Challenge League match preview: Stade Lausanne-Ouchy versus Thun

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 29.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise (15850 seats)

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Thun.

Insights:
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Challenge League
  • Thun has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) 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!

10 - 7 - 18 with 38-58. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Thun when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Thun play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Stade Lausanne-Ouchy form and stats

The story so far in the Challenge League for Stade Lausanne-Ouchy at their home stadium (Stade Olympique de la Pontaise) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Two home wins in a row for Lausanne-Ouchy bring valid hopes of a third.

In their previous game, the manager M. Kodro led his Lausanne-Ouchy to a defeat in the Challenge League match away at Grasshopper. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise. Before that, Stade Lausanne-Ouchy had a home game versus Wil which ended with a victory 1-0.

There will be little rest for Stade Lausanne-Ouchy after this match as they are travelling to Chiasso for a Challenge League game in only four days.

Lausanne-Ouchy have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Lausanne-Ouchy have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Thun form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Challenge League.

Thun won their last game, 3-1 versus FC Schaffhausen played at home. A 1-3 defeat away at Aarau before that.

It's hard not to mention Nuno da Silva's lethal finishing against FC Schaffhausen. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

After this away game Thun return home for a Challenge League game against Kriens. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Thun have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. Thun have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Thun - Lausanne-Ouchy 2-2 entered in the official records. Lausanne-Ouchy-Thun H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Stade Lausanne-Ouchy zero wins, Thun one win, one draw. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Stade Lausanne-OuchyY. Lahiouel
Y. Lahiouel
8 goals
ThunN. Da Silva
N. Da Silva
5 goals
Lausanne-OuchyK. Gazzetta
K. Gazzetta
4 goals

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy missing players

Thun missing players

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy Thun
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 7 16
7 4 0 Won W 0 3 8
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
3 1 1 Lost L 1 2 4
25 13 2 Scored S 2 10 26
18 8 3 Conceded C 4 10 18
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 81%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 62%
31% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 38%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 62%
31% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 31%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 2.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
8.8 9.1 9 Shots (avg) S ( 4 8.7 10.6
3.9 4.6 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.1 4.1
40% 35% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 45% 40%
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • All of Thun's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Challenge League
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Thun has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Challenge League
  • Thun have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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

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.