This could be an interesting match as Winterthur have their presumed home advantage while Aarau are ahead 9 points in the Challenge League table.
- Winterthur have the most clean sheets (10) in Challenge League
- Aarau have the most scored goals (52) in Challenge League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Winterthur form and stats
Overall Challenge League stats at home this season for Winterthur, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Challenge League, are 6-4-4 (wins-draw-losses).
The Winterthur crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Thun here at IGP Arena in a Challenge League match. In the match before that, Winterthur hosted Stade Lausanne-Ouchy and drew the game 1-1.
A decent goal production from Winterthur in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Winterthur's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Aarau form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (52) in Challenge League, on their Challenge League travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Chiasso.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Wil was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Aarau lost heavily in their last match (against Wil as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.
Aarau are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Aarau have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Aarau - Winterthur 0-0, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Winterthur won three, Aarau won three and four draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Buess 10 goals |   F. Stojilkovic 10 goals | D. Rrudhani 7 goals |
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| Winterthur | Aarau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 43 | 26 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 52 |
| 40 | 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 28 | 46 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 70% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 53% | 67% |
| 37% | 43% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 23% | 29% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 20% |
| 53% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 63% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6.3 | 5.5 | 4.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 55% | 70% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 41% |
- Aarau have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Challenge League
- Aarau have the most scored goals (52) in Challenge League
- Aarau have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Winterthur have the most clean sheets (10) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the most scored goals in the first half (22) 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 | Grasshopper | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 58 |
| 2 | Thun | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 54 |
| 3 | Aarau | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 52 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 48 |
| 4 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 45 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | FC Schaffhausen | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 45 |
| 6 | Winterthur | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 39 |
| 7 | Wil | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -11 | 31 |
| 8 | Kriens | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 30 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 28 | -19 | 30 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 31 | -25 | 26 |