Young Boys prevails over Basel 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

BERN. Young Boys overcomes Basel 3-1.

October 31, 2022

BERN. Young Boys beats Basel 3-1. Young Boys got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from F. Rieder (7′) and E. Meschack (24′). Basel tried to recover with a goal from B. Fink (53′). However, the match was closed by a goal (90′) scored by V. Sierro for Young Boys.

The match was played at the Stadion Wankdorf (Bern) stadium in Bern on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. In front of 31,120 spectators. The referee was Sandro Schärer with the help of Stéphane De Almeida and Bekim Zogaj. The 4th official was Tobias Thies. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.9 degrees Celsius or 58.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.

Match Statistics

Young Boys

3 - 1

Basel

47 Ball Possession 53

Shots

9 Total 10
4 On Target 3
5 Off Target 7
3 Shots blocked 2

94 Attack 99
49 Dangerous attack 74
98 Ball safe 95

0 Penalties 1
4 Corners 6

Fouls

16 Total 10
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Young Boys was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Basel that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Basel had a more offensive attitude with 74 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Young Boys succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.

Young Boys shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Basel shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Young Boys received 3 yellow cards (U. Garcia, F. Rieder and L. Blum). On the opposite side, Basel received 3 yellow cards (T. Xhaka, L. Millar and D. Males).

Also, Basel didn’t end the match with 11 players after M. Lang (Basel) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (87′).

Match Timeline

Meschack Elia(goal)

24'

28'

Taulant Xhaka- Yellow

44'

46'

Mirko Salvi- sub ->M. Hitz

46'

Michael Lang- sub ->T. Xhaka

53'

61'

Loris Benito - sub ->U. Garcia

63'

66'

71'

Darian Males- Yellow

75'

Lewin Blum- Yellow

76'

80'

Kevin Rüegg- sub ->L. Blum

81'

82'

Fabian Frei - sub ->L. Millar

87'

Michael Lang- Red

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Young Boys will have 31 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Basel will stay with 17 points like Grasshopper and Lugano to remain in the 6th 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 record in favor of Young Boys (14 draws).

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

Young Boys – Formation

Young Boys

David von Ballmoos 26.Switzerland

7.4

Ulisses Garcia 21.Switzerland

6.8

63'

44'

Cédric Zesiger 5.Switzerland

7.4

Mohamed Camara 13.Guinea

6.6

Lewin Blum 27.Switzerland

7.3

80'

76'

Christian Fassnacht 16.Switzerland

6.8

Kastriot Imeri 29.Switzerland

6.8

81'

Cheikh Niasse 20.Senegal

6.8

Fabian Rieder 32.Switzerland

8.5

71'

66'

Cedric Itten 11.Switzerland

6.3

71'

Meschack Elia 15.DR Congo

7.2

24'

Substitutes

Anthony Racioppi 1.Switzerland

Loris Benito 23.Switzerland

6.3

63'

Fabian Lustenberger 28.Switzerland

Kevin Rüegg 17.Switzerland

80'

Sandro Lauper 30.Switzerland

Vincent Sierro 8.Switzerland

7.1

71'

90'

Donat Rrudhani 22.Kosovo

81'

Joël Monteiro 77.Portugal

Jean-Pierre Nsame 18.Cameroon

6.8

71'

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

The manager Raphaël Wicky decided to play with the following team: David von Ballmoos (7.4), Lewin Blum (7.3), Mohamed Camara (6.6), Cedric Zesiger (7.4), Ulisses Garcia (6.8), Christian Fassnacht (6.8), Cheikh Niasse (6.8), Fabian Rieder (8.5), Kastriot Imeri (6.8), Cédric Itten (6.3) and Meschack Elia (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Joel Monteiro, Kevin Rüegg, Sandro Lauper, Jean-Pierre Nsame (6.8), Vincent Sierro (7.1), Loris Benito (6.3), Donat Rrudhani, Anthony Racioppi and Fabian Lustenberger.

Substitutions

Young Boys made 5 changes: U. Garcia for L. Benito (63′), F. Rieder for V. Sierro (71′), C. Itten for J. Nsame (71′), L. Blum for K. Ruegg (80′) and K. Imeri for D. Rrudhani (81′).

Best player: Fabian Rieder

The most impressive player for Young Boys was Fabian Rieder.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 32 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Basel – Formation

Basel

Marwin Hitz 1.Switzerland

6.0

46'

Kasim Adams 15.Ghana

7.4

Andy Pelmard 21.France

6.8

Riccardo Calafiori 33.Italy

6.7

Taulant Xhaka 34.Albania

6.1

46'

28'

Wouter Burger 23.Netherlands

7.3

Darian Males 19.Switzerland

5.5

81'

75'

Andy Diouf 8.France

6.6

L. Millar 7.Canada

6.4

82'

61'

Dan Ndoye 27.Switzerland

6.4

81'

B. Fink 14.Switzerland

7.5

53'

Substitutes

Mirko Salvi 13.Switzerland

6.7

46'

Noah Katterbach 3.Germany

Michael Lang 5.Switzerland

6.8

46'

87'

Fabian Frei 20.Switzerland

82'

Anton Kade 30.Germany

Zeki Amdouni 9.Switzerland

81'

Jean-Kévin Augustin 10.France

Andi Zeqiri 17.Switzerland

6.2

81'

Kaly Sène 26.Senegal

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

Alexander Frei played with: Marwin Hitz (6.0), Taulant Xhaka (6.1), Kasim Adams (7.4), Andy Pelmard (6.8), Riccardo Calafiori (6.7), Andy Diouf (6.6), Wouter Burger (7.3), Dan Ndoye (6.4), Darian Males (5.5), Liam Millar (6.4) and Bradley Fink (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mirko Salvi (6.7), Zeki Amdouni, Jean-Kévin Augustin, Noah Katterbach, Michael Lang (6.8), Andi Zeqiri (6.2), Fabian Frei, Anton Kade and Mamadou Kaly Sene.

Substitutions

Basel made 5 changes: M. Hitz for M. Salvi (46′), T. Xhaka for M. Lang (46′), D. Ndoye for Z. Amdouni (81′), D. Males for A. Zeqiri (81′) and L. Millar for F. Frei (82′).