FCSB vs Young Boys prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-10-01 16:45.
[p]FCSB aim to make it two wins from two games in the UEFA Europa League (UEL) when they host a Young Boys side reeling from a heavy defeat on matchday one.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]FCSB claimed a narrow 1-0 win away at Go Ahead Eagles in their UEL opener, and followed that up with another victory by the same scoreline in the league at the weekend. Those back-to-back wins mean the Red and Blues have only lost one of their last six games (W3, D2), and they’ll be confident of another here having opened their last two UEL campaigns with successive victories. FCSB’s optimism may be fuelled further based on their strong home showings at this phase last season, where they were only beaten by Manchester United (W2, D1).[/p]
[p]Young Boys began the league phase with an alarming 4-1 defeat to Panathinaikos, as the Swiss side started a second successive European campaign with a loss by a three-goal margin. That result continued a dismal recent run in UEFA main draw matches which has seen Young Boys win just one of their last 15 such games (D2, L12), losing all of their previous nine – the longest-ever losing run by a Swiss side in major European competition![/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]This is the third meeting between the two sides after FCSB ran out 8-2 winners on aggregate in a Cup Winners’ Cup tie in 1979. The Romanian side have lost just three of their 14 H2Hs against Swiss opposition (W4, D7).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]There have been three red cards in FCSB’s last four European games.[/p]
[p]None of FCSB’s last four home matches saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Young Boys have only kept two clean sheets in their last 15 games, and none in the previous six.[/p]
[p]Eight of Young Boys’ last ten goals came after half-time.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Florin Tănase scored the winner for FCSB in their previous match and has three direct goal contributions in his last five appearances for them (G2, A1), while Chris Bedia has seven goals in his last seven outings for Young Boys, including a brace against Thun on Sunday.[/p]
[p]Adrian Sut, Mihai Lixandru and Daniel Graovac are expected to be missing for FCSB, while Gregory Wüthrich is absent for Young Boys.[/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given the hosts’ recent impressive continental record and Young Boys’ woes in Europe, it might be worth backing FCSB to win and over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p][i]Author: James Hilsum[/i][/p]