Another adrenaline-pumping game in Challenge League as Thun welcome Yverdon Sport

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stockhorn Arena (10014 seats)

Thun have managed 9 home wins up until now, Yverdon Sport have won 4 away. Who enhances their results after this one?

Insights:
  • Thun have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Yverdon Sport have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Challenge League

Thun are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 5th place whatever happens now. For Yverdon Sport most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season. Yverdon Sport play their home fixtures on grass, while this game will take place on artifical turf. The latest results for Yverdon Sport when featuring on artifical turf are 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from five matches. They have created 6 goals and conceded 13 times in these games.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Thun form and stats

9-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Challenge League numbers at home for Thun so far this season.

Thun enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Wil's place. The match ended 2-1 with Kyeremateng and Gerndt scoring. The victory against Wil came after Kyeremateng's winning goal. The Thun manager Bernegger was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 25th minute.

Preceding that match was the home game against FC Schaffhausen that was lost 2-5.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Thun defense is not exactly impregnable. 28 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Yverdon Sport form and stats

Yverdon Sport have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Challenge League, after 4-4-9 (17 played). Two points from the last two away games for Yverdon Sport, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Yverdon Sport won their last game, 3-2 versus Kriens played at home.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Neuchâtel Xamax.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Yverdon when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Yverdon Sport have scored 18 goals in 17 league games away. In the opposite end, Yverdon have conceded 26 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Thun and Yverdon Sport have met earlier this season: Yverdon Sport - Thun 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Thun five wins, two draws and Yverdon Sport three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Yverdon SportK. Kone
K. Kone
13 goals
ThunA. Gerndt
A. Gerndt
9 goals
ThunN. Havenaar
N. Havenaar
7 goals

Thun missing players

Yverdon Sport missing players

Thun Yverdon Sport
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 4 17 35
16 9 5 Won W 0 4 11
5 2 0 Drew D 2 4 11
14 6 1 Lost L 2 9 13
60 34 14 Scored S 4 18 43
56 28 7 Conceded C 7 26 50
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
89% 94% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 77%
71% 82% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 51%
43% 41% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 24% 31%
17% 24% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
63% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 35% 46%
20% 24% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 31%
17% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 41% 31%
 
5.7 6 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.4 4.6
4.7 5.1 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.9 5.5
2.2 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.1 3.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
12.1 14.8 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 8.7 9.5
4.7 5.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.5 3.6
36% 36% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 31% 34%
 
10.3 10.5 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 10.4 10.2
4.5 4.4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.6 4
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Thun have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Yverdon Sport have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have the most matches under the total-line (16) 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 Aarau 35 20 5 10 66 45 17 10 2 5 27 21 18 10 3 5 39 24 21 65
2 Winterthur 35 17 11 7 71 45 18 12 4 2 44 20 17 5 7 5 27 25 26 62
3 FC Schaffhausen 35 18 8 9 71 48 18 12 4 2 41 21 17 6 4 7 30 27 23 62
4 Vaduz 35 17 6 12 66 57 18 9 3 6 33 26 17 8 3 6 33 31 9 57
5 Thun 35 16 5 14 60 56 17 9 2 6 34 28 18 7 3 8 26 28 4 53
6 Neuchâtel Xamax 35 13 8 14 51 52 17 8 4 5 30 26 18 5 4 9 21 26 -1 47
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 35 12 8 15 45 48 17 9 4 4 27 18 18 3 4 11 18 30 -3 44
8 Yverdon Sport 35 11 11 13 43 50 18 7 7 4 25 24 17 4 4 9 18 26 -7 44
9 Wil 35 11 8 16 66 75 18 8 5 5 44 32 17 3 3 11 22 43 -9 41
10 Kriens 35 3 4 28 25 88 17 3 2 12 10 33 18 0 2 16 15 55 -63 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.