Young Boys vs Galatasaray prediction

Swiss outfit Young Boys will be looking to make it three consecutive seasons in Europe’s premier club competition when they lock horns with Galatasaray over two legs in the finals of the UCL Qualification in the next few days. The Bern club finished third in the group stage last season behind Manchester City and RB Leipzig but lost to Portuguese giants Sporting when in the Europa League knockout rounds. The new coach Patrick Rahmen is under pressure following a rather lacklustre start in their domestic league and he will hope his charges can turn around things quickly here.

Galatasaray pipped Fenerbahce to win a third successive league title last season – and 25th in the Istanbul club’s history – while amassing an impressive 102 points. Like the hosts, they too exited the group stage of the Champions League and subsequently the round-of-32 in the Europa League last season. Galatasaray suffered an embarrassing 5-0 mauling by Besiktas in the Turkish Super Cup. They have kicked off the defence of their title with back-to-back wins over Hatalyaspor and Konyaspor and coach  Okan Buruk will hope to rub off some of this form here.

Both teams defences have been porous to start this season. Young Boys have conceded at least twice in all 5 of their league matches thus far. Galatasaray allowed 5 goals in the Super Cup. We can expect an attack minded game here and for our opening Young Boys vs Galatasaray prediction, we are backing this clash to have at least 4 goals scored

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Main Tip: Over 3.5 Goals

Our Young Boys vs Galatasaray predictions

According to the statistics and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following tips:

Prediction 1: Over 3.5 Goals

Here are 3 reasons why we are backing this match to have at least 4 total goals scored:

• Young Boys’ last 5 matches have witnessed at least 4 goals scored
• 4 of Galatasaray’s last 5 away games have also had 4 goals scored
• At home, 3 of Young Boys’ last 5 competitive matches have had at least 4 goals scored

Odds for this bet

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The odd of 2.75 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 36% chance that this match will have at least 4 total goals scored

Odds comparison for Over 3.5 Goals

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1xBet – odd 2.70

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Prediction 2: Both Teams to Score

3 reasons why we are backing this match to have both teams score:

• 5 of Young Boys’ last 7 matches have had both teams scoring
• 7 of Galatasaray’s last 9 matches have also had both teams score
• Their only H2H encounter ended 1-1

Odds for this bet

Paripesa offers competitive odds for “Both Teams to Score”

The odd of 1.67 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 60% that both teams will find the back of the net in this match

Odds comparisons Both Teams to Score

Paripesa – odd 1.67
Betwinner – odd 1.65

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Prediction 3: Over 4.5 Bookings

Here’s why we feel there is value in picking this match to have at least 5 bookings:

• 4 of Young Boy’s 5 league matches have had at least 5 bookings
• The last cup game for Galatasaray had 9 bookings (including a red card for Galatasaray)
• A tight physical encounter with cynical challenges is expected as both teams seek to gain an advantage in this 1st leg

Statistics for Young Boys vs Galatasaray Prediction

Team News Young Boys

• Patrick Rahmen was able to shuffle his squad in the resounding weekend cup win over minnows Printse-Nendaz, in which they pumped in 10 goals
• Young Boys will miss the services of the injured duo of Facinet Conte and Saidy Janko
• Swiss international Kastriot Imeri – who spent much of last season injured – was unlucky again as he recently sustained an ankle injury and he is expected to be out until September
• Cedric Itten scored a hatrick in the 10-0 win, but the coach is likely to go with Silvere Ganvoula and Meschak Elia upfront ahead of the ex-Rangers striker

Team News Galatasaray

• Galatasaray will be without Davinson Sanchez who they lost to injury; fellow defender Kaan Ayhan will however miss the trip to Switzerland because of suspension
• Derrick Kohn was sidelined by a chest infection last week and remains a doubt for this match
• Summer signing Gabriel Sara – who started Friday’s away win against Konyaspor – was granted paternity leave to witness the birth of his child in England, where his girlfriend is
• Victor Nelsson is likely to pair with Abdulkerim Bardakci in central defence while Sara’s absence should see Lucas Torreira link up with Kerem Demirbay in central midfield
• Striker Mauro Icardi will once again lead the line, having already scored this new season: the ex-Inter Milan forward scored 32 goals and had 12 assists across all competitions last season, including three goals in Europe

H2H statistics

They have met just once before about 8 years ago. The match ended in a 1-1 draw

Latest results Young Boys

• 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in their last 5 matches
• 15 goals scored in these last 5 matches. Average of 3.00 goals per match
• Thrashed Printse-Nendaz 10-0 in the Swiss Cup at the weekend

Latest results Galatasaray

• 3 wins and 2 losses in their last 5 matches
• 6 goals scored in these last 5 matches. Average 1.20 goals per match
• Edged Konyaspor 2-1 away in the weekend league match

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