Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Winterthur in 5th and Kriens in 4th place.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Winterthur form and stats
Winterthur have played 17 Challenge League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-4-6 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Winterthur, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Lausanne Sport away with the result 2-1. O. Doumbia and A. Mahamid found the net in that victory. Sensational by Winterthur last match, beating Lausanne Sport away as big underdogs. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Wil that ended 2-2.
Manager R. Loose felt very clever after O. Doumbia scored the winning goal against Lausanne Sport, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 82nd minute.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Winterthur as they are travelling to their away game against Grasshopper in the Challenge League. That match is three days after this one.
The Winterthur fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 17 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 30 goals have been conceded.
Kriens form and stats
6 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Kriens playing as the away team in the Challenge League this season.
Kriens played 4-4 against Grasshopper in their previous match. A 0-2 defeat away at Stade Lausanne-Ouchy before that.
A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Grasshopper. Kriens were trailing 0-3 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 4-4, with L. Berisha scoring the equalizer. As you can tell from the result, the match against Grasshopper was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?
A quick return to home after this game, as Kriens are hosting Vaduz in the Challenge League only three days away.
Kriens are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 17 games (in the league). As for defending, Kriens rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 31 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kriens - Winterthur 0-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Winterthur won three, Kriens won four and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() A. Abubakar-Ankra 15 goals | ![]() R. Buess 12 goals | ![]() L. Sliskovic 12 goals |
Winterthur missing players
Kriens missing players
| Winterthur | Kriens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 17 | 34 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 45 | 23 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 20 | 56 |
| 56 | 30 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 31 | 54 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 76% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 85% |
| 59% | 59% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 41% | 59% |
| 41% | 35% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 35% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 24% | 26% |
| 59% | 59% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 35% | 47% |
| 24% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 32% |
| 24% | 24% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 41% | 26% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 324 | 159 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 156 | 320 |
| 124 | 60 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 63 | 152 |
| 36% | 38% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 37% |
- Kriens has the fewest dropped points from leading position (9)
- Kriens has the most scored goals in the first half (35)
- Winterthur 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 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 75 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 42 | 67 |
| 2 | Vaduz | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 72 | 50 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 61 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 60 |
| 4 | Kriens | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 54 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 2 | 51 |
| 5 | Winterthur | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 26 | -11 | 49 |
| 6 | Wil | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 0 | 45 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 35 | -11 | 42 |
| 8 | Aarau | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 59 | 76 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 40 | -17 | 37 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 34 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 31 | 55 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -24 | 32 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 40 | 67 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 39 | -27 | 19 |

