Feyenoord vs. Young Boys – Prediction (Europa League – 07.11.2019)

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Feyenoord have won their last two home games against Swiss sides, though is their first such match since November 2000 in the UEFA Cup (1-0 vs Basel). Young Boys have only won two of their 18 away games in the Europa League (D5 L11).

The reverse fixture between Feyenoord and Young Boys ended up being the penultimate game of Jaap Stam’s reign. Now, Dick Advocaat is at the Feyenoord helm with a wealth of European experience to boot, with his record in UEFA club competition standing at: W44, D28, L25 (45.35% win rate). A goal either side of half-time by Steven Berghuis last time out helped get Advocaat’s reign off to a flyer, and end the Rotterdammers four-match winless run. Feyenoord look to improve on their current 9-0 aggregate score in European home games this term after they beat Porto 2-0 in their last UEFA Europa League (UEL) fixture. Notably, all three of their European home games this term featured under 1.5 first-half goals, but also over 1.5 Feyenoord goals in the second half.

All three of Feyenoord’s UEL group stage matches have ended with under 2.5 goals. Meanwhile, Young Boys are amongst the best-disciplined group stage sides (four bookings – 1.33 per-match average). Feyenoord are the joint-most booked UEL side in the group stage (12 bookings – 4.0 per-match on average).

Young Boys have qualified from just two of their five prior UEL group stage appearances, and the current group-toppers may struggle here given that they possess a win-rate of just 11.11% away from home in the UEL (Group stage onwards: W2, D5, L11). Ivorian forward Roger Assale has scored Young Boys’ opening goal in each of their UEL group stage victories this term. Whilst the Swiss side have scored exactly four goals in four of their last five domestic matches (W4, L1), the visitors’ outings in Europe have been kept to much more modest scorelines. None of the last seven such fixtures saw either side score three or more goals since a 3-1 defeat away at Valencia in 2018.

Match Info and Live Scores.