boys received 1 yellow card (C. Itten). Regarding the opposition, Sion received 3 yellow cards (N. Saintini, J. Schmied and W. Cyprien).

Match Timeline

23'
Cedric Itten- Yellow
48'
52'
Meschack Elia- sub ->C. Itten
62'
62'
63'
64'
Joël Schmied- Yellow
64'
71'
78'
Joël Monteiro- sub ->J. Nsame
86'
Sandro Lauper- sub ->V. Sierro
86'
90'
90'
Kevin Bua- sub ->Y. Chouaref

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Young Boys
74
36
Servette
58
36
Lugano
57
36
Luzern
50
36
Basel
47
36
St. Gallen
45
36
Grasshopper
44
36
Zürich
44
36
Winterthur
32
36
Sion
31
36

After this encounter, Young Boys will have 28 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Sion will have 19 points 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).

Sion will host Lugano on the 22nd of November with a 11-10 head to head stats in favor of Lugano (8 draws).

Young Boys – Formation

Young Boys
G
David von Ballmoos 26.Switzerland
7.6
D
Fabian Lustenberger 28.Switzerland
6.6
D
Loris Benito 23.Switzerland
5.6
62'
D
Cédric Zesiger 5.Switzerland
6.8
D
Lewin Blum 27.Switzerland
7.0
M
Christian Fassnacht 16.Switzerland
6.4
63'
M
Vincent Sierro 8.Switzerland
7.5
86'
M
Kastriot Imeri 29.Switzerland
6.8
M
Fabian Rieder 32.Switzerland
8.2
F
Jean-Pierre Nsame 18.Cameroon
8.4
86' 64'
F
Cedric Itten 11.Switzerland
7.0
62' 48'
Substitutes
G
Anthony Racioppi 1.Switzerland
D
Ulisses Garcia 21.Switzerland
6.8
62'
D
A. Amenda 4.Switzerland
M
Sandro Lauper 30.Switzerland
86'
M
Filip Ugrinic 7.Switzerland
M
Kevin Rüegg 17.Switzerland
M
Donat Rrudhani 22.Kosovo
6.1
63'
F
Meschack Elia 15.DR Congo
6.5
62'
F
Joël Monteiro 77.Portugal
86'

Young Boys started with a 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 (7.0), Fabian Lustenberger (6.6), Cedric Zesiger (6.8), Loris Benito (5.6), Christian Fassnacht (6.4), Vincent Sierro (7.5), Kastriot Imeri (6.8), Fabian Rieder (8.2), Jean-Pierre Nsame (8.4) and Cédric Itten (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Ulisses Garcia (6.8), Aurele Amenda, Anthony Racioppi, Sandro Lauper, Meschack Elia (6.5), Filip Ugrinic, Joel Monteiro, Kevin Rüegg and Donat Rrudhani (6.1).

Substitutions

Young Boys made 5 changes: C. Itten for E. Meschack (62′), L. Benito for U. Garcia (62′), C. Fassnacht for D. Rrudhani (63′), J. Nsame for J. Monteiro (86′) and V. Sierro for S. Lauper (86′).

Best player: Jean-Pierre Nsame​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Young Boys was Jean-Pierre Nsame.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 24 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Sion – Formation

Sion
G
Heinz Lindner 1.Austria
7.2
D
Numa Lavanchy 19.Switzerland
6.7
D
Nathanaël Saintini 39.Guadeloupe
7.3
23'
D
Joël Schmied 2.Switzerland
6.6
64'
D
Baltazar 8.Brazil
6.3
M
Wylan Cyprien 10.France
6.4
90'
M
Anto Grgic 14.Switzerland
7.3
M
Denis Will Poha 22.France
7.0
F
Mario Balotelli 45.Italy
7.8
71' 52'
F
Ilyas Chouaref 9.France
7.3
90'
F
Itaitinga 76.Brazil
7.3
78'
Substitutes
G
Kevin Fickentscher 18.Switzerland
D
Dennis Iapichino 21.Switzerland
D
Gilles Richard 71.Switzerland
M
Kevin Bua 33.Switzerland
90'
M
Luca Zuffi 7.Switzerland
F
Kevin Halabaku 29.Kosovo
6.8
78'
F
Filip Stojilkovic 17.Switzerland
7.3
71'
F
Giovanni Sio 13.Côte d'Ivoire
F
Gaetan Karlen 11.Switzerland

Sion started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Paolo Tramezzani played with: Heinz Lindner (7.2), Numa Lavanchy (6.7), Joel Schmied (6.6), Nathanaël Saintini (7.3), Baltazar (6.3), Denis Will Poha (7.0), Anto Grgić (7.3), Wylan Cyprien (6.4), Itaitinga (7.3), Mario Balotelli (7.8) and Ylyas Chouaref (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kevin Bua, Kevin Halabaku (6.8), Filip Stojilković (7.3), Luca Zuffi, Giovanni Sio, Dennis Iapichino, Kevin Fickentscher, Gilles Richard and Gaetan Karlen.

Substitutions

Sion made 3 changes: M. Balotelli for F. Stojilkovic (71′), Itaitinga for K. Halabaku (78′) and Y. Chouaref for K. Bua (90′).

Best player: Mario Balotelli​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sion was Mario Balotelli.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 25 passes (56% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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