Young Boys vs St. Gallen Prediction: top flight clash to be interesting

When Young Boys take on St. Gallen this coming weekend, they will be playing at home and looking to secure a victory to maintain their position at the top of the Super League table. On the other hand, St. Gallen is well aware that a win on their part will bring them closer to the team that is currently in first place in their pursuit of the Super League trophy. In the following paragraphs, let us go even deeper into the contest.

Following their recent success in the Super League against FC Luzern, BSC Young Boys are looking to add another victory to their league performance. During that game, BSC Young Boys controlled 57% of the possession and had 16 shots on goal, with 8 hitting the target. Meschak Elia, 15 minutes,and Jean-Pierre Name at the 95 minutes were the BSC Young Boys players who could find the back of the net. Luzern had 15 shots on goal, only four on target. The goal for FC Luzern in the eighteenth minute by Pascal Schürpf. BSC Young Boys have not been able to stop scoring goals, as evidenced by the fact that they have scored at least one goal in their most recent six matches. During that period, they scored 13 goals while also allowing a total of 4 goals to be scored against them. The BSC Young Boys have been very dominant at home, as evidenced by the fact that they have not suffered a defeat in any of their previous eight league matches.

St. Gallen will be looking to make amends for their performance in their previous Super League match, which was a loss to FC Basel 1893. They will be playing this match, intending to win. During that match, St. Gallen had a 40% possession rate and ten shots on goal, with 4 of those shots landing in the target area. Jérémy Guillemenot scored the first goal for St. Gallen in the sixth minute, Lawrence Ati-Zigi scored an own goal in the seventeenth minute, and Lukas Gortler scored in the 75th minute. On the other end of the field, Basel had 15 shots on goal, but only four were successful. Zeki Amdouni scored for FC Basel 1893 in the 15th minute, and Bradley Fink scored in the 83rd minute. At least three goals have been scored in the previous six matches involving St. Gallen. This includes all six of those matches. During that period, the overall average number of goals scored in a game was 6.17, while the number of goals that St. Gallen scored on average was 4.5. On the other hand, the continuation of that pattern into this game is not a given at all. In the 30 previous league matches played away from home by St. Gallen, they have never been victorious against BSC Young Boys. This match will be the 31st of those matches.

In the most recent league match between these two clubs, which took place on match day 7 of the Super League on September 4, 2022, the final score was St. Gallen 2, BSC Young Boys 1. However, it appears that Young Boys have reinvigorated themselves for this season as they perform at a high level. Even though we anticipate they will have difficulty winning this match, we still expect them to emerge victorious and claim all three points in this contest.