Young Boys celebrate their second resounding victory in three days with a 5:1 win against Sion. A dream goal from Rayan Raveloson paves the way for the Bernese after 62 seconds. Chris Bedia and Christian Fassnacht also scored again to put YB back in the championship race.
Once again, Young Boys' new trump cards came up trumps. Raveloson scored the very early 1:0 with an artful shot, Chris Bedia the 2:0 and the 4:1, Christian Fassnacht the 5:1. With the second resounding victory in three days, the champions impressively continued their race to catch up under Giorgio Contini. There is now a good chance that YB will be in the top six for the first time this season after the 23rd round on Sunday. And the gap to the top is not too big.
Madagascan midfielder Raveloson, who arrived from Auxerre, outwitted Sion keeper Timothy Fayulu shortly after the kick-off with a volley from almost 30 meters out that was struck with plenty of topspin. Former Servettien Bedia, who had returned from the Bundesliga, was on hand after Alan Virginius' beautiful and efficient dance through the Sion backline and increased his tally with a header at the start of the second half. Christian Fassnacht dusted off a deflected long-range shot a quarter of an hour before the end.
The three winter signings had already scored in the 6-1 win over Yverdon on Wednesday. YB responded to Benjamin Kololli's follow-up goal from an acute angle (37') by making it 3-1 before the break. Alan Virginius only had to keep his foot out after a cross-field pass from Joël Monteiro.
Against Sion, the resurgent champions were only lucky that goalkeeper Marvin Keller was not shown a red card for a tackle on Théo Bouchlarhem in the 21st minute. The TV footage initially gave rise to the suspicion that Bouchlarhem had got his toe to the ball first before Keller intervened in a rough manner. A possible handball on the edge of the penalty area was also under discussion. However, Fedayi San stood by his decision after reviewing the images.
Man of the Match
Raveloson scored the dream goal in this match, while double-packer Bedia took the award. It was another convincing performance from the Bernese, which generated a lot of enthusiasm.
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Young Boys - Sion 5:1 (3:1)
26'565 spectators. - SR San. - Goals: 2. (1:02) Raveloson 1:0. 17. Bedia 2:0. 37. Kololli 2:1. 42. Virginius (Monteiro) 3:1. 53. Bedia (Virginius) 4:1. 74. Fassnacht 5:1.
Young Boys: Keller; Blum (79. Athekame), Camara, Benito, Hadjam; Virginius (62. Imeri), Raveloson, Lakomy (62. Ugrinic), Monteiro (72. Colley); Fassnacht, Bedia (72. Itten).
Sion: Fayulu; Lavanchy, Hajrizi, Barba (59. Diouf), Marquinhos Cipriano (13. Hefti); Bua, Kabacalman; Berdayes (69. Bouriga), Kololli, Bouchlarhem (59. Mirantschuk); Chouaref (59. Ziegler).
Remarks: Cautions: 29 Hajrizi, 73 Colley.
BSC Young Boys
FC Sion
- Rayan Raveloson - 1:0 (2.)
- Chris Bedia - 2:0 (17.)
- Alan Virginius - 3:1 (42.)
- Chris Bedia - 4:1 (53.)
- Christian Fassnacht - 5:1 (74.)
- (37.) 2:1 - Benjamin Kololli
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Liveticker
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Liveticker closed
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74.
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53.
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42.
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90.+2.End of 2nd half
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79.Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Zachary Athekame
Defender
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79.Substitution out BSC Young Boys
Lewin Blum
Defender
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74.Goal for BSC Young Boys, 5:1 through Christian Fassnacht
Christian Fassnacht
Striker
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73.Yellow card BSC Young Boys
Ebrima Colley
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72.Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Ebrima Colley
Striker
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72.Substitution out BSC Young Boys
Joël Monteiro
Midfielder
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72.Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Cédric Itten
Striker
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72.Substitution out BSC Young Boys
Chris Bedia
Striker
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69.Substitution in FC Sion
Mouhsen Bouriga
Striker
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69.Substitution out FC Sion
Théo Berdayes
Midfielder
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62.Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Filip Ugrinic
Midfielder
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62.Substitution out BSC Young Boys
Lukasz Lakomy
Midfielder
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62.Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Kastriot Imeri
Midfielder
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62.Substitution out BSC Young Boys
Alan Virginius
Midfielder
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59.Substitution in FC Sion
Anton Miranchuk
Midfielder
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59.Substitution out FC Sion
Théo Bouchlarhem
Midfielder
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59.Substitution in FC Sion
Gora Diouf
Defender
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59.Substitution out FC Sion
Federico Barba
Defender
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59.Substitution in FC Sion
Reto Ziegler
Defender
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59.Substitution out FC Sion
Ilyas Chouaref
Striker
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53.Goal for BSC Young Boys, 4:1 through Chris Bedia (Alan Virginius)
Chris Bedia
Striker
Assist: Alan Virginius
Midfielder
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46.Kick-off 2nd half
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45.+4.End of 1st half
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42.Goal for BSC Young Boys, 3:1 through Alan Virginius (Joël Monteiro)
Alan Virginius
Midfielder
Assist: Joël Monteiro
Midfielder
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37.Goal for FC Sion, 2:1 through Benjamin Kololli
Benjamin Kololli
Midfielder
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29.Yellow card FC Sion
Kreshnik Hajrizi
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17.Goal for BSC Young Boys, 2:0 through Chris Bedia
Chris Bedia
Striker
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13.Substitution in FC Sion
Nias Hefti
Defender
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13.Substitution out FC Sion
Marquinhos Cipriano
Defender
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2.Goal for BSC Young Boys, 1:0 through Rayan Raveloson
Rayan Raveloson
Midfielder
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1.Start of the match
