FC Schaffhausen will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Winterthur.
- FC Schaffhausen have scored in all their matches so far.
- Winterthur has the the best goal difference (+11) in Challenge League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Winterthur 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 2-2-2 (win-draw-loss) from six matches.
FC Schaffhausen form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at LIPO Park Schaffhausen as FC Schaffhausen have scored 16 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Challenge League are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at LIPO Park Schaffhausen after three straight home wins.
Schaffhausen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Thun. A strong away win before that one, visiting Chiasso and winning 2-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Schaffhausen as they are travelling to their away game against Aarau in the Challenge League. That match is four days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 8 games), FC Schaffhausen's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Schaffhausen have conceded 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Winterthur form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+11) in Challenge League, on their Challenge League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Winterthur, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Chiasso (placed 10th) in the Challenge League last time out. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Neuchâtel Xamax's place.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Grasshopper in just four days.
Winterthur are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Winterthur have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Winterthur - Schaffhausen 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Schaffhausen two wins, four draws and Winterthur four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Pollero López 9 goals |   R. Buess 7 goals | I. Prtajin 6 goals |
FC Schaffhausen missing players
Winterthur missing players
| FC Schaffhausen | Winterthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 29 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 29 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 81% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 38% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 19% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8.2 | 7.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 37% | 54% |
- FC Schaffhausen have scored in all their matches so far.
- FC Schaffhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Winterthur has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Challenge League
- Winterthur has the most clean sheets (4) away in Challenge League
- Winterthur has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Challenge League
- Winterthur has the the best goal difference (+11) 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 | Grasshopper | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | Winterthur | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Thun | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 4 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Aarau | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | FC Schaffhausen | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Kriens | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 8 | Wil | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 16 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -17 | 12 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 11 |