Zurich vs Young Boys — Swiss Super League result and pre-match forecast, Tuesday, 1 September 2026

Swiss Super League·Tuesday, 1 September 2026

2 – 4

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 10.7 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Zurich

19%

Draw

19%

Young Boys

62%

pick · result

Final score

2–4

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Young Boys win 61.7% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Young Boys win. Expected goals 1.23–2.10 against 2–4 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals65%6 scored
Both teams score64%yes
Zurich clean sheet11%no
Young Boys clean sheet29%no
Zurich score 2+34%yes
Young Boys score 2+64%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.0912
1X2 Brier score0.2199
Probability on the result61.7%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–2 (12.4%), 1–1 (8.6%), 0–2 (8.5%). It finished 2–4.

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Zurich

26 JulAvs St. Gallen1–2L
1 AugHvs Servette2–1W
9 AugAvs Lugano0–5L
22 AugHvs Basel1–2L
29 AugAvs Lausanne3–2W

Young Boys

26 JulHvs Sion4–2W
1 AugAvs Thun6–0W
8 AugAvs Lausanne2–2D
23 AugHvs Vaduz4–2W
29 AugHvs Basel3–3D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatZurich
(Home · 4 matches)
Young Boys
(Away · 4 matches)
BTTS rate100.0%75.0%
Over 2.5 rate100.0%100.0%
Clean sheet0.0%25.0%
Avg goals3.755.00

Home stats use Zurich's home record; away stats use Young Boys's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.