National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Winterthur or Bavois that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Challenge League match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Grasshopper, so at least Winterthur are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Winterthur form and stats
Winterthur participated in Swiss Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Overall Challenge League stats at home this season for Winterthur are 8-4-6 (wins-draw-losses). 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 goalkeeper Raphael Spiegel is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 203 minutes without conceding a goal in the Challenge League.
Winterthur are returning here after visiting Grasshopper in a Challenge League game and winning with a 6-0 scoreline. A. Mahamid (2), L. Sliskovic (2), Nuno Da Silva and S. Ltaief scored the goal(s). Sensational by Winterthur last match, beating Grasshopper away as big underdogs. Previous to that game, a Challenge League home match hosting Kriens in a game that was won 4-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Winterthur played a great game against Grasshopper and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There will be little rest for Winterthur after this match as they are travelling to Lausanne Sport for a Swiss Cup game in only two days.
Winterthur have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sportanlage Utogrund with 27 goals in 18 league matches. Winterthur have conceded 30 from these games.
Bavois form and stats
Bavois's mission in Swiss Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.Bavois have only collected 8 points from their away games in the 1.Liga Promotion, after 1-5-3 (9 played). Total Swiss Cup statistics for Bavois: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Bavois play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to 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.
Bavois have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Bavois have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Sliskovic 14 goals |  R. Buess 12 goals |  D. Callà 4 goals |
Winterthur missing players
Bavois missing players
| Winterthur | Bavois | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 39 | 50 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 26 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 206 | 101 | Total Shots | T S | 78 | 134 | ||
| 89 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 49 | ||
| 45% | 55% | 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 | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 84 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 48 | 73 |
| 2 | Vaduz | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 76 | 53 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 64 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 69 | 52 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 17 | 61 |
| 4 | Winterthur | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 56 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 26 | -1 | 55 |
| 5 | Kriens | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 58 | 59 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 35 | -1 | 54 |
| 6 | Wil | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 60 | 61 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 42 | -1 | 49 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 64 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 38 | -17 | 42 |
| 8 | Aarau | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 65 | 80 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 42 | -15 | 41 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 36 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 34 | 62 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | -28 | 32 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 44 | 69 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 40 | -25 | 23 |
| 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 |