Aarau vs Thun: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Brügglifeld (8000 seats)

A key match in Challenge League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Aarau in 3rd position and Thun placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Aarau has the most scored goals (28) in Challenge League
  • Thun is in the best form (4-2-0)

It's no vacation for neither Aarau nor Thun 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 play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Thun when playing on grass are 12 wins, 7 draws and 17 defeats from 36 matches. They have scored 41 goals and conceded 55 times in these games.

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Aarau form and stats

When playing at home in the Challenge League, Aarau, who have the most scored goals (28) in Challenge League, have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.

It's back home for Aarau, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kriens away with the result 3-1. O. Jäckle and P. Mišić found the net in that victory. Before that, Aarau drew at home versus Stade Lausanne-Ouchy.

Goals decide football matches and Aarau are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. Aarau have conceded 12 from these games.

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Thun form and stats

3-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Thun, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Challenge League, in their Challenge League matches away.

Two travels in a row for Thun, whose manager M. Schneider could celebrate last time after the Challenge League win against Neuchâtel Xamax. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Grasshopper.

Thun are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Thun have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Thun - Aarau 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Aarau won four, Thun won three and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Aarau missing players

Thun missing players

Aarau Thun
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 1 6 14
7 3 0 Won W 0 3 7
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
4 2 1 Lost L 0 1 3
28 14 0 Scored S 1 9 22
23 12 1 Conceded C 1 7 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
86% 86% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 79%
71% 86% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 57%
57% 71% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 29%
21% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
79% 86% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 57%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 36%
14% 14% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.8 9.6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.3 10.9
4.5 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.5 4.1
44% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 43% 38%
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Aarau has the most scored goals (28) in Challenge League
  • Aarau has the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Challenge League
  • Aarau have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Aarau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Aarau haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Thun's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Thun has the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Challenge League
  • Thun has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Challenge League
  • Thun have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Thun is in the best form (4-2-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Grasshopper 14 9 2 3 25 16 7 6 1 0 16 5 7 3 1 3 9 11 9 29
2 Thun 14 7 4 3 22 14 8 4 2 2 13 7 6 3 2 1 9 7 8 25
3 Aarau 14 7 3 4 28 23 7 3 2 2 14 12 7 4 1 2 14 11 5 24
4 Winterthur 13 6 4 3 23 14 6 4 2 0 16 6 7 2 2 3 7 8 9 22
5 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 13 5 6 2 23 16 6 2 3 1 11 8 7 3 3 1 12 8 7 21
6 FC Schaffhausen 13 5 5 3 24 17 7 4 1 2 14 9 6 1 4 1 10 8 7 20
7 Kriens 14 3 4 7 17 23 8 2 2 4 11 13 6 1 2 3 6 10 -6 13
8 Wil 13 3 4 6 11 18 7 2 3 2 6 7 6 1 1 4 5 11 -7 13
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 13 3 0 10 13 30 6 2 0 4 6 11 7 1 0 6 7 19 -17 9
10 Chiasso 13 2 2 9 12 27 5 1 1 3 4 9 8 1 1 6 8 18 -15 8

Read more about Challenge League

The Swiss Challenge league is the second highest level of football in Switzerland. Ten teams play four fixtures against each other to decide a final league table. The winner is promoted directly while number two enters a promotion playoff. The bottom team is relegated.