Grasshopper vs Young Boys Predictions

We are into the back half of the season in Switzerland and the winners of the league already look decided, as Young Boys sit a massive 19 points clear at the top of the table over 2nd placed Basel. Grasshopper on the other hand are sitting bottom of the table and battling for their lives. It looks between them and Xamax for the automatic relegation spot, with the 9th placed team having to play a relegation play-off to decide their future. Complete safety is 8 points away and this is not the ideal starting point to mount a miracle survival against top of the table.

As you would expect for the team bottom of the division, they are in abysmal form. They have lost 7 of their last 8 league games with the other being a 1-1 away draw, a run which has seen them plummet to the foot of the table. A 1-0 home loss to their nearest competitors Xamax just a few weeks ago has really made their task difficult here.

Young Boys are in a strange position, a position that European’s elite sides PSG and Juventus often face, as due to the league being so one side this seaso, they sit a huge 19 points clear of 2nd placed Basel. They were brought down to earth with a mighty bump on Wednesday however, as with the league all but sewn up they were dumped out of the Schweizer Pokal 4-0 away at mid table Luzern, a shocking result considering they could afford to throw everything at that competition.

Grasshoppers problem has been their ability to score goals, they have found the net just 24 times this season from 23 games and it puts them comfortably bottom of the goals scored table. A -21 goal difference is not manageable in the slightest if you want to stay in the division. At home they haven’t been atrocious, winning 4 of their 12 home games and ranking 8th in the home table, however 4 home losses on the bounce has seen confidence quashed and put them bang in trouble.

Young Boys have started to dominate this fixture, winning 5 of their last 6 meetings with Grasshopper winning just once in 11 meetings. Young Boys are unbeaten away from home this season and score plenty of goals, averaging 2.73 goals per game on the road this season. They have also scored in every league game this season whilst Grasshopper are yet to keep a home clean sheet.

Young Boys are rightly priced as the heavy favourites in this one. Grasshopper have been poor at home vs the top sides, losing 4-0 and 3-1 to 2nd placed Basel, 2-0 to 3rd placed Thun and have already lost 3-0 to Young Boys at home this season. They have lost all 4 of their games vs the top 3 at home this season and we are backing them to do the same here. We see Young Boys out here for some revenge after their shock cup loss in midweek and think they will win this game 3-0.