Aarau hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 35 points and a 8th position in the Challenge League table. Visiting Winterthur holds 6th place with 36 pts.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Aarau form and stats
5 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Aarau, who have the most conceded goals (64) in Challenge League, have to build on here at Stadion Brügglifeld in the Challenge League. Two home wins in a row for Aarau bring valid hopes of a third.
The fans are hoping that Aarau will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Challenge League game against Kriens (placed 4th). Before that game, the 5-4 home victory against Lausanne Sport.
Aarau lost the game against Kriens in the first half with a 1-4 deficit and could never come back from that.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Aarau as they are travelling to their away game against Vaduz in the Challenge League. That match is three days after this one.
The Aarau manager P. Rahmen has got the team scoring with 33 from 14 home games in the league. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Aarau with 28 goals conceded in these matches.
Winterthur form and stats
As the visiting team in Challenge League matches, Winterthur have produced an overall stat of 3-6-5 so far.
Winterthur might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Vaduz proved too strong as Winterthur slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Schützenwiese. A 2-2 draw at Stade Lausanne-Ouchy's stadium before that.
Late heartbreak for Winterthur in the Vaduz match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
A new game in only three days for Winterthur, the Challenge League home match versus FC Schaffhausen. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Winterthur have scored 16 goals in 14 league games away. Winterthur struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Winterthur - Aarau 5-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Aarau wins - draws - Winterthur wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Sliskovic 11 goals |  R. Buess 9 goals |  M. Neumayr 7 goals |
Aarau missing players
Winterthur missing players
| Aarau | Winterthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 52 | 33 | 13 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 36 |
| 64 | 28 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 51 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 86% | 93% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 71% | 79% |
| 72% | 86% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 57% | 59% |
| 59% | 64% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 50% | 41% |
| 41% | 36% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 72% | 93% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | 59% |
| 17% | 7% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 29% | 21% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 28% |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 5.3 | 6.1 | 7.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 303 | 161 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 144 | 283 |
| 123 | 65 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 53 | 108 |
| 42% | 51% | 65% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 30% | 33% |
- Aarau has the most conceded goals (64)
- Aarau has the most conceded goals in the second half (34)
- Aarau has the most matches over the total-line (17)
- Aarau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aarau have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Winterthur have scored away.
- Aarau have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Aarau haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lausanne Sport | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 68 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 39 | 58 |
| 2 | Grasshopper | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 53 |
| 3 | Vaduz | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 48 |
| 4 | Kriens | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 46 |
| 5 | Wil | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 34 | -2 | 38 |
| 6 | Winterthur | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -15 | 36 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -10 | 35 |
| 8 | Aarau | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 64 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 36 | -12 | 35 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -20 | 30 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 29 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 34 | 56 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 35 | -22 | 18 |