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From the Israelis point of view the zero draw from the first leg was simply not enough to feel even remotely safe. Meanwhile the Swiss can capitalize on the various advantages that will be available to them on Tuesday. The fans of the guests know their favorites missed their best chance of reaching the group stage again a week ago. Of course, Young Boys are very familiar with the nature of their mixed artificial turf in Wankdorf stadium which will not be case for the guests from Maccabi Haifa. One of the main central defenders of the guests will miss this important match due to a yellow card suspension. On paper, Young Boys has not lost a competitive game in it's own stadium for over a year and has even been able to crown 9 of the last 10 cross-competition appearances in front of it's own fans with a win. We could not expect many goals from this second leg clash in Bern because in the first leg the xG (ecpected goals) value combained was just over 0.5.