BSC Young Boys vs FC Zurich — Super League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 12+ matches
BSC Young Boys50%
FC Zurich25%✓ Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.6% correct across 576,853 matches, vs 44.7% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.9% correct · Away picks 49.7% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
BSC Young Boys creates 50% more chances
Season form · 16 home / 12 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over52
- Under48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes54
- No46
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
BSC Young Boys ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
BSC Young Boys at home — creates 1.77, concedes 1.11 · 16 matches
FC Zurich away — creates 1.11, concedes 1.54 · 12 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
BSC Young Boys attack 1.77 + FC Zurich defence 1.54 → ÷2 → 1.66
FC Zurich attack 1.11 + BSC Young Boys defence 1.11 → ÷2 → 1.11
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 50%?"
BSC Young Boys at 50% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 50% does not mean "BSC Young Boys will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
If points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
Shots
Pass accuracy
Statistics
BSC Young Boys host FC Zurich on Saturday, 24 August 2019 at 17:00. The match is part of the Super League 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: BSC Young Boys vs FC Zurich
BSC Young Boys beat FC Zurich 4-0 in Super League on August 24, 2019.
Goals: Y. Brecher (29' o.g.), J. Nsamé (59'), M. Ngamaleu (69' pen), G. Gaudino (77').
BSC Young Boys controlled possession (59%) and registered 22 shots to 6.
The match was played at STADE DE SUISSE Wankdorf Bern in Bern.