Young Boys 1-1 Sion: Draw on Saturday
BERN. Sion and Young Boys draw 1-1. M. Balotelli scored the first goal (52') for Sion. J. Nsame settled the score 1-1 (64') with a penalty.
BERN. Sion and Young Boys draw 1-1. M. Balotelli scored the first goal (52′) for Sion. J. Nsame settled the score 1-1 (64′) with a penalty. Young Boys was far superior when it came to possession ball (62%)
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 who had the assistance of Marco Zürcher and Benjamin Zürcher. The 4th official was Sven Wolfensberger. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold around 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.45 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 88%.
Match Statistics
Young Boys was in firm control of the ball 62% while Sion was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Young Boys was more aggressive with 90 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Young Boys to win the match.
Young Boys shot 21 times, 5 on target, 16 off target. On the opposite side, Sion shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Young Boys received 1 yellow card (C. Itten). On the other side, Sion received 3 yellow cards (N. Saintini, J. Schmied and W. Cyprien).
After playing this encounter, Young Boys will have 27 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Sion will have 18 points to stay in the 3rd place.
Match Events
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23'23'
N. Saintini
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48'48'
C. Itten
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52'52'
M. Balotelli (Penalty)
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62'62'
E. Meschack
C. Itten
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62'62'
U. Garcia
L. Benito
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63'63'
D. Rrudhani
C. Fassnacht
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64'64'
J. Schmied
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64'64'
J. Nsame (Penalty)
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71'71'
F. Stojilkovic
M. Balotelli
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78'78'
K. Halabaku
Itaitinga
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86'86'
J. Monteiro
J. Nsame
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86'86'
S. Lauper
V. Sierro
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90'90'
W. Cyprien
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90'90'
K. Bua
Y. Chouaref
Next match
In the upcoming Super League match, Young Boys will host Basel on the 30th of October with a 25-23 head to head in favor of Basel (20 draws).
Sion will host Zürich on the 30th of October with a 26-13 head to head stats in favor of Zürich (21 draws).
Young Boys: Formation and Lineups
Young Boys started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Raphaël Wicky chose to play with the following team: David von Ballmoos , Lewin Blum , Fabian Lustenberger , Cedric Zesiger , Loris Benito , Christian Fassnacht , Vincent Sierro , Kastriot Imeri , Fabian Rieder , Jean-Pierre Nsame and Cédric Itten .
Substitutes
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′).
Top player: Jean-Pierre Nsame
Probably the most impressive player in Young Boys was Jean-Pierre Nsame.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.
Sion: Formation and Lineups
Sion started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the opposite side, Paolo Tramezzani played with: Heinz Lindner , Numa Lavanchy , Joel Schmied , Nathanaël Saintini , Baltazar , Denis Will Poha , Anto Grgić , Wylan Cyprien , Itaitinga , Mario Balotelli and Ylyas Chouaref .
Substitutes
Sion made 3 changes: M. Balotelli for F. Stojilkovic (71′), Itaitinga for K. Halabaku (78′) and Y. Chouaref for K. Bua (90′).
Top player: Mario Balotelli
The player who no doubt impressed Sion the most was Mario Balotelli.
His rating is 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
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