It's advantage Vaduz so far with their 2nd position in the Challenge League table, welcoming Winterthur who are placed 5th.
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.
Vaduz form and stats
Vaduz have played 11 Challenge League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Vaduz travelled for their previous game, a trip to Stade Lausanne-Ouchy that ended 1-1. In the match before that, Vaduz hosted Chiasso and drew the game 0-0.
Goals decide football matches and Vaduz are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 11 league matches. Vaduz have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Winterthur form and stats
Playing away, Winterthur have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Challenge League this season.
Winterthur failed to get anything from their last game, a Challenge League home match vs Lausanne Sport (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-4. Before that, Winterthur secured a home win against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy with the score 1-0.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Lausanne Sport was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bavois in just three days.
Winterthur have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Winterthur have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Winterthur - Vaduz 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Vaduz won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Winterthur has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  L. Sliskovic 10 goals |   D. Simani 6 goals |  T. Çiçek 6 goals |
Vaduz missing players
Winterthur missing players
| Vaduz | Winterthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 45 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 35 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 37 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 82% | 91% |
| 83% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 74% |
| 70% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 52% |
| 43% | 45% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 35% |
| 30% | 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| 70% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 26% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 35% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 227 | 113 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 112 | 226 |
| 102 | 51 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 40 | 88 |
| 44% | 47% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | 28% |
- Vaduz has the most points from losing position (12)
- Vaduz have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 |