Evenly matched teams: Kriens vs Wil match preview

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Kleinfeld (3200 seats)

Wil have journeyed here for an intriguing game versus the hosting Kriens. Prepare for the game with this in-depth Challenge League preview!

Insights:
  • Kriens have the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in Challenge League

Both participants have had sufficient rest since their previous match. Let's wish for an animated game!

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Kriens form and stats

Kriens's first Challenge League home game here at Stadion Kleinfeld ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats from 18 matches.

Happy days for Kriens in their previous game, a Swiss Cup match away at Vevey Sports that ended with a 3-1 victory.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Neuchâtel Xamax (0-4).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kriens have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won five, drawn zero and lost three.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Kriens at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Wil form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Challenge League ended in defeat. Last season Wil had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 2, drew 4 and lost 12.

Two travels in a row for Wil, whose manager A. Frei could celebrate last time after the Swiss Cup win against Stade Nyonnais.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Yverdon Sport in the Challenge League.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Wil in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Wil, one draw and three defeats.

1 goal so far away for Wil, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Kriens victories, one draw and four Wil wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KriensL. Mulaj
L. Mulaj
1 goals
WilI. Sauter
I. Sauter
1 goals
WilV. Fazliu
V. Fazliu
1 goals

Kriens missing players

Wil missing players

Kriens Wil
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 1 0 Scored S 0 1 6
8 3 0 Conceded C 0 3 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.7 1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5
5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 8
2.7 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.7 5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 6.3
3.3 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.7
20% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 75%
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Kriens have the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in Challenge League
Kriens Last season Wil
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
9 4   Won W   2 10
11 7   Drew D   4 9
16 7   Lost L   12 17
40 23   Scored S   15 43
48 23   Conceded C   33 52
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
78% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 72%
44% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 50%
22% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 28%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 11%
50% 61%   BTTS BTTS   50% 50%
28% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 17%
33% 28%   Failed to Score F T   50% 36%
 
4 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 5.4
5.3 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 5.1
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
3 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
6.3 7.1   Shots (avg) S (   6.6 7.1
2.9 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.2
38% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 37%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Neuchâtel Xamax 3 3 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 7 9
2 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 7
3 Thun 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
4 Aarau 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 6
5 Winterthur 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
6 Wil 3 1 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3
7 Vaduz 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 3
8 FC Schaffhausen 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
9 Kriens 3 0 1 2 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 5 -6 1
10 Yverdon Sport 3 0 0 3 1 9 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 6 -8 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 Grasshopper 36 19 8 9 60 43 18 12 3 3 34 18 18 7 5 6 26 25 17 65
2 Thun 36 19 7 10 57 46 18 10 3 5 26 16 18 9 4 5 31 30 11 64
3 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 36 15 13 8 57 39 18 8 6 4 32 21 18 7 7 4 25 18 18 58
4 FC Schaffhausen 36 16 10 10 59 46 18 10 4 4 35 22 18 6 6 6 24 24 13 58
5 Aarau 36 17 7 12 66 59 18 11 3 4 39 22 18 6 4 8 27 37 7 58
6 Winterthur 36 11 10 15 50 52 18 7 5 6 32 25 18 4 5 9 18 27 -2 43
7 Wil 36 10 9 17 43 52 18 8 5 5 28 19 18 2 4 12 15 33 -9 39
8 Kriens 36 9 11 16 40 48 18 4 7 7 23 23 18 5 4 9 17 25 -8 38
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 36 10 6 20 36 58 18 7 3 8 21 24 18 3 3 12 15 34 -22 36
10 Chiasso 36 9 9 18 35 60 18 7 6 5 20 23 18 2 3 13 15 37 -25 36

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.