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Young Boys vs Basel Prediction & Betting tips
The Super League wakes up from its winter break with a true summit on Sunday afternoon: Master Young Boys welcomes the big rival FC Basel at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. These two clubs have dominated the Swiss league in recent years: FC Basel from 2010 to 2017, the Young Boys 2018 and 2019. This year, however, the two opponents have been fighting at eye level.
The defending champion hibernated in first place in the table, but only two points ahead of the Bebbi. In addition, this year there is a third competitor for the championship title, FC St. Gallen, which should not be overlooked as the FCSG is only one point behind FCB. Who can now set a first exclamation point in the battle for the championship?
Before the top game Young Boys vs. FC Basel speak the odds of bookmakers for the home strong hosts. However, the betting base sees the champion as having a slight advantage and is therefore betting against Young Boys vs. FC Basel their tip on a home win, which is secured with the option “Draw no bet”.
Young boys:
In the 2017/18 season, the Young Boys won the championship by 15 points over Basel. The following season, YB was able to defend the title. This time the FCB was even 20 points away. But this season, Bern are having a hard time. While the champions have only left 17 points in the entire past season, there are already 16 points after the first 18 game days this season.
One reason for this is surely the big change that the squad had to go through last summer. In addition, the hospital was always well filled. At times, nine players were missing. So coach Gerardo Seoane had hardly any change options. And YB had a total of nine weeks in English. In December the Young Boys just barely saved themselves for the winter break.
In the game-free period, professionals like Fabian Lustenberger and Miralem Sulejmani returned to the squad. Sandro Lauper and Ali Camara are expected back in February. The yellow-blacks could rely on their home strength. With seven wins and two draws, the Seoane team remained at home in the first half of the season without defeat.
Overall, the Young Boys have been unbeaten since 21 Super League home games and won 18 of them. With YB’s great home yield, the odds are up to 2.06 in advance of the game Young Boys vs. FC Basel for a forecast of a win for the home side is surprisingly high.
One reason for this could be the fluctuating performance of Bern in the first half of the season. For example, Bern only got four points from the last four league guest appearances.
In the last friendly before the start of 2020, the champions could not get past a draw against FC Schaffhausen. Previously, YB had been in training camp in Turkey and also tested against Hansa Rostock, Istanbul Basaksehir, Viitorul and Chiasso. The test game balance ended with two wins, one draw and two losses. On Sunday the Bernese have to do without Frederik Sörensen due to injury.
FC Basel :
In the past two years there has been a lot of frustration with the 20-time champions because they had been so extremely unlikely against the Young Boys in the Super League. A low point during this period was certainly the 1: 7 bankruptcy on matchday 7 of the 2018/19 season at the Wankdorf Stadium. One of Bebbi’s major goals for this season was to narrow the gap to Bern again.
And if you look at the table after 18 match days, the FCB has already achieved this goal. But is this season for coach Marcel Koller’s men maybe even more possible? The team seems inspired by the fact that the Young Boys are finally back in touch. In addition, after two seasons without a title, the club is again very hungry for the championship.
With 41 goals scored and 17 conceded goals, Basel has the best defense in the league and the second best offensive. At home, the FCB only had to give up five points and have a great goal difference with 24: 6 goals. The red-blue had a little harder away. Four wins, two draws and three losses are only enough for third place on the away table. There has been only one win in the last six league appearances.
This yield makes before the duel Young Boys vs. FC Basel made a tip on points very difficult for the guests. The Bebbi traveled to the training camp in Marbella and played four friendly matches in preparation. From the games against Fortuna Düsseldorf, VfB Stuttgart, Bucharest and Hamburger SV, Rotblau took two wins and two losses. At the start of the new year, however, coach Koller has to do without top performers like Cömert, Xhaka, Cabral and Stocker.
With Jasper van der Werff, who can be used in defense or in midfield, the squad has so far been strengthened by one player. However, who is currently not replaceable is Taulant Xhaka. The brother of Arsenal professional Granit Xhaka is the undisputed aggressive leader in midfield.
Young Boys vs Basel head to head matches
01.12.19 SL Basel Young Boys 3 : 0
22.09.19 SL Young Boys Basel 1 : 1
12.05.19 SL Young Boys Basel 3 : 1
17.03.19 SL Basel Young Boys 2 : 2
02.12.18 SL Basel Young Boys 1 : 3