Another adrenaline-pumping fixture in Challenge League as Winterthur entertain Vaduz

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 13:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Schützenwiese (9450 seats)

A crucial game in Challenge League as both participants are fighting for the top league positions. With Winterthur in 3rd position and Vaduz located at 2nd, this has all the looks of an exciting battle. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Winterthur have the the best goal difference (+9) in Challenge League
  • Vaduz have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Challenge League

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.

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Winterthur form and stats

Winterthur are steadily winning Challenge League games and points here at Stadion Schützenwiese. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.

A good away victory last time out for Winterthur, who won 5-3 against Wil (placed 7th). A goal frenzy last time out for Winterthur, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Wil. Fun stuff to watch!

Prior to that, an away loss at Aarau.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Winterthur handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, three draws and four defeats.

The Winterthur manager Loose has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league. Winterthur have conceded 8 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Vaduz form and stats

Playing away, Vaduz have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Challenge League this season.

Vaduz's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Yverdon Sport that finished 2-2. An inspired comeback made the scores level in Vaduz's duel with Yverdon Sport. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Lüchinger found the equalizer. As mentioned above, Vaduz drew the match against Yverdon Sport. Manager Frick brought on Lüchinger to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Prior to that result Vaduz won their away game at Kriens. The scoreline was 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Vaduz have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were four victories, three draws and two defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Vaduz's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Vaduz have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Winterthur and Vaduz have played each other already this season: Vaduz - Winterthur 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Winterthur victories, zero draws and four Vaduz wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

WinterthurR. Buess
R. Buess
10 goals
VaduzS. Rapp
S. Rapp
7 goals

Winterthur missing players

Vaduz missing players

Winterthur Vaduz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 1 8 17
8 5 0 Won W 1 4 9
5 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 5
31 17 0 Scored S 3 13 30
22 8 0 Conceded C 1 9 22
88% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 94%
47% 62% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 65%
29% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 35%
24% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
59% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 76%
29% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 12%
24% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
4.2 3.9 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.6 4.4
4.5 4.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 13 5.9 5.4
2.1 2.1 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
8 7.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 4 9 10.6
3.8 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.5
48% 52% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 41% 39%
 
8.1 7.1 7 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.9 11.7
3.4 2.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.6 5.1
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Vaduz have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Challenge League
  • Vaduz have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Challenge League
  • Vaduz have the most points (14) away in Challenge League
  • Vaduz have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Challenge League
  • Vaduz have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Challenge League
  • Vaduz 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 (7) in Challenge League
  • Winterthur have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Challenge League
  • Winterthur have the the best goal difference (+9) 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 Aarau 18 9 4 5 26 20 9 6 1 2 14 7 9 3 3 3 12 13 6 31
2 Vaduz 17 9 3 5 30 22 9 5 1 3 17 13 8 4 2 2 13 9 8 30
3 Winterthur 17 8 5 4 31 22 8 5 2 1 17 8 9 3 3 3 14 14 9 29
4 FC Schaffhausen 18 7 6 5 32 24 9 5 4 0 19 10 9 2 2 5 13 14 8 27
5 Thun 18 8 3 7 31 27 9 4 2 3 16 14 9 4 1 4 15 13 4 27
6 Yverdon Sport 18 7 4 7 23 23 9 6 2 1 15 7 9 1 2 6 8 16 0 25
7 Wil 17 7 3 7 34 33 9 4 2 3 22 16 8 3 1 4 12 17 1 24
8 Neuchatel Xamax 18 7 3 8 26 28 9 5 1 3 18 14 9 2 2 5 8 14 -2 24
9 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 17 6 4 7 21 20 8 4 3 1 11 4 9 2 1 6 10 16 1 22
10 Kriens 18 1 3 14 10 45 9 1 1 7 6 16 9 0 2 7 4 29 -35 6

Read more about Challenge League

The Swiss Challenge league is the second highest level of football in Switzerland. Ten teams play four fixtures against each other to decide a final league table. The winner is promoted directly while number two enters a promotion playoff. The bottom team is relegated.