Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Thun & Young Boys face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Swiss Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Thun nor Young Boys 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.
Thun form and stats
Last season, Thun's Swiss Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the Challenge League, Thun have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.
The Thun fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Yverdon Sport and win 3-1. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Kyeremateng, having scored in three games in a row.
Before that, Thun drew at home versus Stade Lausanne-Ouchy.Thun are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. Thun's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Young Boys form and stats
Young Boys was sent out of Swiss Cup in the round of 16 last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Zurich in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. The draw against Zurich came from a losing position. The Young Boys manager Wicky brought on Fassnacht as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfield player Rrudhani was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Rrudhani served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A draw for Young Boys before that, at their own venue hosting Lugano (1-1).There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Young Boys manager Wicky as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Winterthur.
Young Boys are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 16 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Young Boys are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: one win for Thun, three draws and six wins for Young Boys. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Nsamé 13 goals |  C. Itten 11 goals |   G. Kyeremateng 10 goals |
Thun missing players
Young Boys missing players
| Thun | Young Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 24 | 56 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 7.3 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 39% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wil | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 44 |
| 2 | Yverdon Sport | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 42 |
| 3 | Lausanne Sport | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 41 |
| 4 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 35 |
| 5 | Thun | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 32 |
| 6 | Aarau | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 25 | -3 | 32 |
| 7 | FC Schaffhausen | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Bellinzona | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -19 | 24 |
| 9 | Vaduz | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 19 |
| 10 | Neuchatel Xamax | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -11 | 16 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 35 | 47 |
| 2 | Servette | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 34 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Luzern | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | Lugano | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | Basel | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -5 | 24 |
| 8 | Zurich | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 24 |
| 9 | Sion | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -14 | 22 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -22 | 22 |
