LIPO Park Schaffhausen: FC Schaffhausen vs Chiasso Challenge League preview

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: LIPO Park Schaffhausen (8200 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Challenge League, with both FC Schaffhausen and Chiasso experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 9th and the visitors in 10th place.

FC Schaffhausen and Chiasso 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.

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FC Schaffhausen form and stats

FC Schaffhausen's results here at LIPO Park Schaffhausen in the Challenge League have been very modest with 2 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

D. Del Toro was the last player to score a league goal for FC Schaffhausen and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as FC Schaffhausen haven't scored in 180 minutes.

The FC Schaffhausen crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Grasshopper here at LIPO Park Schaffhausen in a Challenge League match. Preceding that game was the away draw at Wil that finished 0-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for FC Schaffhausen here at LIPO Park Schaffhausen in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 12 games). FC Schaffhausen have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Chiasso form and stats

There's been little loot from Chiasso's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 11 away games in the Challenge League. Chiasso, who have the most conceded goals (25) away in Challenge League, only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws.

Chiasso have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alessandro Guarnone. It's been 196 minutes since they last conceded in Challenge League.

Chiasso go into this game after a win, the home game against Wil that ended 2-0. Before that, Chiasso travelled to Vaduz and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Chiasso have scored 14 goals in 11 league games away. For Chiasso, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Chiasso - FC Schaffhausen 0-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (FC Schaffhausen wins - draws - Chiasso wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC SchaffhausenH. Sessolo
H. Sessolo
7 goals
Chiasso
S. Bahloul
7 goals
Chiasso
R. Pollero López
5 goals

FC Schaffhausen missing players

Chiasso missing players

FC Schaffhausen Chiasso
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 2 Played P 2 11 23
5 2 0 Won W 0 1 4
9 6 1 Drew D 1 2 5
9 4 1 Lost L 1 8 14
18 9 0 Scored S 3 14 28
35 16 1 Conceded C 6 25 42
87% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
65% 58% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 74%
39% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 52%
26% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 45% 39%
9% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 45% 30%
39% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 48%
30% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 9%
43% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 45% 48%
 
3.9 4.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 4
4.7 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4 4.7
2.5 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.8 2.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
202 113 11 Total Shots T S 22 112 220
81 41 4 Shots on Target S O 12 52 100
22% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 28%
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Chiasso has the fewest clean sheets (2)
  • Chiasso has the fewest points (5) away
  • Chiasso has the most conceded goals (25) away
  • Chiasso has the most conceded goals in the first half (23)
  • Chiasso has the the worst goal difference (-11) away
  • Chiasso have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chiasso have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FC Schaffhausen has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
  • FC Schaffhausen has the fewest scored goals (18)
  • FC Schaffhausen has the fewest scored goals (9) at home
  • FC Schaffhausen has the fewest scored goals in the first half (9)
  • FC Schaffhausen has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
  • FC Schaffhausen has the most dropped points from leading position (18)
  • FC Schaffhausen has the most matches under the total-line (14)
  • FC Schaffhausen has the the worst goal difference (-17)
  • FC Schaffhausen have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 23 16 4 3 59 18 11 9 1 1 32 4 12 7 3 2 27 14 41 52
2 Vaduz 23 10 7 6 45 35 11 6 2 3 24 16 12 4 5 3 21 19 10 37
3 Grasshopper 23 10 7 6 34 27 11 4 3 4 17 14 12 6 4 2 17 13 7 37
4 Kriens 23 11 3 9 33 33 11 6 2 3 19 12 12 5 1 6 14 21 0 36
5 Winterthur 23 8 7 8 25 37 12 5 2 5 13 23 11 3 5 3 12 14 -12 31
6 Wil 23 8 4 11 34 35 11 5 3 3 20 11 12 3 1 8 14 24 -1 28
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 23 8 4 11 30 37 12 5 2 5 19 16 11 3 2 6 11 21 -7 28
8 Aarau 23 6 8 9 37 44 12 3 5 4 24 23 11 3 3 5 13 21 -7 26
9 FC Schaffhausen 23 5 9 9 18 35 12 2 6 4 9 16 11 3 3 5 9 19 -17 24
10 Chiasso 23 4 5 14 28 42 12 3 3 6 14 17 11 1 2 8 14 25 -14 17

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.