Experts' prediction: Vaduz set to get maximum points from Chiasso visit

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Sat 25.July
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale di Chiasso (11160 seats)

Struggling Chiasso will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Vaduz in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Chiasso and Vaduz.

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Chiasso form and stats

Chiasso's results here at Stadio Comunale di Chiasso in the Challenge League have been very modest with 3 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Chiasso, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Chiasso manager A. Lupi and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Aarau (placed 8th) in the Challenge League. Ahead of that match, Chiasso lost 0-1 at home to Winterthur.

Chiasso has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Chiasso defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Vaduz form and stats

As the visiting team in Challenge League matches, Vaduz have produced an overall stat of 6-7-3 so far. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Winterthur game have they lost an away game, meaning Vaduz has taken points from eleven away matches in a row.

Impressive finishing from Y. Schmid and B. Sülüngöz secured the home win 2-1 against Lausanne Sport in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Wil.

Vaduz has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 16 games. Vaduz's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Vaduz - Chiasso 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - two - eight (Chiasso wins - draws - Vaduz wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChiassoS. Bahloul
S. Bahloul
9 goals
VaduzM. Coulibaly
M. Coulibaly
9 goals
VaduzT. Çiçek
T. Çiçek
9 goals

Chiasso missing players

Vaduz missing players

Chiasso Vaduz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 6 16 33
4 3 1 Won W 2 6 16
7 4 1 Drew D 4 7 10
22 9 2 Lost L 0 3 7
39 18 4 Scored S 13 28 70
65 26 6 Conceded C 9 24 49
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
61% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 69% 73%
39% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 45%
27% 19% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 19% 33%
61% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 83% 75% 79%
6% 6% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 12% 12%
36% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
3.8 4.7 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.5 4.5
4.9 5.3 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.9 4.8
2.7 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 2.3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
302 144 29 Total Shots T S 68 154 348
133 62 12 Shots on Target S O 35 66 154
29% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 42% 45%
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Chiasso has the fewest clean sheets (2)
  • Chiasso has the fewest points (13) at home
  • Chiasso has the the worst goal difference (-26)
  • Chiasso has the the worst goal difference (-8) at home
  • Chiasso have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Chiasso haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vaduz has the most points from losing position (20)
  • Vaduz haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vaduz is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 33 20 7 6 74 31 16 12 3 1 37 6 17 8 4 5 37 25 43 67
2 Grasshopper 32 17 8 7 61 37 17 10 3 4 40 20 15 7 5 3 21 17 24 59
3 Vaduz 33 16 10 7 70 49 17 10 3 4 42 25 16 6 7 3 28 24 21 58
4 Kriens 33 15 5 13 52 50 16 9 3 4 32 19 17 6 2 9 20 31 2 50
5 Winterthur 33 12 10 11 43 55 17 7 4 6 23 30 16 5 6 5 20 25 -12 46
6 Wil 32 12 6 14 50 52 15 7 4 4 27 15 17 5 2 10 23 37 -2 42
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 33 11 8 14 44 55 17 7 4 6 27 22 16 4 4 8 17 33 -11 41
8 Aarau 33 9 10 14 58 73 17 5 6 6 38 36 16 4 4 8 20 37 -15 37
9 FC Schaffhausen 33 6 13 14 29 53 16 3 8 5 15 22 17 3 5 9 14 31 -24 31
10 Chiasso 33 4 7 22 39 65 16 3 4 9 18 26 17 1 3 13 21 39 -26 19

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.