Challenge League preview: Can Vaduz edge out victory against Thun?

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 01.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Rheinpark Stadion (7564 seats)

Vaduz and Thun have delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golf term. The teams both hold mid-table positions in the Challenge League.

Insights:
  • All of Vaduz's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Thun have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both squads have had plentiful rest since their last match. Let's agree to expect an active match!

This ground has grass, which is not Thun's normal surface at their own field. When playing on grass Thun have performed like this: Played 37 matches with the results 13 wins, 8 draws and 16 defeats with the goal production 55-64 (scored/conceded).

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Vaduz form and stats

Vaduz have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Challenge League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Two home wins in a row for Vaduz bring valid hopes of a third.

No payout for Vaduz in their previous match, an away game at Yverdon Sport that ended in defeat 0-2.

Before that, Vaduz had a home game versus Winterthur which ended with a victory 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vaduz handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and two defeats.

Goals decide football matches and Vaduz are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. Vaduz's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Thun form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Challenge League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Thun's previous game versus Neuchâtel Xamax (placed 1st), a Challenge League 3-2 win played at home. What a finish in the last match, as Thun came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Saleh Chihadeh's goal in the 86th minute. Saleh Chihadeh came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Neuchâtel Xamax last time out, making the manager C. Bernegger feel like a tactical genius.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting FC Schaffhausen's place.

Thun are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Thun has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. The Thun manager C. Bernegger has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Vaduz won zero, Thun were winners in four and we saw six draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ThunS. Chihadeh
S. Chihadeh
4 goals
VaduzT. Çiçek
T. Çiçek
3 goals
VaduzF. Rahimi
F. Rahimi
2 goals

Vaduz missing players

Thun missing players

Vaduz Thun
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 0 Played P 0 4 8
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
14 7 0 Scored S 0 6 14
10 3 0 Conceded C 0 8 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
88% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 88%
50% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 88%
38% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 38%
25% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
62% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 62%
12% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
4 2.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 6.1
5 3.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.2 3.6
2.8 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 12.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.8 10.5
4.1 4.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.2 4.9
42% 54% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 46% 36%
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • All of Thun's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Vaduz's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Thun have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Thun have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Thun have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vaduz have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Vaduz 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 Neuchâtel Xamax 8 5 1 2 20 10 4 4 0 0 14 3 4 1 1 2 6 7 10 16
2 Winterthur 8 4 3 1 13 8 4 3 1 0 8 2 4 1 2 1 5 6 5 15
3 Aarau 8 4 2 2 15 11 4 3 0 1 10 5 4 1 2 1 5 6 4 14
4 Vaduz 8 4 1 3 14 10 3 2 0 1 7 3 5 2 1 2 7 7 4 13
5 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 8 4 1 3 15 12 4 3 1 0 9 2 4 1 0 3 6 10 3 13
6 Thun 8 4 1 3 14 12 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 13
7 Wil 8 3 1 4 12 13 4 2 1 1 9 5 4 1 0 3 3 8 -1 10
8 FC Schaffhausen 8 2 3 3 10 13 5 2 3 0 9 7 3 0 0 3 1 6 -3 9
9 Yverdon Sport 8 2 2 4 10 15 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 1 0 3 5 10 -5 8
10 Kriens 8 0 1 7 5 24 4 0 0 4 3 10 4 0 1 3 2 14 -19 1

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.