Another action-packed fixture in Challenge League as Wil welcome Aarau

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 24.July
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: IGP Arena (6010 seats)

With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Wil fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Aarau.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Wil and Aarau.

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Wil form and stats

The story so far in the Challenge League for Wil at their home stadium (IGP Arena) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Wil travelled for their previous game, a trip to Winterthur that ended 2-2. Preceding that match was a defeat to Vaduz (1-2).

Opportunity lost for Wil in the Winterthur match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Grasshopper are coming to town in three days.

Wil have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at IGP Arena with 27 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Wil have conceded 15 goals.

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Aarau form and stats

Aarau, who have the most conceded goals (73) in Challenge League, have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Challenge League, after 4-4-8 (16 played).

There were no winners in Aarau's previous match, a Challenge League home game that ended 2-2 vs Chiasso (placed 10th). A loss against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Aarau are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 16 games (in the league). For Aarau, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Wil and Aarau have met before this season: Aarau - Wil 4-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Wil won three games, one match ended with a draw and Aarau has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

WilV. Fazliu
V. Fazliu
9 goals
WilK. Duah
K. Duah
8 goals
AarauM. Neumayr
M. Neumayr
7 goals

Wil missing players

Aarau missing players

Wil Aarau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 4 16 33
12 7 1 Won W 1 4 9
6 4 2 Drew D 1 4 10
14 4 2 Lost L 2 8 14
50 27 5 Scored S 7 20 58
52 15 7 Conceded C 12 37 73
97% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
88% 87% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 88%
66% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 73%
38% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 50% 61%
25% 13% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 75% 44% 39%
53% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 76%
28% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 15%
22% 13% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 15%
 
3.3 3.6 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 6.5 6.2
5 4.5 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.4 4.9
2 1.7 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 2.2
3 3 3 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
274 140 40 Total Shots T S 48 153 339
120 63 22 Shots on Target S O 17 63 141
42% 43% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 32% 41%
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Aarau has the fewest matches under the total-line (10)
  • Aarau has the most conceded goals (73)
  • Aarau has the most conceded goals in the first half (37)
  • Aarau has the most matches over the total-line (19)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lausanne Sport 33 20 7 6 74 31 16 12 3 1 37 6 17 8 4 5 37 25 43 67
2 Grasshopper 32 17 8 7 61 37 17 10 3 4 40 20 15 7 5 3 21 17 24 59
3 Vaduz 33 16 10 7 70 49 17 10 3 4 42 25 16 6 7 3 28 24 21 58
4 Kriens 33 15 5 13 52 50 16 9 3 4 32 19 17 6 2 9 20 31 2 50
5 Winterthur 33 12 10 11 43 55 17 7 4 6 23 30 16 5 6 5 20 25 -12 46
6 Wil 32 12 6 14 50 52 15 7 4 4 27 15 17 5 2 10 23 37 -2 42
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 33 11 8 14 44 55 17 7 4 6 27 22 16 4 4 8 17 33 -11 41
8 Aarau 33 9 10 14 58 73 17 5 6 6 38 36 16 4 4 8 20 37 -15 37
9 FC Schaffhausen 33 6 13 14 29 53 16 3 8 5 15 22 17 3 5 9 14 31 -24 31
10 Chiasso 33 4 7 22 39 65 16 3 4 9 18 26 17 1 3 13 21 39 -26 19

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.