Challenge League: Aarau are ready for the visit of Thun in what could be an intriguing football match. Here's a thorough preview!
- Aarau have the most clean sheets (5) in Challenge League
- Thun have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both sides have had ample time to rest since their last game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!
14 - 8 - 16 with 58-65. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Thun when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Thun play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Aarau form and stats
3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Challenge League numbers at home for Aarau, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Challenge League, so far this season.
Aarau are confident in defense, having played 400 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Aarau in their previous game, a Challenge League match away at Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (placed 5th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.
In the match before that, Aarau hosted Kriens and drew the game 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Aarau have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won five times, drawn five and lost three.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Aarau as they have a new game in only four days, a Swiss Cup match thankfully also at home. Lausanne Sport are visiting.
The Aarau manager S. Keller has got the team scoring with 10 from 5 home games in the league. Aarau's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Thun form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Challenge League travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Thun's previous game was their home loss versus Winterthur (0-2).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Vaduz at their stadium, the result 3-1.Thun are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Thun's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Thun's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The participants have played each other before in this season, with the result Thun - Aarau 1-2 registered in the official records. Data for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two sides are: six wins for Aarau, one draw and three wins for Thun. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Spadanuda 6 goals |  S. Chihadeh 4 goals |  S. Gashi 3 goals |
Aarau missing players
Thun missing players
| Aarau | Thun | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 11 | 5 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 60% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 6.1 | 8 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.6 | 6.2 |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.2 | 3.4 |
| 2.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.2 | 9.8 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 8.6 | 10.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 40% | 53% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 47% | 35% |
- Aarau have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Challenge League
- Aarau have the most clean sheets (5) in Challenge League
- Aarau have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Challenge League
- Aarau have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- All of Thun's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Thun have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Thun have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Thun have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Aarau | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Neuchatel Xamax | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Vaduz | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Thun | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Schaffhausen | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Wil | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Yverdon Sport | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Kriens | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | -19 | 2 |