Delightful dogfight as daring FC Schaffhausen duel with determined Thun

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 15.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: LIPO Park Schaffhausen (8200 seats)

The brand new season is about to kick off and the fans are trembling with optimism. It’s wide open as FC Schaffhausen greet Thun for the opening fixture at LIPO Park Schaffhausen. Read more!

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FC Schaffhausen form and stats

The previous season, FC Schaffhausen's league statistics were 19 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, results that produced 2nd spot in the Challenge League. From these 36 matches they scored 73 goals and conceded 49. Appearing as the home team in the former season FC Schaffhausen generated 12-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 41 goals and 21 conceded.

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 FC Schaffhausen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the FC Schaffhausen friendly games in pre-season: FC Schaffhausen played four friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 3. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that FC Schaffhausen scored 6 goals and conceded 15 in these four games.

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Thun form and stats

Let's have a look at how Thun performed last season in the Challenge League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 5 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 62 and conceded 57 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 26/28 goals scored/conceded.

We have checked recent matches where Thun have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Thun as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Thun have played three with the results W1-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Thun has scored 5 goals and conceded 5 times.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five FC Schaffhausen victories, two draws and three Thun wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

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FC Schaffhausen Thun
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
FC Schaffhausen Last season Thun
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
19 12   Won W   7 17
8 4   Drew D   3 5
9 2   Lost L   8 14
73 41   Scored S   26 62
49 21   Conceded C   28 57
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
81% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 89%
61% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 72%
39% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 42%
31% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 17%
67% 67%   BTTS BTTS   56% 64%
22% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 19%
17% 11%   Failed to Score F T   28% 17%
 
4.8 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.8
5.1 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.6
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.2
4 4   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.2 11.9   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 12.5
5.6 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.8
36% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 36%
 
10.4 10.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10.1 10.4
4.8 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.5

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bellinzona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 FC Schaffhausen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lausanne Sport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Neuchatel Xamax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Thun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Vaduz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Wil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yverdon Sport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 36 18 11 7 76 45 18 12 4 2 44 20 18 6 7 5 32 25 31 65
2 FC Schaffhausen 36 19 8 9 73 49 18 12 4 2 41 21 18 7 4 7 32 28 24 65
3 Aarau 36 20 5 11 67 47 18 10 2 6 28 23 18 10 3 5 39 24 20 65
4 Vaduz 36 18 6 12 68 58 18 9 3 6 33 26 18 9 3 6 35 32 10 60
5 Thun 36 17 5 14 62 57 18 10 2 6 36 29 18 7 3 8 26 28 5 56
6 Neuchatel Xamax 36 14 8 14 56 54 18 9 4 5 35 28 18 5 4 9 21 26 2 50
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 36 12 8 16 46 50 18 9 4 5 28 20 18 3 4 11 18 30 -4 44
8 Yverdon Sport 36 11 11 14 44 52 18 7 7 4 25 24 18 4 4 10 19 28 -8 44
9 Wil 36 11 8 17 68 80 18 8 5 5 44 32 18 3 3 12 24 48 -12 41
10 Kriens 36 3 4 29 25 93 18 3 2 13 10 38 18 0 2 16 15 55 -68 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.