Barcelona vs Young Boys Prediction and Betting Tips | 1st October 2024

The UEFA Champions League features another set of matches this week as Young Boys take on Hansi Flick's Barcelona side in an important encounter at the Montjuic on Tuesday. The Blaugrana have been impressive this season and will look to get their season back on track in this fixture.

Barcelona vs Young Boys Preview

Young Boys are in 11th place in the Swiss Super League standings and have struggled on the domestic front this season. The away side slumped to a damaging 1-0 defeat at the hands of Grasshoppers over the weekend and will need to bounce back in this fixture.

Barcelona, on the other hand, are at the top of the La Liga table and have been fairly impressive this season. The Catalan giants suffered a 4-2 defeat against Osasuna in their previous game and have a point to prove this week.

Barcelona vs Young Boys Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

Barcelona have never played an official encounter against Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League and will need to adapt to a new opponent this week.
The previous game between Barcelona and a Swiss team in the UEFA Champions League took place in the 2008-09 campaign when the Catalans defeated FC Basel by a 6-1 aggregate scoreline.
The last team to win its first-ever match against Barcelona in a UEFA Champions League match was Rubin Kazan - they got the better of the Catalans in October 2009.
Barcelona have lost their opening home game of a UEFA Champions League campaign in only one of the last 28 editions of the competition, with their only such defeat during this period coming by a 3-0 scoreline at the hands of Bayern Munich in 2021.

Barcelona vs Young Boys Prediction

Barcelona have shown marked improvement under Hansi Flick but suffered a harsh defeat against Osasuna in their previous game. The Blaugrana also lost their first Champions League game of the season and will need to prove their mettle this weekend.

Young Boys have struggled this season and are set to face a daunting test on Tuesday. Barcelona are the better team on paper and should be able to win this game.

Prediction: Barcelona 3-1 Young Boys

Barcelona vs Young Boys Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Barcelona to win

Tip 2: Game to have over 2.5 goals - Yes

Tip 3: Barcelona to score first - Yes

Tip 4: Lamine Yamal to score - Yes