Young Boys go head-to-head against Galatasaray on Wednesday. Read our Predictions and Betting Tips with Match Preview, Head-to-head stats (h2h) and Team Form Analysis.
This match will be played on 21/08/2024 at 22:00
Our prediction for this Champions League match:
All eyes will be on Stadion Wankdorf when Young Boys and Galatasaray lock horns in the Champions League playoffs, first leg. Young Boys must be high on confidence following a thrilling Swiss Cup win (10-0) over Printse-Nendaz and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. A man to watch in the home team will be Silvere Ganvoula. Who has already netted three goals in the new domestic campaign.
Galatasaray, on the other hand, kicked off the new Turkish Super Lig season with back-to-back wins over Hatayspor and Konyaspor and they are seen as favourites to win Wednesday’s qualifier as well. When the two teams faced each other in Uhren Cup back in 2016 they played out a 1-1 draw, but we are tempted to put our money on Mauro Icardi and Co. this time out as Okan Buruk has a number of high-profile players to choose from. Former Tottenham defender Davinson Sanchez misses the first leg with injury.
How the bookies view it: Struggling Young Boys rank outsiders
With BSC Young Boys in such dismal form, Augbet make them outsiders at 11/4 but those odds seem pretty generous for a home European game. Galatasaray are just 9/10 for a win in Switzerland while the draw pays 13/5 by 188jili.
Head to head: Turks on a Swiss roll
These sides have never faced off before but Galatasaray have an excellent record against sides from Switzerland. They’ve won 11 of their 17 games against Swiss side and lost just four.
Players to watch: In-form Ganvoula worth a punt at 4/1
While his team have made a poor start to the season, the same can’t be said of Silvere Ganvoula, who has netted three times in four games. He’s 4/1 for anytime scorer with 188jili and that looks overpriced.
Galatasaray have a host of big names in their side and former Chelsea winger Hakim Ziyech has signed a permanent deal after last year’s loan spell. He always carries a threat and is 5/2 with Wjpeso for anytime scorer.
Probable line-ups
Lukasz Lakomy, Kastriot Imeri, Saidy Janko and Facient Conte are set to miss out for BSC Young Boys while former Spurs stopper Davinson Sanchez is on the sidelines with an injury for Galatasaray.
BSC Young Boys: Von Ballmoos, Hadjam, Zoukrou, Husic, Blum, Ugrinic, Colley, Chaiwa, Lauper, Males, Ganvoula.
Galatasaray: Muslera, Dubois, Ayhan, Nelsson, Bardakci, Akturkoglu, Mertens. Ziyech, Torreira, Yilmaz, Icardi.
Young Boys vs Galatasaray Prediction
Champions League qualifying tie arrives at the worst possible time for Young Boys who are yet to win a game in the Swiss League. They lost their first three games of the season in humbling fashion. While the latest two ended in high-scoring 2-2 draws.
The most worrying thing for head coach Patrick Rahmen is the number of goals the Bern Boys have conceded. Which stand at 13 from 5 as they prepare to take the flight to Istanbul.
Galatasaray started the season with a humiliating 6-0 defeat to arch-rivals Besiktas in the Super Cup. This will remain in the memory for a while despite recovering with back-to-back 2-1 wins in the Super Lig.
Turkish coach Okan Buruk has a chance to bring some confidence into the squad on Wednesday against an ailing defense that leaks goals and we cannot go wrong by backing a Galatasaray win in this fixture. At the same time, Asian handicap -1.5 for visitors remains as a top option for brave punters. Which could feature in one of our Premium Tips of this week.
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