National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Aarau or Lausanne Sport that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Aarau nor Lausanne Sport as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Aarau form and stats
Aarau was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Swiss Cup.The Aarau crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Thun here at Stadion Brügglifeld in a Challenge League match.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Stade Lausanne-Ouchy and winning 2-0.There will be little rest for Aarau after this match as they are travelling to Vaduz for a Challenge League game in only three days.
Aarau have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Brügglifeld with 10 goals in 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Lausanne Sport form and stats
Last season their Swiss Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lausanne Sport so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Lausanne are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Lausanne Sport, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Young Boys. The attacker Zeki Amdouni got a match rating of 7.41 in that game. Amdouni scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Grasshopper in the Super League.Lausanne are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). The Lausanne manager I. Borenovic has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Aarau victories, four draws and four Lausanne Sport wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Spadanuda 6 goals |  M. Amdouni 4 goals |  S. Gashi 3 goals |
Aarau missing players
Lausanne Sport missing players
| Aarau | Lausanne Sport | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 50 | 17 | Scored | S | 22 | 44 | ||
| 40 | 13 | Conceded | C | 24 | 47 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 12% | ||
| 6.4 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 43% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Winterthur | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Vaduz | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Thun | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Aarau | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Neuchatel Xamax | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Schaffhausen | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Wil | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 9 | Yverdon Sport | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Kriens | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | -24 | 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 | Basel | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Zürich | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Grasshopper | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Lugano | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Servette | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 9 |
| 8 | Sion | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 9 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 7 |
| 10 | Luzern | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 6 |