Match preview Challenge League: Wil - Servette at IGP Arena

Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: IGP Arena (6958 seats)

Wil will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 21 points behind Servette.

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 Servette.

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Wil form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Wil, who have the fewest scored goals (27) in Challenge League, are 6-4-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Wil manager K. Fünfstück and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Vaduz in the Challenge League. Preceding that match was a defeat to Kriens (0-1).

Wil has scored 16 goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Wil have only conceded 11 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Servette form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Servette, who have the most points (25) away in Challenge League, playing as the away team this season. The fact that Servette have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Servette has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

It's the second away game in a row for Servette, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Lausanne Sport in the Challenge League last time out. That result followed a home victory 5-2 versus Winterthur.

The travelling fans enjoy Servette's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 14 away matches. Servette have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Servette - Wil 0-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Wil, 3 draws and 6 wins for Servette.

Top Goalscorers

S. Wüthrich
9 goals
Mychell Chagas
9 goals
A. Schalk
8 goals

Wil missing players

Servette missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Wil Servette
Total Home Statistic Away Total
27 13 Played 14 27
27 16 Scored 26 63
31 11 Conceded 15 24
89% 92% Over 0.5 100% 96%
78% 77% Over 1.5 93% 89%
30% 31% Over 2.5 57% 56%
19% 8% Over 3.5 21% 33%
0% 0% Over 4.5 14% 26%
44% 54% Both teams to score 64% 59%
33% 31% Clean Sheet 29% 33%
33% 23% Failed To Score 7% 11%
Key stats this season:
  • Servette hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Servette is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Wil is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Servette 27 17 6 4 63 24 13 10 2 1 37 9 14 7 4 3 26 15 39 57
2 Lausanne Sport 27 10 14 3 43 28 14 6 6 2 24 14 13 4 8 1 19 14 15 44
3 Winterthur 27 12 6 9 41 38 13 6 4 3 19 13 14 6 2 6 22 25 3 42
4 Aarau 27 12 5 10 44 41 13 7 2 4 26 19 14 5 3 6 18 22 3 41
5 Wil 27 9 9 9 27 31 13 6 4 3 16 11 14 3 5 6 11 20 -4 36
6 Kriens 27 7 12 8 40 43 14 3 5 6 18 24 13 4 7 2 22 19 -3 33
7 Vaduz 27 8 8 11 37 46 14 6 5 3 23 19 13 2 3 8 14 27 -9 32
8 Chiasso 27 7 7 13 34 50 13 3 4 6 18 25 14 4 3 7 16 25 -16 28
9 FC Schaffhausen 27 7 7 13 32 50 14 5 4 5 21 22 13 2 3 8 11 28 -18 28
10 Rapperswil-Jona 27 7 4 16 34 44 14 5 3 6 19 18 13 2 1 10 15 26 -10 25