Stade Lausanne-Ouchy and Winterthur have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Challenge League.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Stade Lausanne-Ouchy form and stats
Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have played 14 Challenge League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by Stade Lausanne-Ouchy, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
An away draw last time out for Lausanne-Ouchy, facing Lausanne Sport in a game that ended 0-0. In the match before that, Stade Lausanne-Ouchy hosted FC Schaffhausen and drew the game 1-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Stade Lausanne-Ouchy perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stade Lausanne-Ouchy as a small favourite), we find four games. Stade Lausanne-Ouchy has won zero of these, drawn two and lost two.
There will be little rest for Stade Lausanne-Ouchy after this match as they are travelling to Grasshopper for a Challenge League game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Lausanne-Ouchy in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. Lausanne-Ouchy have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Winterthur form and stats
As the visiting team in Challenge League matches, Winterthur have produced an overall stat of 3-5-5 so far. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Winterthur's last three away games as they have all been lost.
D. Callà, O. Doumbia, L. Sliskovic and R. Buess scored in Winterthur's previous match, the home game against Aarau that ended 5-2. A 1-3 defeat away at Wil before that.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Winterthur, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Winterthur playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Winterthur win, zero draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vaduz in just four days.
Winterthur find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Winterthur rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stade Lausanne-Ouchy and Winterthur have met before this season: Winterthur - Lausanne-Ouchy 1-0. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - zero - three (Stade Lausanne-Ouchy wins - draws - Winterthur wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Sliskovic 11 goals |  R. Buess 8 goals |
Stade Lausanne-Ouchy missing players
Winterthur missing players
| Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | Winterthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 35 | 22 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 33 |
| 41 | 18 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 21 | 47 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 85% | 93% |
| 85% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 78% |
| 59% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 54% | 56% |
| 22% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 46% | 41% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 15% | 19% |
| 52% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 54% | 56% |
| 19% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 22% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 30% |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 280 | 150 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 137 | 273 |
| 113 | 65 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 51 | 105 |
| 31% | 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 31% |
- Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Stade Lausanne-Ouchy haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 39 | 55 |
| 2 | Grasshopper | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 47 |
| 3 | Vaduz | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 41 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 45 |
| 4 | Kriens | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Winterthur | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 35 |
| 6 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -6 | 34 |
| 7 | Wil | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -5 | 32 |
| 8 | Aarau | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 32 | -10 | 32 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -19 | 29 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 29 | -18 | 17 |