Lugano vs Young Boys prediction 25.05.2023
Lugano
2 : 0
Young Boys
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- Competition: Super League
- Date: Thursday, 25th May 2023
- Kickoff: 19:30 UK / 20:30 CEST
- Venue: Stadio di Cornaredo (Lugano)
Lugano are having an excellent season by their standard. They will secure Europe (qualifications) for the second year in a row. They were 4th the last year and secured Europa Conference League, and this season they have already secured the ECL Qualifications and are only three points away from the 2nd-placed Servette and the Champions League spot. But with only two rounds left, they have a challenging task ahead of them.
Lugano are in excellent form in the last couple of months. They lost only once in the previous 18 games.
Young Boys are the best team in Switzerland in recent years (except last season when they finished 3rd). They have already won the title in Super League and were dominant with 71 points in 34 matches. For comparison, 2nd-placed Servette have won 17 points less!
Lugano vs Young Boys pick: Over 2.5 goals
Lugano are in very good form. They won four of the last six matches and managed to score at least two goals in five of those six games. On the other hand, they are not a great defensive team and allowed at least one goal in five of the previous six matches.
Young Boys are by far the best offensive team in Switzerland. They score 80 goals in 34 games in Super League - 2.35 per game. The second-best offensive team is St. Gallen, with 20 fewer goals scored.
Because Young Boys are great offensively, they mostly play high-scoring games. In Super League, they were 21 times over 2.5 goals in 34 rounds.
Since this is a must-win for Lugano to secure the Champions League qualifications, they must attack. And if they open too much, Young Boys could easily punish them and score a couple of easy goals.
Lugano vs Young Boys Head to Head (H2H) stats
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Young Boys
3 : 2
Lugano
Swiss Cup
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Lugano
2 : 0
Young Boys
Super League
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Young Boys
1 : 1
Lugano
Super League
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Lugano
1 : 4
Young Boys
Super League
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Young Boys
3 : 0
Lugano
Super League
Lugano team news
Coach Mattia Croci-Torti spoke to the media after a 1:1 draw in the last match against Basel. He said they had the ball possession in the first 45 minutes but weren't aggressive enough in the last 20 meters. He said the second half was much better, where they had almost 60% ball possession and five shots on goal, while Basel had zero.
Lukas Mai will miss the game with a tendon injury. The 23-year-old German was one of the team's best central defenders this season. He started in almost every match before the injury.
Another starting central defender, Fabio Daprela, will miss the game with an injury.
Last matches of Lugano
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Young Boys
3 : 2
Lugano
Swiss Cup
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Zurich
2 : 3
Lugano
Super League
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Lugano
2 : 0
Young Boys
Super League
-
Basel
1 : 1
Lugano
Super League
-
Lugano
2 : 1
FC Winterthur
Super League
Lugano lineup
Goalkeeper
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13
Serif Berbic
Defenders
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34
Allan Arigoni
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20
Ousmane Doumbia
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5
Albian Hajdari
Midfielders
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25
Uran Bislimi
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29
Mohamed Haj Mahmoud
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14
Jonathan Sabbatini
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23
Milton Valenzuela
Forwards
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11
Renato Steffen
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31
Ignacio Aliseda
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9
Žan Celar
Young Boys team news
The team's best goalkeeper, David von Ballmoos, suffered a knee injury and missed a big part of the season. With him out, Anthony Racioppi or Marvin Keller will have to start on the goal.
Cedric Itten will miss the game with a neck injury. He is the team's second-best goalscorer this season.
A starting defensive midfielder, Cheikh Niasse, will also miss the game with an injury.
Two backup players will also miss the game due to injuries: midfielder Miguel Chaiwa and forward Yannick Toure.
Last matches of Young Boys
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Young Boys
3 : 2
Lugano
Swiss Cup
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Young Boys
2 : 1
FC Winterthur
Super League
-
Lugano
2 : 0
Young Boys
Super League
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Sion FC
0 : 2
Young Boys
Super League
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Young Boys
1 : 1
Zurich
Super League
Young Boys lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Anthony Racioppi
Defenders
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24
Quentin Maceiras
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4
Aurele Amenda
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28
Fabian Lustenberger
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23
Loris Benito
Midfielders
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16
Christian Fassnacht
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30
Sandro Lauper
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22
Donat Rrudhani
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29
Kastriot Imeri
Forwards
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18
Jean-Pierre Nsame
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15
Meschack Elia
5 Reasons why we should see more than three goals
- Lugano were four times over 2.5 goals in the last five matches
- Lugano scored two or more goals in six of the last seven games
- Young Boys scored 80 goals in 34 rounds in Super League
- Young Boys were 21 times over 2.5 goals in 34 matches in the league
- Three of the last four h2h games finished with three or more goals
Main prediction Lugano - Young Boys
Over 2.5 goals
Best Odds:
Bet365
1.48
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Additional predictions
Team 2 to Win
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Lugano & Young Boys current standing in Super League
| Regular Season | P | W | D | L |
G - A
|
GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Boys | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 82 - 30 | +52 | 74 |
| 2 | Servette | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 53 - 48 | +5 | 58 |
| 3 | Lugano | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 59 - 47 | +12 | 57 |
| 4 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 56 - 52 | +4 | 50 |
| 5 | Basel | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 51 - 50 | +1 | 47 |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 66 - 52 | +14 | 45 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 56 - 64 | -8 | 44 |
| 8 | Zürich | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 41 - 55 | -14 | 44 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 32 - 66 | -34 | 32 |
| 10 | Sion | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 41 - 73 | -32 | 31 |