Open game expected at Stadion Schützenwiese: Winterthur vs Aarau preview

It's no vacation for neither Winterthur nor Aarau as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Winterthur form and stats

The first game here at Stadion Schützenwiese resulted in a draw. Last season Winterthur's home game statistics were 9 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats from 18 games.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Aarau in the Challenge League last time out and are looking for a win here. Ahead of that match, Winterthur won a home game hosting FC Schaffhausen (3-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Winterthur have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 2 Lost 0.

Winterthur has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game.

Last season, Winterthur's league statistics were 16 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Challenge League. Over these 36 matches they scored 57 goals and conceded 51. Playing at home last season Winterthur managed 9-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 18 conceded.

Aarau form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first away game of the season. During their previous season 18 away games resulted in 9 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Winterthur in their previous outing. The Challenge League match ended in a draw 1-1. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Rapperswil-Jona.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Aarau in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Aarau, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Aarau has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Let's have a look at how Aarau performed last season in the Challenge League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 27/24 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Winterthur - Aarau 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 4 - 2 (Winterthur wins - draws - Aarau wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Winterthur missing players

Aarau missing players