UEFA Europa League

Young Boys vs Panathinaikos, 2025-26 UEFA Europa League, League Phase

· UEFA Europa League
Young Boys
  • 25': Saidy Janko
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1 - 4
Panathinaikos
  • 10': Karol Swiderski
  • 13': Anass Zaroury
  • 19': Anass Zaroury
  • 68': Anass Zaroury

About

Young Boys are hosting Panathinaikos at Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt missed. Chris Bedia (Young Boys) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left.
  • 2': Attempt blocked. Karol Swiderski (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giannis Kotsiras with a cross.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Jaouen Hadjam (Young Boys) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 5': Foul by Edimilson Fernandes (Young Boys).
  • 5': Tasos Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Renato Sanches (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Filip Mladenovic.
  • 6': Attempt saved. Darian Males (Young Boys) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alban Lafont (Panathinaikos). Assisted by Saidy Janko.
  • 7': Foul by Joël Monteiro (Young Boys).
  • 7': Manolis Siopis (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Karol Swiderski (Panathinaikos) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Giannis Kotsiras with a cross.
  • 9': Foul by Armin Gigovic (Young Boys).
  • 9': Renato Sanches (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Tetê (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
  • 10': Goal! Young Boys 0, Panathinaikos 1. Karol Swiderski (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tetê.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Anass Zaroury (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Renato Sanches.
  • 12': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Loris Benito.
  • 13': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Darian Males.
  • 13': Goal! Young Boys 0, Panathinaikos 2. Anass Zaroury (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  • 15': Offside, Young Boys. Darian Males is caught offside.
  • 17': Dangerous play by Joël Monteiro (Young Boys).
  • 17': Giannis Kotsiras (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Loris Benito.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Tasos Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Marvin Keller (Young Boys). Assisted by Giannis Kotsiras.
  • 19': Goal! Young Boys 0, Panathinaikos 3. Anass Zaroury (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  • 21': Corner, Young Boys. Conceded by Renato Sanches.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Edimilson Fernandes with a cross following a corner.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Joël Monteiro (Young Boys) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Saidy Janko with a cross following a corner.
  • 25': Goal! Young Boys 1, Panathinaikos 3. Saidy Janko (Young Boys) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Darian Males.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Edimilson Fernandes (Young Boys) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Joël Monteiro.
  • 27': Foul by Loris Benito (Young Boys).
  • 27': Karol Swiderski (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Karol Swiderski (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a set piece situation.
  • 29': Corner, Young Boys. Conceded by Manolis Siopis.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Jaouen Hadjam (Young Boys) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 30': Foul by Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys).
  • 30': Manolis Siopis (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Anass Zaroury (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 32': Foul by Darian Males (Young Boys).
  • 33': Corner, Young Boys. Conceded by Sverrir Ingason.
  • 34': Corner, Young Boys. Conceded by Karol Swiderski.
  • 34': Offside, Young Boys. Loris Benito is caught offside.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Joël Monteiro (Young Boys) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Chris Bedia.
  • 38': Foul by Sverrir Ingason (Panathinaikos).
  • 38': Jaouen Hadjam (Young Boys) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Corner, Young Boys. Conceded by Anass Zaroury.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darian Males with a cross.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Darian Males (Young Boys) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jaouen Hadjam with a cross.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Tetê (Panathinaikos) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Filip Mladenovic with a cross.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Jaouen Hadjam (Young Boys) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Loris Benito.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 42': Corner, Young Boys. Conceded by Manolis Siopis.
  • 43': Foul by Loris Benito (Young Boys).
  • 43': Tasos Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Young Boys 1, Panathinaikos 3.
  • 45': Second Half begins Young Boys 1, Panathinaikos 3.
  • 47': Corner, Young Boys. Conceded by Filip Mladenovic.
  • 48': Foul by Armin Gigovic (Young Boys).
  • 48': Renato Sanches (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Tetê (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Armin Gigovic (Young Boys) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Saidy Janko.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Anass Zaroury (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Renato Sanches.
  • 53': Foul by Karol Swiderski (Panathinaikos).
  • 53': Tanguy Zoukrou (Young Boys) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Corner, Young Boys. Conceded by Manolis Siopis.
  • 55': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Saidy Janko.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Giannis Kotsiras (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anass Zaroury following a corner.
  • 57': Handball by Manolis Siopis (Panathinaikos).
  • 58': Attempt saved. Tasos Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Marvin Keller (Young Boys). Assisted by Karol Swiderski.
  • 59': Armin Gigovic (Young Boys) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 59': Foul by Karol Swiderski (Panathinaikos).
  • 60': Attempt missed. Darian Males (Young Boys) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Armin Gigovic.
  • 62': Offside, Young Boys. Darian Males is caught offside.
  • 63': Foul by Armin Gigovic (Young Boys).
  • 63': Manolis Siopis (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Offside, Panathinaikos. Karol Swiderski is caught offside.
  • 66': Substitution, Young Boys. Sergio Córdova replaces Chris Bedia.
  • 67': Substitution, Young Boys. Ebrima Colley replaces Joël Monteiro.
  • 67': Substitution, Young Boys. Rayan Raveloson replaces Armin Gigovic.
  • 68': Goal! Young Boys 1, Panathinaikos 4. Anass Zaroury (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Giannis Kotsiras with a cross.
  • 70': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Cyriel Dessers replaces Karol Swiderski.
  • 70': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Georgios Kyriakopoulos replaces Anass Zaroury.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Jaouen Hadjam (Young Boys) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ebrima Colley.
  • 72': Foul by Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys).
  • 72': Renato Sanches (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 73': Attempt missed. Tasos Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 77': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Pedro Chirivella replaces Renato Sanches.
  • 77': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Davide Calabria replaces Tetê.
  • 77': Substitution, Young Boys. Dominik Pech replaces Christian Fassnacht.
  • 77': Substitution, Young Boys. Ryan Andrews replaces Saidy Janko.
  • 77': Filip Mladenovic (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 77': Foul by Ryan Andrews (Young Boys).
  • 80': Corner, Young Boys. Conceded by Georgios Kyriakopoulos.
  • 82': Ahmed Touba (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Foul by Dominik Pech (Young Boys).
  • 84': Offside, Panathinaikos. Cyriel Dessers is caught offside.
  • 85': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Vicente Taborda replaces Tasos Bakasetas.
  • 85': Ebrima Colley (Young Boys) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 85': Foul by Giannis Kotsiras (Panathinaikos).
  • 86': Darian Males (Young Boys) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Foul by Filip Mladenovic (Panathinaikos).
  • 88': Attempt blocked. Dominik Pech (Young Boys) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jaouen Hadjam.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Ebrima Colley (Young Boys) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jaouen Hadjam with a cross.
  • 90': Foul by Sergio Córdova (Young Boys).
  • 90': Manolis Siopis (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Sergio Córdova (Young Boys) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Jaouen Hadjam (Young Boys) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alban Lafont (Panathinaikos). Assisted by Ryan Andrews.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Young Boys 1, Panathinaikos 4.
  • 0': Match ends, Young Boys 1, Panathinaikos 4.

