Match Report
Young Boys had gone 10 games without a win.
GioScore's database holds 15 meetings between the two: 6 for Young Boys, 5 for Basel and 4 drawn, at 3.33 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%. Where history says 3.33 goals per meeting, the last five say 4.4.
Stadion Wankdorf (Bern), capacity 32,000, hosted the game. With 97 matches recorded and 2.1 yellow cards per game, S. Schärer was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Young Boys led 3-2 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-3.
Goal scorers
Young Boys: Joël Monteiro (7'), Samuel Essende (14'), Alvyn Sanches (45') · Basel: Kazeem Olaigbe (32'), Asane Sow (37'), Akpe Victory (71')
Key stats
Possession: Young Boys 53% · Basel 47% · Total shots: 21-12 · On target: 9-4 · Corners: 9-3