Young Boys vs Zurich Prediction: Top table contest will be entertaining

First placed Zurich will travel to play second placed Young Boys at Wankdorf Stadium in this week 11 Swiss Super League contest. Young Boys are off a win over Basel, while Zurich are on a win run of three.

Young Boys were victorious in all three of their previous games, which were played against Lugano, Grasshopper, and Basel. Unfortunately, this team was defeated by St. Gallen, although they earned a draw against Crvena Zvezda in the UEFA Champions League match they played. The score was 2-2. In those games, Young Boys was able to score 11 goals, but they also allowed 5 goals to be scored against them. During the current league season, Young Boys have scored a total of 2.22 goals on average per match. When it comes to disciplinary actions, the home team has been issued 19 yellow cards but none of the more serious red cards, and they have committed an average of 14.22 fouls per game. The Young Boys team has an average rating of 6.94 after each encounter. This season, Young Boys has maintained a ball possession rate of 57.33% on average, which indicates that they are good at keeping the ball.

In their most recent Super League outing, Zurich defeated Winterthur by a score of 3-2, giving them momentum heading into this matchup. During that match, Zurich held 45% of the possession and had 15 shots on goal, with 5 of them landing in the target area. The goal scorers for Zurich were Nikola Boranijaevi, Antonio Marchesano, and Fabian Rohner. Boranijaevi's goal came in the second minute, and Marchesano and Rohner's goals came in the 45th and 78th minutes, respectively. On the other end of the field, Winterthur had 18 shots on goal, with 7 of them finding their mark. Both Matteo Di Giusto and Sayfallah Ltaief scored goals for Winterthur. The first one came in the 31st minute, and the second one came in the 94th minute. In the last six matches that Zurich has fielded a team, there have been a total of 20 goals scored, which works out to an average of 3.33 goals per game. A look at Zurich's historical performance reveals that in the two most recent league matches played away from their home stadium, the club has not been able to secure a victory over Young Boys. Additionally, the away team has not been defeated in any of their most recent eight league matches played away from home.

The game will undoubtedly be won by the team playing at home. A lot of great performances and a revival from this feisty side after a disappointing performance the previous season have led me to believe that Zurich should not be written off at this point. In the meantime, Young Boys merely seem to be in great shape, and the fact that they play at home will be a significant advantage for them. As a result, I believe that this game will be a close one, with both teams scoring and Young Boys taking the three points.