Soccer betting preview: FC Schaffhausen welcomes Aarau in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 17.February
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: LIPO Park Schaffhausen (8200 seats)

FC Schaffhausen hope to have lots of fans in for this match despite that the season has been rough up to now with 26 points and a 7th spot in the Challenge League table. Guests Aarau hold 6th place with 28 pts.

Insights:
  • FC Schaffhausen have the fewest scored goals (23) in Challenge League
  • Aarau have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Challenge League

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Aarau have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 8-1-4 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.

This should be an exciting fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's start!

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FC Schaffhausen form and stats

When playing at home in the Challenge League, FC Schaffhausen, who have the fewest scored goals (23) in Challenge League, have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at LIPO Park Schaffhausen.

FC Schaffhausen are confident in defense, having played 221 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Schaffhausen enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bellinzona's place. The match ended 2-0 with Rodriguez (2) scoring.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Vaduz in a game that was won 1-0.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

FC Schaffhausen have scored {8 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. FC Schaffhausen are not conceding a lot of goals here at LIPO Park Schaffhausen in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Aarau form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Challenge League.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Yverdon Sport with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that match, the Aarau manager Smiljanic faced defeat when travelling to Lausanne Sport and losing 1-4.

Observe that 16 of this club's 20 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.

Aarau has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. Aarau have conceded 23 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; Aarau - FC Schaffhausen 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Schaffhausen four wins, zero draws and Aarau six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AarauS. Vladi
S. Vladi
9 goals
AarauV. Fazliu
V. Fazliu
7 goals
FC SchaffhausenR. Bobadilla
R. Bobadilla
6 goals

FC Schaffhausen missing players

Aarau missing players

FC Schaffhausen Aarau
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 10 21
7 4 1 Won W 2 3 7
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 7
9 4 1 Lost L 1 4 7
23 8 1 Scored S 6 17 35
28 9 2 Conceded C 5 23 40
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
33% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 90% 76%
19% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 70% 52%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 24%
43% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 70% 71%
33% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 19%
29% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 10% 10%
 
4.3 4.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.3 6
6.8 6.9 8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.1 5.3
2.6 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.3 10.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.9 10.8
4.2 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.6 4.3
26% 19% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 37% 39%
 
13 12.8 15.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.1 11.7
5.1 5 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.2 5.5
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Aarau have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Aarau have scored at least twice as many goals away as FC Schaffhausen have scored home.
  • Aarau have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Challenge League
  • Aarau haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Aarau's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Schaffhausen have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Challenge League
  • FC Schaffhausen have the fewest scored goals (23) in Challenge League
  • FC Schaffhausen have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Challenge League
  • FC Schaffhausen have the most matches under the total-line (14) 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 Wil 21 12 5 4 45 27 10 8 2 0 28 6 11 4 3 4 17 21 18 41
2 Yverdon Sport 21 13 2 6 43 34 10 7 1 2 22 10 11 6 1 4 21 24 9 41
3 Lausanne Sport 21 11 4 6 37 26 10 7 3 0 26 10 11 4 1 6 11 16 11 37
4 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 21 10 4 7 38 31 11 6 1 4 23 22 10 4 3 3 15 9 7 34
5 Thun 21 7 7 7 32 31 10 4 3 3 13 14 11 3 4 4 19 17 1 28
6 Aarau 21 7 7 7 35 40 11 4 4 3 18 17 10 3 3 4 17 23 -5 28
7 FC Schaffhausen 21 7 5 9 23 28 10 4 2 4 8 9 11 3 3 5 15 19 -5 26
8 Bellinzona 21 7 2 12 24 41 11 4 0 7 15 22 10 3 2 5 9 19 -17 23
9 Vaduz 21 3 9 9 28 36 11 2 5 4 16 19 10 1 4 5 12 17 -8 18
10 Neuchâtel Xamax 21 2 7 12 26 37 11 2 5 4 17 16 10 0 2 8 9 21 -11 13

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.