Young Boys vs Luzern Prediction: Home team have nothing to lose

The runner-up Luzern are still working to make it into the Champions League. Nonetheless, it looks like Young Boys have the upper hand here. Which team do you think will win this match? Below, we've laid out all the specifics, including betting options.

After suffering a 4-1 defeat in their previous Super League match against Grasshopper Club Zurich, Young Boys will be hoping for a better outcome this time around. During that match, Young Boys managed to have 64 percent possession of the ball and 22 shots on goal, with only five of those shots hitting the target. Christian Fassnacht scored a goal in the 31st minute for Young Boys, and Fabian Lustenberger scored an own goal in the 49th minute. On the other side of the field, Grasshoppers had 11 shots on goal, with six of them finding the back of the net. Shkelqim Demhasaj scored for Grasshopper in the 23rd minute, while Petar Pui scored twice in the 42nd and 77th minutes. Matches against Young Boys are almost always entertaining affairs, and fans can typically anticipate a high number of goals to be scored. Both teams have scored a combined total of 25 goals in their most recent half-dozen head-to-head contests, which works out to an average of 4.17 goals scored per match, with Young Boys being responsible for 15 of those tallies. Taking a look at their performance in the past reveals that Luzern have not been able to defeat Young Boys in the league in any of their last 12 matches. Also, the home team are unbeaten in their past 19 matches played at home in the league.

Luzern will be coming into this match on the heels of a Super League victory, having defeated Winterthur by a score of 3-1. During that match, Luzern had 57% possession of the ball and 22 shots on goal, with 7 of those shots finding the target. Pius Dorn in the 40th minute, Dejan Sorgi in the 65th minute, and Pascal Schurpf in the 81st minute all found the back of the net for Luzern. Winterthur had a total of nine shots on goal, but only two of them were successful. In the 25th minute, Joaqun Ardaiz scored for the visiting team. Luzern have allowed their opponents to score in five of their most recent six matches, for a total of seven goals scored by their rivals in those encounters. The prior information reveals that Luzern have not been victorious over Young Boys in any of the eight league matches that have taken place away from their home stadium.

Both Young Boys and Luzern have competed against one another 68 times over the course of the previous seasons, with Young Boys coming out on top 39 times and Luzern claiming victory 12 times. There were, however, 17 games that were decided by a tie. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Young Boys scored 144 goals, while Luzern only managed to score 97.

In spite of the fact that they just suffered a loss in the league, Young Boys play much better at home, and we anticipate that they will be able to nullify the attacking potential of Luzern. However, the scenario in which both teams score a lot of goals is by far the most likely to occur, so we will focus on that possibility once more here.