Betting preview: Bellinzona faced with a tough challenge when Thun visits

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Tue 23.May
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale (10000 seats)

Thun know they will have a difficult journey to Bellinzona and their Stadio Comunale. This match preview has all the facts and figures you require ahead of the match.

Insights:
  • Bellinzona have the fewest scored goals (35) in Challenge League
  • Thun have the most scored goals (32) away in Challenge League

Bellinzona are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Thun most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season. This pitch uses the playing surface grass, unlike Thun's home arena. The latest 29 games by the away side on grass have seen 13 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bellinzona and Thun.

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Bellinzona form and stats

Bellinzona have collected 19 points from their Challenge League home games so far after 6-1-10.

Bellinzona faced defeat in their previous match, away at Neuchâtel Xamax (0-3).

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Wil.

The manager Zanetti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stade Lausanne-Ouchy in only four days.

The Bellinzona fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 17 matches. Bellinzona have conceded 33 from these games.

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Thun form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (32) away in Challenge League, on their Challenge League travels is 6 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

There were no winners in Thun's previous match, the home game that ended 3-3 vs Lausanne Sport (placed 2nd). A bonkers match with heaps of goals last time out for Thun, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this match be as gleeful? As mentioned above, Thun drew the match against Lausanne Sport. Manager Lustrinelli brought on Bamert to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Yverdon Sport wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 8 of this club's last 10 league matches.

After this away game Thun return home for a Challenge League game against FC Schaffhausen. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The travelling fans enjoy Thun's attacking play in away games, having scored 32 goals in 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Thun have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Thun have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive games without defeat (2-4-0) when facing Bellinzona.

Interestingly enough, the last time Thun kept a "clean sheet" was also meeting this opponent, eight league matches ago (Thun - Bellinzona 2-0).

Top Goalscorers

ThunG. Kyeremateng
G. Kyeremateng
15 goals
BellinzonaS. Cortelezzi Ferreyra
S. Cortelezzi Ferreyra
8 goals
ThunE. Ndongo
E. Ndongo
7 goals

Bellinzona missing players

Thun missing players

Bellinzona Thun
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 6 17 34
10 6 0 Won W 3 6 12
4 1 0 Drew D 2 6 13
20 10 4 Lost L 1 5 9
35 21 1 Scored S 15 32 60
65 33 10 Conceded C 6 23 49
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 76% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 82% 88%
53% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 62%
32% 47% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 53% 47%
18% 24% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 15%
53% 53% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 74%
15% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 15%
32% 29% 75% Failed to Score F T 17% 18% 12%
 
3.8 3.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.8 6.1
7 6.4 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.7 4.5
2.9 2.8 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.1 2.8
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.2 9.4 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15 11.3 12.3
3.7 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.1 5.1
28% 30% 7% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 35%
 
12.5 12.4 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 10.2 10
5.4 4.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.7
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Bellinzona have the fewest points from losing position (5) in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the fewest scored goals (35) in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the most conceded goals (65) in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the most conceded goals in the second half (44) in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Thun have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Thun have the most scored goals (32) away in Challenge League
  • Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yverdon Sport 34 19 5 10 61 52 17 11 3 3 32 15 17 8 2 7 29 37 9 62
2 Lausanne Sport 34 16 9 9 54 41 17 10 6 1 35 17 17 6 3 8 19 24 13 57
3 Wil 34 16 8 10 62 48 17 11 2 4 39 18 17 5 6 6 23 30 14 56
4 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 34 16 8 10 62 51 17 8 3 6 34 33 17 8 5 4 28 18 11 56
5 Aarau 34 15 10 9 60 54 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 8 5 4 31 30 6 55
6 Thun 34 12 13 9 60 49 17 6 7 4 28 26 17 6 6 5 32 23 11 49
7 FC Schaffhausen 34 11 7 16 47 56 17 6 3 8 22 28 17 5 4 8 25 28 -9 40
8 Bellinzona 34 10 4 20 35 65 17 6 1 10 21 33 17 4 3 10 14 32 -30 34
9 Vaduz 34 6 15 13 46 53 17 3 7 7 21 28 17 3 8 6 25 25 -7 33
10 Neuchâtel Xamax 34 4 11 19 40 58 17 3 8 6 23 21 17 1 3 13 17 37 -18 23

Read more about Challenge League

The Swiss Challenge league is the second highest level of football in Switzerland. Ten teams play four fixtures against each other to decide a final league table. The winner is promoted directly while number two enters a promotion playoff. The bottom team is relegated.