Football betting preview: Bellinzona vs Thun

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 25.Aug
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale (10000 seats)

Yet another exciting game in the Challenge League. Bellinzona is in the 8th place after featuring in four fixtures. They greet Thun who are placed 4th after four fixtures.

Insights:
  • Bellinzona have the most conceded goals (5) at home in Challenge League

10-7-9 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Thun when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 26 matches are 42-37 (scored/conceded).

This could be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Bellinzona form and stats

Overall Challenge League statistics at home this season for Bellinzona are 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Bellinzona are returning here after visiting Buchs in a Swiss Cup game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Bellinzona lost 1-3 at home to Aarau.

Bellinzona has scored {1 goals} so far and conceded {5 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Thun form and stats

Things could have gone better for Thun in their Challenge League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Two away games in a row for Thun, whose manager Lustrinelli could celebrate last time after the Swiss Cup win against Frutigen.

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Neuchatel Xamax's place.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Thun has managed {1 goals} and let in 4 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's one Bellinzona victory, four draws and three Thun wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ThunK. Kone
K. Kone
2 goals
BellinzonaR. Pollero López
R. Pollero López
1 goals
ThunV. Matoshi
V. Matoshi
1 goals

Bellinzona missing players

Thun missing players

Bellinzona Thun
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 2 1 Lost L 0 1 1
2 1 1 Scored S 1 1 8
7 5 3 Conceded C 0 4 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
25% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
3.2 4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.5 5
3 1.5 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6 4.5
2 1.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 14.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.5 11.2
4.2 5.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 3.5
12% 9% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 25% 57%
 
7.8 9 12 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.5 8.5
3.8 4.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2.2
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Bellinzona have the most conceded goals (5) at home in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Challenge League
Bellinzona Last season Thun
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
11 7   Won W   6 12
4 1   Drew D   6 13
21 10   Lost L   6 11
38 24   Scored S   32 62
71 33   Conceded C   26 55
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
81% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 89%
56% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   72% 64%
33% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 47%
19% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 17%
50% 50%   BTTS BTTS   67% 72%
17% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 14%
33% 28%   Failed to Score F T   22% 14%
 
3.9 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 6.2
7.1 6.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.4
2.9 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.7
5 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
9.3 9.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 12.5
3.8 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.1
28% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 34%
 
12.9 12.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10.4 10
5.6 4.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Neuchatel Xamax 4 3 1 0 11 3 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 8 10
2 Wil 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 10
3 Sion 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 10
4 Thun 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 1 1 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 7
5 Aarau 4 2 0 2 6 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 6
6 Vaduz 4 2 0 2 7 8 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 5 5 -1 6
7 Stade Nyonnais 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 5
8 Bellinzona 4 0 1 3 2 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 -5 1
9 Baden 4 0 1 3 3 11 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 7 -8 1
10 FC Schaffhausen 4 0 0 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -7 0
Last season 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 36 20 6 10 64 53 18 11 4 3 33 16 18 9 2 7 31 37 11 66
2 Lausanne Sport 36 17 10 9 58 43 18 11 6 1 37 17 18 6 4 8 21 26 15 61
3 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 36 17 9 10 70 53 18 9 3 6 40 33 18 8 6 4 30 20 17 60
4 Aarau 36 15 12 9 63 57 18 7 6 5 31 26 18 8 6 4 32 31 6 57
5 Wil 36 16 8 12 62 52 18 11 2 5 39 20 18 5 6 7 23 32 10 56
6 Thun 36 12 13 11 62 55 18 6 7 5 30 29 18 6 6 6 32 26 7 49
7 FC Schaffhausen 36 12 8 16 51 59 18 6 4 8 23 29 18 6 4 8 28 30 -8 44
8 Vaduz 36 7 16 13 54 56 18 3 8 7 23 30 18 4 8 6 31 26 -2 37
9 Bellinzona 36 11 4 21 38 71 18 7 1 10 24 33 18 4 3 11 14 38 -33 37
10 Neuchatel Xamax 36 4 12 20 42 65 18 3 8 7 24 27 18 1 4 13 18 38 -23 24

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.