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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 28.October
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Liko Arena (1000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Wil club members are hoping that the mismatch between 3rd and FC Schaffhausen's 7th position in the table will be visible on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Wil have the most clean sheets (6) in Challenge League
  • FC Schaffhausen have the fewest scored goals (14) in Challenge League

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting FC Schaffhausen have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 13-9-10 (win-draw-loss) from 32 matches.

Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic match!

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Wil form and stats

5-1-0 is the performance here at Liko Arena so far in the Challenge League, giving Wil a total of 16 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! There’s a good atmosphere here at Liko Arena after three straight home wins.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Wil, as their goalkeeper Marvin Keller has completely shut out the opponents for 201 minutes in the Challenge League.

The home team returns to Liko Arena after drawing with Vaduz (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Lausanne Sport.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Wil have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 6 games), Wil's attacking play is working. As for guarding their own goal, Wil have only let in {2 goals} at home.

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FC Schaffhausen form and stats

2-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Schaffhausen, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in Challenge League, in their Challenge League matches away.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Stade Lausanne-Ouchy with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Neuchâtel Xamax that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where FC Schaffhausen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

The visiting Schaffhausen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games. FC Schaffhausen have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: FC Schaffhausen - Wil 0-1. Wil-FC Schaffhausen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Wil three wins, FC Schaffhausen four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FC SchaffhausenR. Bobadilla
R. Bobadilla
5 goals
WilS. Bahloul
S. Bahloul
3 goals
WilS. de Oliveira
S. de Oliveira
3 goals

Wil missing players

FC Schaffhausen missing players

Wil FC Schaffhausen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 2 6 13
7 5 2 Won W 1 2 4
2 1 1 Drew D 0 2 3
4 0 0 Lost L 1 2 6
22 15 5 Scored S 3 8 14
16 2 1 Conceded C 5 11 20
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
54% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 38%
38% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 23%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 8%
46% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 46%
46% 67% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 23%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 31%
 
4.2 4.2 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4 4.5
6.4 6.8 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 11 6.7 6.5
2.5 2.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 9.8 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.3 10.8
3.9 5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.8 3.9
43% 50% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 35% 27%
 
9.6 8.5 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 13.2 13.8
3.6 2.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 6 5.9
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • All of FC Schaffhausen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Schaffhausen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Schaffhausen have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Challenge League
  • FC Schaffhausen have the fewest scored goals (14) in Challenge League
  • FC Schaffhausen have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Challenge League
  • FC Schaffhausen have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Challenge League
  • FC Schaffhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wil have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Wil have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Wil have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Wil have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Challenge League
  • Wil have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Challenge League
  • Wil have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Challenge League
  • Wil have the most clean sheets (6) in Challenge League
  • Wil haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 13 8 1 4 23 13 7 6 1 0 19 6 6 2 0 4 4 7 10 25
2 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 13 7 3 3 23 18 6 3 1 2 9 12 7 4 2 1 14 6 5 24
3 Wil 13 7 2 4 22 16 6 5 1 0 15 2 7 2 1 4 7 14 6 23
4 Yverdon Sport 13 7 2 4 26 23 6 3 1 2 11 8 7 4 1 2 15 15 3 23
5 Bellinzona 13 6 1 6 19 27 7 3 0 4 12 15 6 3 1 2 7 12 -8 19
6 Aarau 13 4 6 3 24 22 7 1 4 2 12 13 6 3 2 1 12 9 2 18
7 FC Schaffhausen 13 4 3 6 14 20 7 2 1 4 6 9 6 2 2 2 8 11 -6 15
8 Thun 13 3 5 5 19 22 6 2 2 2 8 9 7 1 3 3 11 13 -3 14
9 Vaduz 13 2 6 5 22 23 7 1 3 3 12 13 6 1 3 2 10 10 -1 12
10 Neuchâtel Xamax 13 1 3 9 16 24 6 1 2 3 9 8 7 0 1 6 7 16 -8 6

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.