Bellinzona vs Wil match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Comunale

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Sun 23.Jul
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale (10000 seats)

It's a clean slate in Challenge League - the first match of the season. Read this full article and see how Bellinzona and Wil did in their pre-season friendly games!

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Bellinzona form and stats

The season before, Bellinzona's league stats were 11 wins, 4 draws and 21 losses, leading to 9th place in the Challenge League. Over these 36 matches they scored {38 goals} and let in 71. Playing at home in the previous season Bellinzona produced 7-1-10 (win-draw-lost) with {24 goals} and 33 conceded.

Bellinzona have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Bellinzona scored {2 goals} and let in {5 goals} during these two games.

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Wil form and stats

Let's have a look at how Wil performed last season in the Challenge League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 8 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 62 and conceded {52 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 23/32 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Wil as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Wil have played five with the results W2-D2-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Wil has scored {11 goals} and conceded 3 times.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Bellinzona victories, one draw and four Wil wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Bellinzona missing players

Wil missing players

Bellinzona Wil
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Bellinzona Last season Wil
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
11 7   Won W   5 16
4 1   Drew D   6 8
21 10   Lost L   7 12
38 24   Scored S   23 62
71 33   Conceded C   32 52
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
81% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 83%
56% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 58%
33% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 39%
19% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 22%
50% 50%   BTTS BTTS   67% 58%
17% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 31%
33% 28%   Failed to Score F T   22% 19%
 
3.9 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
7.1 6.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5 5
2.9 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
5 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
9.3 9.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 10.3
3.8 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 4.3
28% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 40%
 
12.9 12.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10.7 11.1
5.6 4.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.4

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.