Winterthur are flying at 1st, while Thun are lagging 8 points behind in the league table. Can they trim the gap?
- Winterthur have the most scored goals (65) in Challenge League
- Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
This field uses grass, unlike Thun's home ground. The last 34 games by the away team on grass have given 14 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Winterthur form and stats
Winterthur are steadily winning Challenge League games and points here at Stadion Schützenwiese. 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 16 games.
Winterthur drew their last game, also a home match. FC Schaffhausen (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
2-2 away at Yverdon Sport before that.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Winterthur handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, three draws and one defeat.
Winterthur are traveling soon after this match as the Challenge League match at Wil awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Winterthur are scoring many of them at home; 39 on target from 16 league matches. On the other hand, Winterthur have conceded 17 goals.
Thun form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Challenge League travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats. Thun has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Thun are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the game against Vaduz (placed 4th).
A 1-3 defeat away at Stade Lausanne-Ouchy before that.Thun are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of six matches.
After this away game Thun return home for a Challenge League game against FC Schaffhausen. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Thun have scored 22 goals in 16 league games away. Thun struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 25 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The former head to head game ended Thun - Winterthur 2-4, played this season. Last ten meetings with these participants: Winterthur won five, Thun triumphed in four and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. Buess 13 goals |  S. Ramizi 9 goals |  R. Alves 9 goals |
Winterthur missing players
Thun missing players
| Winterthur | Thun | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 16 | 11 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 65 | 39 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 54 |
| 41 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 25 | 48 |
| 88% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 81% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 81% | 88% |
| 59% | 69% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 56% | 69% |
| 41% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 41% |
| 28% | 31% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 16% |
| 59% | 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 59% |
| 34% | 44% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| 19% | 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 19% |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 10.9 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.6 | 12.1 |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 45% | 47% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 34% | 36% |
| 7.5 | 6.9 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
- Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 (23) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the most scored goals (65) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have the most scored goals in the second half (41) 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 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 57 |
| 2 | FC Schaffhausen | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 62 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 18 | 56 |
| 3 | Aarau | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 15 | 56 |
| 4 | Vaduz | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 58 | 53 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 5 | 50 |
| 5 | Thun | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 54 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 49 |
| 6 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 43 |
| 7 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -1 | 43 |
| 8 | Yverdon Sport | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | -4 | 40 |
| 9 | Wil | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 67 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 38 | -5 | 40 |
| 10 | Kriens | 32 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 80 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 48 | -58 | 13 |