Statistics

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6 Fouls 14
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 3
4 Corner Kicks 9
2 Saves 2
41.3 Possession 58.7
18 SHOTS 19
6 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
284 Accurate Passes 428
346 Passes 486
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 6
16 Crosses 29
0.3 Cross % 0.2
53 Long Balls 57
19 Accurate Long Balls 43
0.4 Long Balls % 0.8
2 Blocked Shots 4
9 Effective Tackles 7
18 Tackles 12
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
7 Interceptions 4
43 Effective Clearances 25
43 Clearances 25

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Wankdorf Stadium
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Attendance: 20,023

UEFA Europa League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Lyon 8 +13 21
2 Aston Villa 8 +8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 +10 19
4 Real Betis 8 +6 17
Full Table

Line-Ups

YB Young Boys (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Marvin Keller (GK)
23 Loris Benito
4 Tanguy Zoukrou
3 Jaouen Hadjam
17 Saidy Janko
6 Edimilson Fernandes
37 Armin Gigovic
77 Joel Monteiro
39 Darian Males
16 Christian Fassnacht
29 Chris Bedia
Young Boys Substitutes:
Olivier Mambwa, Emmanuel Tsimba, Ebrima Colley, Sergio Córdova, Dominik Pech, Rayan Raveloson, Heinz Lindner, Ryan Andrews, Sandro Lauper, Dario Marzino.

PAO Panathinaikos (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
40 Alban Lafont (GK)
5 Ahmed Touba
15 Sverrir Ingason
25 Filip Mladenovic
27 Giannis Kotsiras
11 Anastasios Bakasetas
8 Renato Sanches
6 Manolis Siopis
19 Karol Swiderski
9 Anass Zaroury
10 Mateus Tetê
Panathinaikos Substitutes:
Pedro Chirivella, Davide Calabria, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Cyriel Dessers, Bartlomiej Dragowski, Vicente Taborda, Adam Gnezda Cerin, Erik Palmer-Brown, Adriano Bregou, Elton Fikaj, Filip Djuricic, Konstantinos Kotsaris.

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