Both sides are revelling in a fine season so far and match dates like this could be deciding. Read more about Winterthur - FC Schaffhausen!
- Winterthur have the most scored goals (64) in Challenge League
- FC Schaffhausen is in the best form (5-1-0) in Challenge League
This arena has the surface grass, unlike FC Schaffhausen's home stadium. The latest 33 games by the away team on grass have ended with 9 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses.
Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's hope for an in-your-face game!
Winterthur form and stats
Winterthur are steadily winning Challenge League games and points here at Stadion Schützenwiese. 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games. After failing to beat Vaduz here at Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
Winterthur drew their last game, 2-2 away at Yverdon Sport (placed 8th).
Ahead of that match, Winterthur won a home game hosting Vaduz (4-2).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 twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost four.
Winterthur are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion Schützenwiese in their league games, having scored an impressive 38 goals in 15 matches. Winterthur's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Schaffhausen form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Challenge League. The fact that FC Schaffhausen have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Schaffhausen had fun at their own home (Stadion Schützenwiese) last time out, beating Wil 5-2. Toro, Ardaiz, Bobadilla (2) and González scored. A crazy, crazy fixture with lots of goals last time out for FC Schaffhausen, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that entertaining match, will this fixture be as full of joy?
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Yverdon Sport.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Schaffhausen playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were four FC Schaffhausen wins, one draw and two defeats.
FC Schaffhausen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 15 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as FC Schaffhausen have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent archived history between these sides is the FC Schaffhausen - Winterthur 3-2 played not long ago this season. Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for Winterthur, four draws and five wins for FC Schaffhausen. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ardaiz de los Santos 18 goals |   R. Buess 12 goals |  S. Ramizi 9 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 15 | 31 |
| 16 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 64 | 38 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 24 | 61 |
| 40 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 24 | 43 |
| 87% | 87% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 94% |
| 84% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 81% |
| 61% | 73% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 61% |
| 42% | 47% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 27% | 29% |
| 58% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 65% |
| 35% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 19% | 13% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 16% |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 10.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11 |
| 4.5 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 46% | 49% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 35% |
| 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
- FC Schaffhausen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Schaffhausen have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14) in Challenge League
- FC Schaffhausen is in the best form (5-1-0) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Winterthur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Winterthur have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the most points from losing position (22) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the most scored goals (64) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the most scored goals in the second half (40) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the the best goal difference (+22) at home in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the the best goal difference (+24) 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 | Winterthur | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 56 |
| 2 | FC Schaffhausen | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 55 |
| 3 | Aarau | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 56 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 53 |
| 4 | Vaduz | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 58 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 50 |
| 5 | Thun | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 48 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 3 | 46 |
| 6 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 43 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 43 |
| 8 | Yverdon Sport | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 23 | -4 | 39 |
| 9 | Wil | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 60 | 65 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 38 | -5 | 39 |
| 10 | Kriens | 31 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 79 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 48 | -59 | 10 |
