Wil manager Iacopetta looking for three points in Aarau showdown

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Liko Arena (1000 seats)

1st position in the Challenge League table for Wil right now, a competent achievement. The match-going followers pray for more excitement as 6th-placed Aarau visit Liko Arena.

Insights:
  • Wil have the most scored goals (51) in Challenge League
  • Aarau have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This has all the signs of an intriguing game with lots of fun and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Wil form and stats

29 points is a decent return from 12 Challenge League games here at Liko Arena for Wil. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

An away draw last time out for Wil, facing Thun (after extra-time) in a game that ended 1-1.

Before that, Wil played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Yverdon Sport (after extra-time).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wil handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 12 most recent league games shows that 10 of them had goals from both teams.

Wil are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Liko Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 32 goals in 12 matches. From these home matches, Wil have conceded only 10 goals.

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Aarau form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Challenge League travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Aarau, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Aarau failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (after extra-time) (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 2-3. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Aarau were so close to getting something from the game against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.

A 0-0 draw at Neuchatel Xamax (after extra-time)'s stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Aarau have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 18 of this club's 24 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.

Aarau are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 12 away games so far. Aarau have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Wil - Aarau 6-1 was the story when this pair of squads last met, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Wil wins - draws - Aarau wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AarauS. Vladi
S. Vladi
11 goals
WilJ. Lukembila
J. Lukembila
8 goals
AarauV. Fazliu
V. Fazliu
7 goals

Wil missing players

Aarau missing players

Wil Aarau
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 3 12 25
13 9 0 Won W 0 3 8
7 2 2 Drew D 2 5 9
5 1 0 Lost L 1 4 8
51 32 1 Scored S 5 19 41
33 10 1 Conceded C 8 25 45
92% 92% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
84% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 84%
60% 58% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 72%
44% 42% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 52%
24% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 24%
64% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 68%
32% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 24%
12% 8% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 12%
 
4.5 4.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.8 6.2
5.2 5.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.7 5.1
2.2 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.6 11.7 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10.5 11
4.7 6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.3 4.3
43% 44% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 37% 38%
 
10.2 9.9 11 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 12.6 12.2
3.9 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 6.2 5.6
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Aarau have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wil have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Wil have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Challenge League
  • Wil have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Challenge League
  • Wil have the most points (29) at home in Challenge League
  • Wil have the most scored goals (32) at home in Challenge League
  • Wil have the most scored goals (51) in Challenge League
  • Wil have the the best goal difference (+18) in Challenge League
  • Wil have the the best goal difference (+22) at home 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 Wil 25 13 7 5 51 33 12 9 2 1 32 10 13 4 5 4 19 23 18 46
2 Yverdon Sport 25 14 4 7 49 41 12 7 3 2 25 13 13 7 1 5 24 28 8 46
3 Lausanne Sport 25 13 6 6 42 29 12 7 5 0 27 11 13 6 1 6 15 18 13 45
4 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 25 12 5 8 43 38 12 6 1 5 23 26 13 6 4 3 20 12 5 41
5 Thun 25 9 9 7 42 34 13 5 5 3 18 17 12 4 4 4 24 17 8 36
6 Aarau 25 8 9 8 41 45 13 5 4 4 22 20 12 3 5 4 19 25 -4 33
7 FC Schaffhausen 25 8 6 11 30 37 13 4 3 6 11 18 12 4 3 5 19 19 -7 30
8 Bellinzona 25 7 3 15 26 47 12 4 0 8 15 23 13 3 3 7 11 24 -21 24
9 Vaduz 25 4 11 10 33 41 13 3 5 5 19 22 12 1 6 5 14 19 -8 23
10 Neuchatel Xamax 25 3 8 14 31 43 13 2 6 5 18 18 12 1 2 9 13 25 -12 17

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.