Challenge League preview: Can Stade Lausanne-Ouchy edge out victory against Yverdon Sport?

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 19.May
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise (15850 seats)

Challenge League: Two contenders in fair shape get together for this match. Yverdon Sport hold a tiny upper hand with their 1st position in the table?

Insights:
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in Challenge League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Stade Lausanne-Ouchy form and stats

When playing at home in the Challenge League, Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 16 games.

Happy days for Lausanne-Ouchy in their previous game, a fixture away at FC Schaffhausen (placed 7th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. A goal frenzy last time out for Stade Lausanne-Ouchy, with a total of 6 goals in the match against FC Schaffhausen. Fun stuff to watch! The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Okou, having bagged a goal in four consecutive matches.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Neuchâtel Xamax in a game that was won 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stade Lausanne-Ouchy handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lausanne-Ouchy as they are travelling to their away game against Vaduz in the Challenge League. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Stade Lausanne-Ouchy in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 16 league matches.

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Yverdon Sport form and stats

8-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Yverdon Sport in their Challenge League matches away.

Yverdon Sport have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Kevin Martin. It's been 277 minutes since they last conceded in Challenge League.

Yverdon won their last game, 1-0 versus Thun played at home. The end of the last match, against Thun, was very satisfying as Kabacalman scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Before that, Yverdon Sport secured a home win against Lausanne Sport with the score 1-0.

Yverdon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Aarau in just four days.

Yverdon Sport are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 28 times in 16 away games so far. The Yverdon Sport manager Schallibaum has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past result involving both these participants is the Yverdon Sport - Lausanne-Ouchy 1-0 played not long ago this season. Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Stade Lausanne-Ouchy, four draws and four wins for Yverdon Sport. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Stade Lausanne-OuchyT. Lia Okou
T. Lia Okou
16 goals
Yverdon SportK. Kone
K. Kone
12 goals
Stade Lausanne-OuchyA. Ajdini
A. Ajdini
11 goals

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy missing players

Yverdon Sport missing players

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy Yverdon Sport
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
15 7 2 Won W 2 8 19
8 3 0 Drew D 0 2 5
10 6 2 Lost L 2 6 9
58 30 9 Scored S 8 28 60
50 32 10 Conceded C 8 33 48
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
85% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 85%
64% 81% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 81% 70%
36% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 56% 48%
27% 31% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 38% 18%
64% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 69% 61%
27% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 27%
18% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 15%
 
6.3 6.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 5.2
4.2 3.8 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 9.2 5.6 5.6
3.1 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.6 12 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.2 10.5
4.8 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.2 4.6
37% 38% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 42% 39%
 
9.2 7.8 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 13.6 11
3.8 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.8 4.4
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (20) in Challenge League
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Challenge League
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have the most points from losing position (20) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Yverdon Sport have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have the most matches over the total-line (23) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have the most scored goals in the second half (41) 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 33 19 5 9 60 48 17 11 3 3 32 15 16 8 2 6 28 33 12 62
2 Lausanne Sport 33 16 8 9 51 38 17 10 6 1 35 17 16 6 2 8 16 21 13 56
3 Wil 33 15 8 10 60 48 16 10 2 4 37 18 17 5 6 6 23 30 12 53
4 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 33 15 8 10 58 50 16 7 3 6 30 32 17 8 5 4 28 18 8 53
5 Aarau 33 14 10 9 58 54 16 6 5 5 27 24 17 8 5 4 31 30 4 52
6 Thun 33 12 12 9 57 46 16 6 6 4 25 23 17 6 6 5 32 23 11 48
7 FC Schaffhausen 33 11 7 15 47 54 17 6 3 8 22 28 16 5 4 7 25 26 -7 40
8 Bellinzona 33 10 4 19 35 62 17 6 1 10 21 33 16 4 3 9 14 29 -27 34
9 Vaduz 33 6 15 12 46 51 17 3 7 7 21 28 16 3 8 5 25 23 -5 33
10 Neuchâtel Xamax 33 3 11 19 37 58 16 2 8 6 20 21 17 1 3 13 17 37 -21 20

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.