Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Winterthur & Bavois face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Swiss Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Winterthur and Bavois should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Winterthur form and stats
Last season, Winterthur's Swiss Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.5-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Challenge League numbers at home for Winterthur so far this season. On the other hand, in the Swiss Cup, Winterthur has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
The Winterthur crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Lausanne Sport here at Stadion Schützenwiese in a Challenge League match. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy.
Winterthur were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Winterthur, as the Challenge League home game vs Grasshopper is only four days away.
Winterthur are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. Winterthur have conceded 23 from these games.
Bavois form and stats
Last season their Swiss Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bavois so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-3 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Swiss Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Bavois, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Breitenrain.
Bavois lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The 1.Liga Promotion trip to Etoile Carouge.
Bavois have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Bavois have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
 L. Sliskovic 10 goals |  R. Buess 6 goals | N. Da Silva 2 goals |
Winterthur missing players
Bavois missing players
| Winterthur | Bavois | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Scored | S | 39 | 50 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Conceded | C | 26 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 224 | 115 | Total Shots | T S | 78 | 134 | ||
| 90 | 50 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 49 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 68% | 57% | ||
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 52 |
| 2 | Vaduz | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 37 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 4 | Kriens | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | Winterthur | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -12 | 31 |
| 6 | Wil | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -1 | 28 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Aarau | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -17 | 24 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -14 | 17 |
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 30 | 38 |
| 2 | Rapperswil-Jona | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Stade Nyonnais | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 30 |
| 4 | Etoile Carouge | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 30 |
| 5 | Black Stars | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Bellinzona | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Bruhl | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 8 | Basel II | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Breitenrain | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Sion II | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Köniz | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 20 |
| 12 | Cham | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Zurich II | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Bavois | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -14 | 16 |
| 15 | YF Juventus | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 15 |
| 16 | Munsingen | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 9 |