Challenge League duel: Close contest expected between Stade Lausanne-Ouchy and Aarau

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 28.October
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise (15850 seats)

There is optimism in Stade Lausanne-Ouchy so far this season, with the 2nd place in the Challenge League table and anticipating the visit of Aarau (who are in 6th).

Insights:
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy is in the best form (4-1-1) in Challenge League
  • Aarau have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Challenge League

This has all the signs of an engaging match with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Stade Lausanne-Ouchy form and stats

3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Challenge League numbers at home for Stade Lausanne-Ouchy so far this season.

Happy days for Lausanne-Ouchy in their previous game, a fixture away at FC Schaffhausen (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Vaduz (1-5).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2.

A decent goal production from Stade Lausanne-Ouchy in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches.

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Aarau form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Challenge League.

Aarau delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Neuchâtel Xamax (placed 10th) in their previous match. It looked so good for Aarau vs Neuchâtel Xamax, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Bellinzona.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Aarau playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 5 Aarau wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this side's 12 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Aarau have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Aarau have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when playing Stade Lausanne-Ouchy.

Aarau - Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 3-3 was the scoreline in these participants' latest H2H fixture, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Stade Lausanne-OuchyT. Lia Okou
T. Lia Okou
8 goals
AarauS. Vladi
S. Vladi
8 goals
Lausanne-OuchyA. Ajdini
A. Ajdini
5 goals

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy missing players

Aarau missing players

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy Aarau
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 0 Played P 0 6 13
7 3 0 Won W 0 3 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 6
3 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
23 9 0 Scored S 0 12 24
18 12 0 Conceded C 0 9 22
92% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
92% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 92%
62% 83% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 83% 77%
31% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 54%
23% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
62% 83% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 69%
31% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 15%
15% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 15%
 
7.8 7.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.2 6.4
4.9 4.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.2 6.1
3.6 2.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.2 13.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.8 11.3
4.9 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.7
36% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 39%
 
11 8.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.7 10.9
4.2 3.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 5.5
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Aarau have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Aarau have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Challenge League
  • Aarau haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Aarau's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Stade Lausanne-Ouchy's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 Lausanne Sport 13 8 1 4 23 13 7 6 1 0 19 6 6 2 0 4 4 7 10 25
2 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 13 7 3 3 23 18 6 3 1 2 9 12 7 4 2 1 14 6 5 24
3 Wil 13 7 2 4 22 16 6 5 1 0 15 2 7 2 1 4 7 14 6 23
4 Yverdon Sport 13 7 2 4 26 23 6 3 1 2 11 8 7 4 1 2 15 15 3 23
5 Bellinzona 13 6 1 6 19 27 7 3 0 4 12 15 6 3 1 2 7 12 -8 19
6 Aarau 13 4 6 3 24 22 7 1 4 2 12 13 6 3 2 1 12 9 2 18
7 FC Schaffhausen 13 4 3 6 14 20 7 2 1 4 6 9 6 2 2 2 8 11 -6 15
8 Thun 13 3 5 5 19 22 6 2 2 2 8 9 7 1 3 3 11 13 -3 14
9 Vaduz 13 2 6 5 22 23 7 1 3 3 12 13 6 1 3 2 10 10 -1 12
10 Neuchâtel Xamax 13 1 3 9 16 24 6 1 2 3 9 8 7 0 1 6 7 16 -8 6

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.