Challenge League duel: Close contest expected between Thun and Lausanne Sport

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 02.September
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stockhorn Arena (10014 seats)

The visiting Lausanne Sport side are probably odds-on at Thun, as the away team hold a 7 point supremacy from their six league matches this season.

Insights:
  • Thun have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lausanne Sport have the the best goal difference (+7) 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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Thun form and stats

Thun are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Challenge League games here at Stockhorn Arena.

Thun drew their last game, 1-1 away at Wil (placed 2nd). Ahmed was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Wil after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Before that, a strong away victory at Bulle. A Swiss Cup game. 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 Thun have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 0 and lost 6.

Goals from both sides! That has been the case in 5 league matches in a row for this club. Will it happen again?

Early season league goal statistics from Thun's 2 home games: 3 goals, 3 conceded.

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Lausanne Sport form and stats

Lausanne Sport have six points from their first three away games in the Challenge League, meaning two victories and a loss.

Lausanne go into this game after a win, the home game against Vaduz that ended 3-1. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Coyle and that is quite the feat!

Earlier, the Swiss Cup win away at Gland. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lausanne Sport playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 1 Lausanne Sport win, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

Thun have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Lausanne Sport.

Top Goalscorers

Lausanne SportB. Labeau
B. Labeau
5 goals
ThunG. Kyeremateng
G. Kyeremateng
3 goals
ThunH. Ahmed
H. Ahmed
2 goals

Thun missing players

Lausanne Sport missing players

Thun Lausanne Sport
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 2 0 Played P 1 3 6
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 4
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
9 3 0 Scored S 1 3 11
10 3 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
83% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
83% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 33%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
6.8 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.3 6
5.2 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.3 3.8
3.2 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.8 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 4 11.3 12
6.8 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.7 5.8
22% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 21% 31%
 
9.5 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.3 10.8
4.2 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.3 5
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • All of Thun's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lausanne Sport have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Challenge League
  • Lausanne Sport have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Challenge League
  • Lausanne Sport have the the best goal difference (+7) in Challenge League
  • Thun have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Thun have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Thun have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Thun have yet to win a game at home.
  • Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 6 4 1 1 11 4 3 2 1 0 8 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 7 13
2 Wil 6 4 1 1 10 4 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 2 0 1 5 3 6 13
3 Yverdon Sport 6 4 1 1 14 11 3 2 0 1 6 5 3 2 1 0 8 6 3 13
4 Bellinzona 6 3 1 2 9 12 4 2 0 2 5 9 2 1 1 0 4 3 -3 10
5 Aarau 6 2 3 1 13 9 3 0 2 1 5 6 3 2 1 0 8 3 4 9
6 FC Schaffhausen 6 3 0 3 7 8 4 2 0 2 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 5 -1 9
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 6 2 2 2 10 9 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 8 6 1 8
8 Thun 6 1 3 2 9 10 2 0 2 0 3 3 4 1 1 2 6 7 -1 6
9 Vaduz 6 0 2 4 9 16 3 0 1 2 7 10 3 0 1 2 2 6 -7 2
10 Neuchatel Xamax 6 0 0 6 4 13 3 0 0 3 3 6 3 0 0 3 1 7 -9 0

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.