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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: IGP Arena (6010 seats)

Challenge League: High-level against modest, at least based on the league table. Wil - FC Schaffhausen. Home victory or a surprise?

Insights:
  • Wil have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Challenge League
  • FC Schaffhausen have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Challenge League

FC Schaffhausen play their home matches on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. The latest results for FC Schaffhausen when featuring on grass are 12 wins, 4 draws and 12 defeats from 28 matches. They have scored {47 goals} and conceded 45 times on these occasions.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Wil form and stats

29 points is a decent return from 14 Challenge League games here at IGP Arena for Wil. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. Three consecutive losses here at IGP Arena is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Wil are returning here after visiting Neuchatel Xamax and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Muci scored the goal(s). A big relief, as that was the first league win after playing, but not winning, six consecutive games. Muci has scored in three games in a row. Badass!

Ahead of that match, Wil lost 1-2 at home to Thun.

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.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 16 latest league matches highlights that 12 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Wil can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 33 times. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Wil have conceded 15 goals.

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FC Schaffhausen form and stats

As the visiting team in Challenge League matches, FC Schaffhausen have produced an overall stat of 5-3-6 so far.

The manager Yakin was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium LIPO Park Schaffhausen. Schaffhausen suffered a 3-4 loss to Yverdon Sport (placed 1st). A huge disappointment for FC Schaffhausen in their last match (vs Yverdon Sport). Leading 3-1 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 3-4 defeat.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Vaduz.

We have checked recent matches where FC Schaffhausen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Schaffhausen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 14 games. FC Schaffhausen's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 22 goals from these trips. FC Schaffhausen has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the teams met earlier this season; FC Schaffhausen - Wil 4-1. Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Wil won four games, two matches ended in a draw and FC Schaffhausen have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.

Top Goalscorers

FC SchaffhausenR. Bobadilla
R. Bobadilla
9 goals
WilJ. Lukembila
J. Lukembila
8 goals
FC SchaffhausenS. Muller
S. Muller
8 goals

Wil missing players

FC Schaffhausen missing players

Wil FC Schaffhausen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 3 14 29
14 9 5 Won W 0 5 10
7 2 0 Drew D 0 3 6
8 3 0 Lost L 3 6 13
54 33 15 Scored S 1 23 41
42 15 3 Conceded C 10 22 45
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
83% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 79%
62% 64% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 48%
41% 36% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 34%
24% 29% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 21% 21%
62% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 48%
31% 43% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 28%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 21% 28%
 
4.5 4.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.1 4.1
4.9 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6.6 6.5
2.3 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.6 11.7 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 10.1 10.9
4.7 5.9 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 4.4
40% 40% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 38% 32%
 
10.3 10 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 13.5 13.4
4 3.8 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 5.8 5.8
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • FC Schaffhausen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Schaffhausen have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Challenge League
  • FC Schaffhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Wil have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wil have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Wil have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Challenge League
  • Wil have the most scored goals (33) at home in Challenge League
  • Wil have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Challenge League
  • Wil have the the best goal difference (+18) 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 Yverdon Sport 29 17 4 8 57 46 14 9 3 2 29 13 15 8 1 6 28 33 11 55
2 Lausanne Sport 29 15 6 8 47 34 15 9 5 1 32 15 14 6 1 7 15 19 13 51
3 Wil 29 14 7 8 54 42 14 9 2 3 33 15 15 5 5 5 21 27 12 49
4 Thun 29 12 9 8 51 39 15 6 5 4 22 20 14 6 4 4 29 19 12 45
5 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 29 12 7 10 48 45 14 6 2 6 26 30 15 6 5 4 22 15 3 43
6 Aarau 29 11 9 9 51 52 14 5 4 5 22 22 15 6 5 4 29 30 -1 42
7 FC Schaffhausen 29 10 6 13 41 45 15 5 3 7 18 23 14 5 3 6 23 22 -4 36
8 Vaduz 29 6 12 11 42 46 14 3 5 6 20 26 15 3 7 5 22 20 -4 30
9 Bellinzona 29 8 4 17 29 56 15 5 1 9 18 30 14 3 3 8 11 26 -27 28
10 Neuchatel Xamax 29 3 10 16 33 48 15 2 7 6 19 20 14 1 3 10 14 28 -15 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.