Challenge League match preview and statistics: Winterthur fight FC Schaffhausen

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Date: Sun 26.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Schützenwiese (14987 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Winterthur are in the 4th position while the guests worry at 7th.

It's no vacation for neither Winterthur nor FC Schaffhausen 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.

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 (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 16-5-18 (win-draw-loss) from 39 matches.

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Winterthur form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Winterthur are 8-5-4 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Winterthur bring valid hopes of a third.

A good away victory last time out for Winterthur, who won 4-1 against Rapperswil-Jona. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Chiasso in a game that was won 2-0.

The Winterthur fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 25 in 17 matches. From these home matches, Winterthur have conceded only 16 goals.

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FC Schaffhausen form and stats

There's been little loot from FC Schaffhausen's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 17 away games. FC Schaffhausen only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.

FC Schaffhausen are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Challenge League against Wil. A 0-0 draw at Lausanne Sport's stadium before that.

FC Schaffhausen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 17 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as FC Schaffhausen have conceded 31 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: FC Schaffhausen - Winterthur 1-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Winterthur, 2 draws and 7 wins for FC Schaffhausen. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

L. Sliskovic
12 goals / 3 assists
M. Castroman
11 goals
T. Sulejmanov
9 goals / 1 assists

Winterthur missing players

FC Schaffhausen missing players

Winterthur FC Schaffhausen
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
35 17 6 Played 4 17 35
15 8 3 Won 2 4 10
8 5 2 Drew 2 5 9
12 4 1 Lost 0 8 16
54 25 8 Scored 6 17 41
49 16 4 Conceded 3 31 59
94% 88% 83% Over 0.5 100% 94% 97%
80% 76% 67% Over 1.5 100% 88% 91%
51% 41% 17% Over 2.5 25% 53% 49%
40% 24% 17% Over 3.5 0% 24% 29%
20% 12% 17% Over 4.5 0% 12% 14%
57% 53% 33% BTTS 75% 59% 60%
23% 35% 50% Clean Sheets 25% 18% 17%
26% 24% 33% Failed To Score 0% 29% 26%
 
5.8 5.5 6.7 Corners For (avg) 3.5 3.6 3.9
5.1 4.5 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 5.2 6.5 5.5
2 2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 2.5 2.6
2 0 0 Red Cards 0 6 6
Key stats this season:
  • FC Schaffhausen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Winterthur
All Challenge League Swiss Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
02-04-19 CL FC Schaffhausen 1 - 3 Winterthur
05-04-19 CL Winterthur 0 - 0 Kriens
12-04-19 CL Aarau 2 - 2 Winterthur
20-04-19 CL Winterthur 2 - 3 Servette
26-04-19 CL Lausanne Sport 4 - 1 Winterthur
04-05-19 CL Winterthur 2 - 0 Wil
11-05-19 CL Vaduz 1 - 0 Winterthur
16-05-19 CL Winterthur 2 - 0 Chiasso
23-05-19 CL Rapperswil-Jona 1 - 4 Winterthur
26-05-19 CL Winterthur 14:00 FC Schaffhausen
FC Schaffhausen
All Challenge League Swiss Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
02-04-19 CL FC Schaffhausen 1 - 3 Winterthur
06-04-19 CL Chiasso 2 - 2 FC Schaffhausen
13-04-19 CL FC Schaffhausen 0 - 2 Rapperswil-Jona
20-04-19 CL Kriens 1 - 2 FC Schaffhausen
27-04-19 CL Vaduz 0 - 2 FC Schaffhausen
04-05-19 CL FC Schaffhausen 0 - 2 Servette
11-05-19 CL FC Schaffhausen 1 - 2 Aarau
15-05-19 CL Lausanne Sport 0 - 0 FC Schaffhausen
23-05-19 CL FC Schaffhausen 2 - 0 Wil
26-05-19 CL Winterthur 14:00 FC Schaffhausen

  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 35 23 7 5 86 36 17 13 2 2 49 17 18 10 5 3 37 19 50 76
2 Aarau 35 18 7 10 62 46 17 9 4 4 35 22 18 9 3 6 27 24 16 61
3 Lausanne Sport 35 15 15 5 58 35 17 8 7 2 30 15 18 7 8 3 28 20 23 60
4 Winterthur 35 15 8 12 54 49 17 8 5 4 25 16 18 7 3 8 29 33 5 53
5 Wil 35 10 12 13 32 45 17 6 7 4 19 18 18 4 5 9 13 27 -13 42
6 Vaduz 35 11 9 15 46 64 18 8 5 5 28 28 17 3 4 10 18 36 -18 42
7 FC Schaffhausen 35 10 9 16 41 59 18 6 4 8 24 28 17 4 5 8 17 31 -18 39
8 Kriens 35 7 15 13 45 54 18 3 6 9 20 30 17 4 9 4 25 24 -9 36
9 Rapperswil-Jona 35 10 5 20 47 58 18 7 3 8 25 24 17 3 2 12 22 34 -11 35
10 Chiasso 35 8 9 18 41 66 18 4 5 9 23 36 17 4 4 9 18 30 -25 33

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