The Aarau & Winterthur head coaches Keller and Frei are both afraid of and looking forward to this crucial match in the upper area of the Challenge League standings.
- Aarau have the most clean sheets (11) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the most scored goals (55) in Challenge League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Aarau form and stats
The story so far in the Challenge League for Aarau at their home stadium (Stadion Brügglifeld) is 8 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Aarau, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Aarau enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Wil's place. The match ended 4-3 with Vladi and Rrudhani (3) scoring. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? What a game it was for Rrudhani when beating Wil, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Winterthur (2-4).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 nine games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost three.
Aarau have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Brügglifeld with 22 goals in 14 league matches. On the other hand, Aarau have conceded 15 goals.
Winterthur form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Winterthur playing as the away team in the Challenge League this season.
Winterthur are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (placed 6th).
Before that, Winterthur travelled to Neuchatel Xamax and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Winterthur are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and three defeats. From a total of nine matches.
Winterthur are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 14 away games so far. Winterthur have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other previously this season, with the result Winterthur - Aarau 4-2 entered in the official records. Cvetkovic (Aarau) was shown a red card when these teams previously met this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Aarau victories, three draws and four Winterthur wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Spadanuda 13 goals |   R. Buess 10 goals |  S. Gashi 9 goals |
Aarau missing players
Winterthur missing players
| Aarau | Winterthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 52 | 22 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 21 | 55 |
| 37 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 22 | 36 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 86% |
| 86% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 82% |
| 46% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 57% |
| 32% | 21% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 39% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 50% | 36% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 64% | 57% |
| 39% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 21% | 36% |
| 18% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 21% |
| 6.2 | 6.9 | 13 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.9 | 10 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 39% | 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 45% |
| 9.9 | 9.6 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 8.1 | 7.6 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 3.6 |
- Aarau have the most clean sheets (11) in Challenge League
- Aarau have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the most points from losing position (18) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the most scored goals (55) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the the best goal difference (+19) in Challenge League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aarau | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 50 |
| 2 | Winterthur | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 49 |
| 3 | Vaduz | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | FC Schaffhausen | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 46 |
| 5 | Thun | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 43 |
| 6 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Neuchatel Xamax | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -4 | 37 |
| 8 | Wil | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 58 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | -4 | 36 |
| 9 | Yverdon Sport | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 35 |
| 10 | Kriens | 28 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 70 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 45 | -54 | 7 |
