Young Boys vs Atalanta Preview: Team News & Prediction
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It has been a poor start to the campaign for Young Boys with Atalanta recovering from a slow-ish start to look like a genuinely rampant title challenger in Serie A at this stage.
Kick-off date/time: Tuesday 26th November, 2024: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm
How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Cannot be televised
How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+
Young Boys Preview: Inexperienced Young Boys
After regaining the Swiss Super League title last season, the Berne-based Young Boys have massively underwhelmed in the 2024/25 campaign as they sit ninth in the 12-team league table with just four wins in 15 league matches domestically.
On the continent, the Swiss champions overcame Galatasaray in a surprise two-legged playoff round win in August but they have lost all four of their UEFA Champions League outings in the league phase, most recently losing 2-1 to Shakhtar Donetsk a few weeks ago.
Atalanta Preview: Brilliant Bergamasci
After a turbulent summer transfer window, Atalanta have been massively improved as the season has gone on with the Bergamasci involved in the Serie A title race and that continued with an impressive 3-1 defeat of Parma at the Ennio Tardini at the weekend.
In the UEFA Champions League, Atalanta remain unbeaten with two victories and two draws in their opening four matches. Their most recent outing saw Gian Piero Gasperini’s side comfortably defeat Stuttgart by two goals to nil in Germany.
Young Boys Team News: Injury crisis
Young Boys’ poor opening few months of this campaign has not been helped by something of an injury crisis that they are dealing with as the likes of Loris Benito and Patric Pfeiffer are sidelined alongside former Manchester United man Saidy Janko.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Keller; Athekame, Lauper, Jetzer, Blum; Ugrinic, Niasse; Males, Imeri, Colley; Ganvoula
Unavailable: Benito (Injured), A. Conte (Injured), F. Conte (Injured), Pfeiffer (Injured), Seiler (Injured), Crnovrsanin (Injured), Chaiwa (Injured), Zoukrou (Injured), Janko (Injured)
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Atalanta Team News: Defensive injuries
Giorgio Scalvini has returned from an ACL injury ahead of schedule but Atalanta are still dealing with a few other defensive absentees as Berat Djimsiti remains sidelined alongside former Arsenal man Sead Kolasinac and former Chelsea wing-back Davide Zappacosta.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Carnesecchi; Toloi, Hien, Koussounou; Bellanova, De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; De Ketelaere, Lookman; Retegui
Unavailable: Djimsiti (Injured), Kolasinac (Injured), Zappacosta (Injured), Scamacca (Injured)
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Key Stats
- Young Boys have won only one of their last eight UEFA competition matches against Italian teams (D1 L6).
- Young Boys have lost their last five matches in the UEFA Champions League proper. This is their longest sequence of successive defeats in the competition.
- Young Boys have won only one of their last 15 matches in the UEFA Champions League proper (D3 L11).
- Atalanta are unbeaten in their last ten UEFA competition group/league phase matches (W6 D4).
- Atalanta have not conceded a goal in their last five UEFA competition group/league phase matches.
- Atalanta are unbeaten in their last 12 away matches in UEFA competition (W7 D5).
- Atalanta have lost only two of their last 18 UEFA competition matches (W10 D6).
- Atalanta have kept six clean sheets in their last seven UEFA competition matches.
Young Boys vs Atalanta Prediction
Poor results and performances in the UEFA Champions League were and are pretty much always to be expected for Young Boys but they have underwhelmed significantly domestically, too, to suggest the problems are a bit deeper than just a lack of quality for this level. They face an Atalanta side that have a deep squad well-tuned to Gasperini’s methods and a heavy and comfortable away win is to be expected for this one in Berne.
Young Boys vs Atalanta Tip: Atalanta to win -1 handicap
