This game features two teams dwelling in the lower section of the Challenge League, FC Schaffhausen having 7th place and Bellinzona sitting at 9th. A decent chance for one of the contenders to better their situation.
- FC Schaffhausen have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Challenge League
- Bellinzona have the fewest scored goals (31) in Challenge League
This football field uses artifical turf, unlike Bellinzona's home stadium. The former five games by the guests on artifical turf have given 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
FC Schaffhausen and Bellinzona should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
FC Schaffhausen form and stats
The story so far in the Challenge League for FC Schaffhausen at their home stadium (LIPO Park Schaffhausen) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. When FC Schaffhausen hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Neuchâtel Xamax, Vaduz and FC Schaffhausen), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
The home team returns to LIPO Park Schaffhausen after drawing with Lausanne Sport (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Muller felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Lausanne Sport as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 72nd minute.
Prior to that, an away loss at Wil.Scoring bonanza? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this club has contained at least three goals.
The Schaffhausen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded. FC Schaffhausen has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Bellinzona form and stats
There's been little loot from Bellinzona's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the Challenge League. Bellinzona only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.
The manager Zanetti was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Stadio Comunale. Bellinzona suffered a 0-1 loss to Aarau (placed 4th).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Yverdon Sport.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bellinzona when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bellinzona as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. Bellinzona struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 27 goals conceded from these games. When Bellinzona is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Bellinzona, Neuchâtel Xamax and Vaduz.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent matches involving these sides have all finished as FC Schaffhausen victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.The previous head-to-head match ended Bellinzona - FC Schaffhausen 0-2, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Bobadilla 11 goals |  S. Muller 8 goals |  S. Cortelezzi Ferreyra 8 goals |
FC Schaffhausen missing players
Bellinzona missing players
| FC Schaffhausen | Bellinzona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 43 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 31 |
| 49 | 23 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 27 | 58 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 77% |
| 48% | 47% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 47% | 48% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 20% | 32% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 13% | 16% |
| 52% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 53% | 52% |
| 26% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 16% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| 4 | 4.1 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 6.5 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 7.8 | 6.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.7 | 11.6 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 26% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 27% | 28% |
| 13.3 | 13.3 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.7 | 13.2 | 12.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 6.5 | 5.5 |
- Bellinzona have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Bellinzona have the fewest scored goals (13) away in Challenge League
- Bellinzona have the fewest scored goals (31) in Challenge League
- Bellinzona have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Challenge League
- Bellinzona have the most conceded goals (58) in Challenge League
- Bellinzona have the most conceded goals in the second half (39) in Challenge League
- Bellinzona have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Challenge League
- Bellinzona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Schaffhausen have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Challenge League
| 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 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 48 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 56 |
| 2 | Lausanne Sport | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 53 |
| 3 | Wil | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 58 | 45 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 52 |
| 4 | Aarau | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 48 |
| 5 | Thun | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 54 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 12 | 47 |
| 6 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 47 |
| 7 | FC Schaffhausen | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 26 | -6 | 37 |
| 8 | Vaduz | 31 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 43 | 47 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 20 | -4 | 32 |
| 9 | Bellinzona | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -27 | 31 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 31 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 54 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 33 | -18 | 20 |
