Super League, Sunday, 28.07.2024 at 16:30
The title defense mission begins – once again! The Young Boys from Bern want to return to the top of the table in 2025, but must first make sure they don’t get off to a false start.
After the defeat at the start, the fearful discipline is now on the agenda: an away game!
In my St. Gallen Young Boys tip, I’ll tell you why I’m expecting a rather defensive affair and why I’m backing “Under 3.5 goals”
19 wins and a six-point lead? No, it wasn’t the best haul in 33 matchdays – and yet Young Boys Bern managed to win the Swiss championship title again last May!
The Yellow and Blacks had to tremble a lot, so despite the celebrations, they also worked on their weaknesses during the summer break. So let’s first take a quick look at the personnel situation
A new coach has been hired in Patrick Rahmen, and no key players have left the team. At the same time, however, the Bernese team refrained from signing any new stars, at least as far as possible.
Only Ebrima Colley cost a transfer fee (1.65 million euros), so by and large the squad that secured the next championship a few months ago will have to do the job
A home game against FC Sion was on the agenda for the start. The Young Boys are actually a bank at home, but lo and behold: things can be different! They lost 2-1, and the fans had naturally expected much more.
Silvere Ganvoula’s early lead did not last, and the first defeat came early. The fans finally traveled to Geneva with mixed feelings, as it was going to be very, very difficult again against the runners-up.
The Yellow and Blacks lost 3:1, their next defeat! After the well-deserved defeat, good advice is expensive, and anyone who knows the Young Boys knows that the crisis talk is already omnipresent
Patrick Rahmen is thus the first coach in Bern to lose the first two league games of a season with his team – it is clear that a third must definitely not be added to avoid having to fear for his job.
Even last season, the team trembled every time they had to play away from their own stadium. Six wins in 17 games, 23:21 goals, that doesn’t sound like the Swiss serial champions
St. Gallen also failed to win three in 2023/24, with one draw and one defeat to show for it. A good cue to take a quick look at the direct comparison, which provides some interesting clues.
At first glance, Young Boys have only lost two of their last ten matches. But: Of the last eight matches in St. Gallen, only one was won!
It’s been four years since the Yellow & Blacks last won in the first half of a season. So it’s no wonder that our bookmakers aren’t at all sure whether they’ll get their first win on matchday three.
The average odds in our sports betting apps are estimated at around 2.23 to 2.55, so there is no real favorite.
St. Gallen must also make sure they don’t make the dreaded false start…
The Green-Whites have only played one match in 2024/25, which they lost 1-0 to FC Winterthur. St. Gallen also have a new coach on the sidelines, one we are all very familiar with.
Enrico Maaßen, who played for FC Augsburg a year ago, is supposed to get the team back on track. The fourth-placed team in the previous season was very strong at home, and that is exactly what they want to continue now.
The team finished with eleven wins, three draws and three defeats, with only Young Boys ending up with more points
The 2024/25 season is still young and yet the Young Boys from Bern are already in the midst of a crisis! After two defeats and only two goals, good advice is expensive, and the club was already in crisis away from home last season.
St. Gallen also started the new season with a defeat and didn’t have much to offer offensively. At least I could see that home games against Young Boys have usually ended well for years.
Ultimately, I couldn’t help but notice how difficult both teams still find it in attack. Since no one here has any points to their name yet, I’ve decided to bet on the following tip:
The 3.5 goals will not be scored!
