Challenge League: Yverdon Sport anticipated to overcome Bellinzona

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal (6600 seats)

Only three points will please the Yverdon Sport regulars in this Stade Municipal battle with Bellinzona, as they have a healthy lead on the away team in the Challenge League table.

Insights:
  • Yverdon Sport have the most scored goals (57) in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the fewest scored goals (29) in Challenge League

This has all the signs of an entertaining game with lots of action and energy as both teams are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Yverdon Sport form and stats

Yverdon Sport have performed here at Stade Municipal this season with 9 wins from 14 Challenge League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2. The Yverdon Sport fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stade Municipal and will expect new points from this game. Yverdon Sport has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Yverdon enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at FC Schaffhausen's place. The match ended 4-3 with Ninte, Beyer, Vishi and Kabacalman scoring. A very satisfying win for Yverdon Sport against FC Schaffhausen last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 1-3. The win was secured through Vishi's goal in the 82nd minute. The victory against FC Schaffhausen came after Vishi's winning goal. The Yverdon Sport manager Schallibaum was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 64th minute.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Neuchatel Xamax.

Scoring bonanza? We don't know the future, but we do know that 22 of the 29 latest league matches with this club has had three or more goals.

Goals decide football matches and Yverdon are scoring many of them at home; 29 on target from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Yverdon Sport have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bellinzona form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bellinzona so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-8 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Cocimano, the Bellinzona manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Vaduz with 1-6 on the scoreboard. Bellinzona lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Lausanne Sport.

Low on goals? 9 of this team's latest 12 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Bellinzona rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent reported meeting between these squads is the Bellinzona - Yverdon Sport 0-2 played previously this season. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two squads are: four wins for Yverdon Sport, two draws and four wins for Bellinzona. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Yverdon SportK. Kone
K. Kone
12 goals
Yverdon SportB. Beyer
B. Beyer
10 goals
Yverdon SportJ. Hautier
J. Hautier
7 goals

Yverdon Sport missing players

Bellinzona missing players

Yverdon Sport Bellinzona
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 6 Played P 4 14 29
17 9 5 Won W 0 3 8
4 3 1 Drew D 2 3 4
8 2 0 Lost L 2 8 17
57 29 15 Scored S 3 11 29
46 13 4 Conceded C 10 26 56
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 79%
76% 64% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 48%
55% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 34%
21% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 17%
66% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 52%
21% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 17%
14% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 31%
 
5.3 5.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.9 3.6
5.7 5.7 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 7.9 7
2.3 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.1 2.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.5 11.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 8.9 9.2
4.7 5.2 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.2 3.7
42% 40% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 24% 27%
 
11.1 8.6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 13.5 13.1
4.5 3.1 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 6.6 5.7
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Bellinzona have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Bellinzona have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Bellinzona have the fewest scored goals (11) away in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the fewest scored goals (29) in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the most conceded goals (56) in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the most conceded goals in the second half (38) in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Challenge League
  • Bellinzona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Yverdon Sport have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Yverdon Sport have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bellinzona have scored away.
  • Yverdon Sport have the fewest conceded goals (13) at home in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have the most matches over the total-line (22) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have the most points from losing position (17) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have the most scored goals (57) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport 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 Yverdon Sport 29 17 4 8 57 46 14 9 3 2 29 13 15 8 1 6 28 33 11 55
2 Lausanne Sport 29 15 6 8 47 34 15 9 5 1 32 15 14 6 1 7 15 19 13 51
3 Wil 29 14 7 8 54 42 14 9 2 3 33 15 15 5 5 5 21 27 12 49
4 Thun 29 12 9 8 51 39 15 6 5 4 22 20 14 6 4 4 29 19 12 45
5 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 29 12 7 10 48 45 14 6 2 6 26 30 15 6 5 4 22 15 3 43
6 Aarau 29 11 9 9 51 52 14 5 4 5 22 22 15 6 5 4 29 30 -1 42
7 FC Schaffhausen 29 10 6 13 41 45 15 5 3 7 18 23 14 5 3 6 23 22 -4 36
8 Vaduz 29 6 12 11 42 46 14 3 5 6 20 26 15 3 7 5 22 20 -4 30
9 Bellinzona 29 8 4 17 29 56 15 5 1 9 18 30 14 3 3 8 11 26 -27 28
10 Neuchatel Xamax 29 3 10 16 33 48 15 2 7 6 19 20 14 1 3 10 14 28 -15 19

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.