Basel 1-2 Young Boys: result and report
Super League · Wednesday 23 May 2012
Result
Basel 1-2 Young Boys
Super League · Wednesday 23 May 2012, 18:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Basel 1-2 Young Boys: match report
Basel were beaten by Young Boys 1-2 in the Super League on Wednesday 23 May 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Moreno Costanzo opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Basel's goal came from Xherdan Shaqiri (33'). Young Boys scored through Moreno Costanzo (18') and Matias Vitkieviez (80').
Discipline: Basel received 2 yellow cards; Young Boys received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Basel were 1st on 68 points from 33 and Young Boys 4th on 48 points from 33. Basel went on to finish that season 1st with 71 points, and Young Boys 4th with 51.
Basel lined up in a 4-4-2 and Young Boys in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Basel wins, 4 draws and 2 for Young Boys.
Going into the match Basel's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Young Boys's W-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Moreno Costanzo
- 21'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 23'Yellow card · Joshua Simpson
- 33'Goal · Xherdan Shaqiri
- 48'Yellow card · Juhani Ojala
- 79'Yellow card · Yann Sommer
- 80'Goal · Matias Vitkieviez
Head-to-head
Team news
Basel line-up (4-4-2)
Yann Sommer, Ju-ho Park, Aleksandar Dragovic, David Abraham, Markus Steinhofer, Benjamin Huggel, Xherdan Shaqiri, Granit Xhaka, Valentin Stocker, Jacques Zoua, Alex Frei
Young Boys line-up (4-4-1-1)
Marco Wölfli, J. Ojala, Dušan Veškovac, Jan Lecjaks, Alexander Farnerud, Moreno Costanzo, Elsad Zverotić, Joshua Simpson, Emmanuel Mayuka, Josef Martínez, Raphael Nuzzolo