Winterthur favourites for feisty fight facing Yverdon Sport

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Schützenwiese (9450 seats)

Winterthur fight Yverdon Sport, who have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Super League, for acclaim and success.

Insights:
  • Winterthur have the most scored goals (12) in Super League
  • Yverdon Sport have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Super 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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Winterthur form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Winterthur's two home games in the Super League so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Stadion Schützenwiese.

It's back home for Winterthur, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Lausanne Sport away with the result 5-2. Ballet, Gantenbein, Turkeš and Ltaief (2) found the net in that victory. A goal frenzy last time out for Winterthur, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Lausanne Sport. Fun stuff to watch! Turkeš has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. Ace! Midfielder Giusto was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.11 (out of ten) in that game. Giusto hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists and hit four key passes.

Before that, a fine away win at Wettswil-Bonstetten. A Swiss Cup match. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Winterthur handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

Early season league goal statistics from Winterthur's 2 home games: {3 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Yverdon Sport form and stats

Yverdon Sport are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Super League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

Yverdon won their last game, 4-1 versus Servette played at home. Lungoyi got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, top player of the team. Lungoyi scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Earlier, the Swiss Cup victory away at Haute-Gruyere. Yverdon Sport 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 7 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Yverdon Sport has managed {3 goals} and let in 9 from 3 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Winterthur won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Yverdon Sport have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

WinterthurS. Ltaief
S. Ltaief
3 goals
WinterthurM. Di Giusto
M. Di Giusto
2 goals
WinterthurS. Ballet
S. Ballet
2 goals

Winterthur missing players

Yverdon Sport missing players

Winterthur Yverdon Sport
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 3 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 2
12 3 0 Scored S 0 3 9
13 1 0 Conceded C 0 9 12
80% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 80%
80% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 60%
60% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 40%
80% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 80%
20% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 20%
 
2.8 3.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6
7 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.7 7.2
3 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15.4 16 21 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 10.6
7.6 8.5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.7 3.4
32% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 53%
 
15 9 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 18 16
5.6 2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 6.4
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Yverdon Sport's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Winterthur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Winterthur have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Winterthur have the most conceded goals (13) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most scored goals (12) in Super League
  • Winterthur have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Yverdon Sport have created more than twice as many corners as Winterthur.
  • Yverdon Sport have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Yverdon Sport have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Super League
  • Yverdon Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Winterthur Last season Yverdon Sport
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
8 5   Won W   9 20
8 4   Drew D   2 6
20 9   Lost L   7 10
32 15   Scored S   31 64
66 32   Conceded C   37 53
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
75% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 86%
47% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   78% 67%
28% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   56% 47%
17% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   39% 19%
61% 56%   BTTS BTTS   67% 61%
19% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 28%
22% 17%   Failed to Score F T   22% 14%
 
4.2 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5
5.6 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.8
2.6 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.3
2 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
9 9.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10.6
2.8 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.6
32% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 39%
 
13.7 13.1   Shots against (avg) S A   13.3 10.9
5.3 5.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zurich 5 3 2 0 11 3 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 8 11
2 Lugano 4 3 0 1 10 4 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 6 9
3 Young Boys 4 2 2 0 10 6 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 4 8
4 St. Gallen 5 2 2 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 8
5 Luzern 5 2 2 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 8
6 Winterthur 5 2 1 2 12 13 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 9 12 -1 7
7 Yverdon Sport 5 2 1 2 9 12 2 1 1 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 3 9 -3 7
8 Servette 5 1 3 1 8 9 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 6
9 Grasshopper 5 1 1 3 6 9 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 4
10 Lausanne Sport 5 1 1 3 7 11 3 0 1 2 4 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 -4 4
11 Basel 4 1 0 3 8 9 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 2 5 -1 3
12 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 4 0 1 3 2 9 3 0 1 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 -7 1

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Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.