Thun vs Wil match preview

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stockhorn Arena (10014 seats)

The home fans look for three points in this game, and the home advantage should be put to good use against a struggling visitor. Thun are in 5th position while the guesting Wil fret at 8th.

Insights:
  • Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wil have the most scored goals (39) in Challenge League

Wil play their home matches on grass, while this game will be played on artifical turf. Up to date results for Wil when playing on artifical turf are 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from nine matches. They have managed to score 12 goals and conceded 19 times in these games.

Thun and Wil should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Thun form and stats

When playing at home in the Challenge League, Thun have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Thun, who played 2-2 against FC Schaffhausen. That match was also played at this venue (Stockhorn Arena).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Neuchâtel Xamax with a 4-1 scoreline.

Thun have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stockhorn Arena with 16 goals in 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Thun defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Wil form and stats

3-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Wil, who have the most scored goals (39) in Challenge League, in their Challenge League matches away.

Wil delivered a 4-4 draw playing at home against Vaduz (placed 1st) in their previous fixture.

Prior to that match, the Wil manager Iacopetta faced defeat when travelling to Stade Lausanne-Ouchy and losing 1-2.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Wil when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing six times, drawing zero and winning one game.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Wil have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Wil have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams encountered each other earlier this campaign: Thun - Wil 2-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Thun victories, two draws and three Wil wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

WilS. Bahloul
S. Bahloul
9 goals
ThunS. Chihadeh
S. Chihadeh
8 goals
WilJ. Lukembila
J. Lukembila
8 goals

Thun missing players

Wil missing players

Thun Wil
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
8 4 3 Won W 0 3 7
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 4
7 3 0 Lost L 1 5 8
31 16 9 Scored S 4 13 39
27 14 3 Conceded C 5 19 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 84%
44% 44% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 53%
17% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 22% 32%
61% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 63%
17% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 21%
22% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 16%
 
5.6 5.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.2 5.4
4.8 5.7 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 5.2 6.4
1.8 1.2 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
11.6 14.4 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 11.1 9.5
4.8 5.8 8.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.2 4.3
36% 31% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 34% 48%
 
11.1 12.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.6 10.7
4.7 4.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.6
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • All of Wil's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wil have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Challenge League
  • Wil have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Challenge League
  • Wil have the most scored goals (39) in Challenge League
  • Wil have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Challenge League
  • Wil haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vaduz 19 10 4 5 37 28 9 5 1 3 17 13 10 5 3 2 20 15 9 34
2 Winterthur 19 9 5 5 36 25 10 6 2 2 22 11 9 3 3 3 14 14 11 32
3 Aarau 19 9 5 5 27 21 10 6 2 2 15 8 9 3 3 3 12 13 6 32
4 FC Schaffhausen 18 7 6 5 32 24 9 5 4 0 19 10 9 2 2 5 13 14 8 27
5 Thun 18 8 3 7 31 27 9 4 2 3 16 14 9 4 1 4 15 13 4 27
6 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 19 7 5 7 23 21 9 5 3 1 13 5 10 2 2 6 10 16 2 26
7 Yverdon Sport 19 7 5 7 23 23 10 6 3 1 15 7 9 1 2 6 8 16 0 26
8 Wil 19 7 4 8 39 39 10 4 3 3 26 20 9 3 1 5 13 19 0 25
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 19 7 4 8 27 29 9 5 1 3 18 14 10 2 3 5 9 15 -2 25
10 Kriens 19 1 3 15 10 48 9 1 1 7 6 16 10 0 2 8 4 32 -38 6

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.