BSC Young Boys vs Manchester City FC, Champions League 2023-24 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
BSC Young Boys vs Manchester City FC — Champions League at Stadion Wankdorf.
- BSC Young Boys 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Manchester City FC 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Morten Krogh
- Assistant 1 Dennis Rasmussen
- Assistant 2 Steffen Bramsen (Denmark)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern München 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodø/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC København 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Oct Manchester City FC H 1–3 L 04 Oct FK Crvena Zvezda A 2–2 D 19 Sep RB Leipzig H 1–3 L 29 Aug Maccabi Haifa FC H 3–0 W 23 Aug Maccabi Haifa FC A 0–0 D 08 Dec Manchester United FC A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Oct BSC Young Boys A 3–1 W 21 Oct Brighton & Hove Albion FC H 2–1 W 08 Oct Arsenal FC A 0–1 L 04 Oct RB Leipzig A 3–1 W 30 Sep Wolverhampton Wanderers FC A 1–2 L 23 Sep Nottingham Forest FC H 2–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history30% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Stadion Wankdorf will turn into a battlefield for BSC Young Boys and Manchester City FC.
- 4' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Joel Monteiro.
- 9' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 14' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 19' It looks surprising BSC Young Boys does not make any changes. Anthony Racioppi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 24' Manchester City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 29' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. BSC Young Boys needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 34' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 34 minutes.
- 39' Bernardo Silva needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 44' Rodri has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 57 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 48' Goal! Manuel Akanji scores his 14 goal in 521 matches.
- 52' Goal! Meschack Elia scores his 6 goal in 236 matches.
- 57' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Manchester City FC that had 436 games and scored 1020 goals.
- 62' The travelling Manchester City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 64' Mohamed Aly Camara is having his name booked by the referee on 64.
- 67' Sensational shot from Erling Haaland. Manchester City FC is back in the lead.
- 72' The supporters are chanting for Bernardo Silva. He replaces Jeremy Doku on 72 minute.
- 73' Time for substitution for BSC Young Boys. Cedric Itten is replaced by Jean-Pierre Nsame.
- 74' GOAL! Julian Alvarez scores on 74.
- 79' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 80' The whistle greets Lewin Blum as he departs to be replaced by Saidy Janko.
- 85' Manchester City FC is showing some good football. However, Manchester City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 86' Goal! Erling Haaland scores his 250 goal in 83 matches.
- 90' The supporters are chanting for Sergio Gomez. He replaces Erling Haaland on 90 minute.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Manchester City FC players.
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Lineups
BSC Young Boys Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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Ulisses Garcia ↓ Noah Persson 80'
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Sandro Lauper ↓ Darian Males 80'
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- 7
- 9
- 20
- 15
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27
Lewin Blum ↓ Saidy Janko 80'
- 77
Bench
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17
Saidy Janko ↑ 80'
- 28
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35
Silvere Ganvoula ↑ 72'
- 40
- 26
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18
Jean-Pierre Nsame ↑ 73'
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39
Darian Males ↑ 80'
- 11
- 4
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19
Noah Persson ↑ 80'
- 14
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Coach Raphaël WickyManchester City FC Lineups
3-2-4-1Starting XI
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- 8
- 31
- 10
- 25
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16
Rodri ↓ Kalvin Phillips 90'
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27
Matheus Nunes ↓ Julian Alvarez 72'
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9
Erling Haaland ↓ Sergio Gomez 90'
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Jeremy Doku ↓ Bernardo Silva 72'
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Bench
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20
Bernardo Silva ↑ 72'
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- 47
- 33
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Kalvin Phillips ↑ 90'
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21
Sergio Gomez ↑ 90'
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Julian Alvarez ↑ 72'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Erling Haaland 4 Manuel Akanji 1 Meschack Elia 1 Phil Foden 1 Head to Head
BSC Young Boys Form
Manchester City FC Form
2023-10-25 BSC Young Boys 1–3 Manchester City FC W 2023-10-21 Manchester City FC 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2023-10-08 Arsenal FC 1–0 Manchester City FC L 2023-10-04 RB Leipzig 1–3 Manchester City FC W 2023-09-30 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2–1 Manchester City FC L 2023-09-23 Manchester City FC 2–0 Nottingham Forest FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.28 BSC Young Boys xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.78 Manchester City FC xGI would bet for: BSC Young Boys or Manchester City FC 73% + Both teams to score 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Manchester City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.06Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 58% 42% ± 3.5 37% 63% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
BSC Young Boys or Draw 55%Draw or Manchester City FC 71%BSC Young Boys or Manchester City FC 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.6%1 – 2 9.1%0 – 1 7.6%0 – 2 7.3%2 – 1 6.6%0 – 0 6.4%2 – 2 5.9%1 – 3 Actual1 – 0 5.2%0 – 3 4.3%2 – 0 3.8%2 – 3 3.5%Asian Handicap — BSC Young Boys
Handicap BSC Young Boys covers Push Manchester City FC covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 8% 88% -1.5 12% — 88% -1 12% 15% 73% -0.5 27% — 73% +0.5 52% — 48% +1 52% 21% 27% +1.5 73% — 27% +2 73% 15% 12% +2.5 88% — 12% Clean Sheet
BSC Young Boys keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet 28% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.