Another entertaining match in the Challenge League. Winterthur is in the 5th spot after playing three games. They host Thun who are placed 3rd after three matches.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Winterthur's stadium, Stadion Schützenwiese, has a grass surface. Thun have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Thun when playing on grass; 14 wins, 7 draws and 17 losses from 38 matches. They have scored 55 goals in these games and conceded 64.
Winterthur form and stats
Winterthur have only played one Challenge League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 18 matches.
It's back home for Winterthur, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Delemont away with the result 6-0. As mentioned above, Winterthur "killed" Delemont in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that, Winterthur played out a Challenge League draw 1-1 when visiting FC Schaffhausen.At Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Thun form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Challenge League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 9 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 18 matches.
It's the second away game in a row for Thun, but there's smiles all around after the 8-1 victory versus Chatel-St-Denis in the Swiss Cup last time out. As mentioned above, Thun was the only team on the pitch versus Chatel-St-Denis in their previous game, winning 8-1. This could be a tougher task.
A 1-2 loss hosting Aarau before that.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Thun has managed 3 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Winterthur, one draw and five wins for Thun. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Buess 3 goals |   D. dos Santos Correia 2 goals | S. Chihadeh 2 goals |
Winterthur missing players
Thun missing players
| Winterthur | Thun | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.7 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 3.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.7 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 12.3 |
| 3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 6.7 |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 35% |
| Winterthur | Last season | Thun | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 50 | 32 | Scored | S | 31 | 57 | ||
| 52 | 25 | Conceded | C | 30 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 72% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | ||
| 53% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 72% | 58% | ||
| 33% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 39% | ||
| 22% | 28% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 58% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 31% | ||
| 25% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 17% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 51% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Neuchatel Xamax | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Thun | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Aarau | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Winterthur | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Wil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Vaduz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | FC Schaffhausen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Kriens | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 10 | Yverdon Sport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 43 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 17 | 65 |
| 2 | Thun | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 64 |
| 3 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 36 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 57 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 58 |
| 4 | FC Schaffhausen | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 58 |
| 5 | Aarau | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 59 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 37 | 7 | 58 |
| 6 | Winterthur | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 50 | 52 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -2 | 43 |
| 7 | Wil | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 52 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 33 | -9 | 39 |
| 8 | Kriens | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 48 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25 | -8 | 38 |
| 9 | Neuchatel Xamax | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 36 | 58 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 34 | -22 | 36 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 60 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 37 | -25 | 36 |