The home manager Forte gearing up to whip up Yverdon Sport victory against Kriens

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 17.December
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal (6600 seats)

Yverdon Sport are hosting Kriens for another highly important match after their 2-2 result vs 1st-placed Vaduz.

Insights:
  • Yverdon Sport have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Challenge League
  • Kriens have the fewest scored goals (10) in Challenge League

Kriens could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Challenge League game only three sleeps ago.

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Yverdon Sport form and stats

Yverdon Sport are steadily winning Challenge League games and points here at Stade Municipal. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. Yverdon Sport has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stade Municipal. We remember; it was Aarau.

Yverdon Sport shared the glory with Vaduz in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Opportunity lost for Yverdon Sport in the Vaduz match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

Before that, Yverdon Sport had a home game versus FC Schaffhausen which ended with a victory 2-1.

The Yverdon fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Yverdon Sport have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kriens form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kriens so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-6 (win-draw-lose). With the Kriens losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

The manager van Eck was unhappy after their last game, a Challenge League match played at their home ground Stadion Kleinfeld. Kriens suffered a 1-2 loss to Aarau (placed 3rd).

A 1-3 loss hosting Vaduz before that.

Kriens are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 8 away games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Kriens can't defend away. 27 goals have been scored by the opposition in 8 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above. When Kriens is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy, Neuchâtel Xamax and Kriens.

Head 2 Head

Kriens - Yverdon Sport 0-2 was the outcome when these two contenders previously did battle, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Yverdon Sport one win, three draws and Kriens six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Yverdon SportK. Kone
K. Kone
8 goals
Yverdon SportS. Vladi
S. Vladi
2 goals
Yverdon SportA. Eleouet
A. Eleouet
2 goals

Yverdon Sport missing players

Kriens missing players

Yverdon Sport Kriens
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
6 5 0 Won W 0 0 1
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
7 1 1 Lost L 2 6 13
21 13 2 Scored S 0 4 10
23 7 4 Conceded C 9 27 43
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
76% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 76%
53% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 59%
18% 12% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 53%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 38% 24%
47% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 47%
29% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 18%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 47%
 
4.1 3.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 4.2
4.6 4.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.1 4.6
3.2 3.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.4 10 13 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 7.8 7.6
3.7 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.9 3
33% 38% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 20%
 
9.8 9.6 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 10.9 10.4
3.9 3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 6.1 5.1
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Kriens have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kriens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kriens have the fewest points (2) away in Challenge League
  • Kriens have the fewest scored goals (10) in Challenge League
  • Kriens have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Challenge League
  • Kriens have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Challenge League
  • Kriens have the most conceded goals (27) away in Challenge League
  • Kriens have the most conceded goals (43) in Challenge League
  • Kriens have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Challenge League
  • Kriens have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Challenge League
  • Kriens have the the worst goal difference (-23) away in Challenge League
  • Kriens have the the worst goal difference (-33) in Challenge League
  • Kriens have yet to win a game away.
  • Kriens is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Yverdon Sport have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Yverdon Sport have scored more than double the goals of Kriens.
  • Yverdon Sport have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vaduz 17 9 3 5 30 22 9 5 1 3 17 13 8 4 2 2 13 9 8 30
2 Winterthur 17 8 5 4 31 22 8 5 2 1 17 8 9 3 3 3 14 14 9 29
3 Aarau 17 8 4 5 25 20 8 5 1 2 13 7 9 3 3 3 12 13 5 28
4 FC Schaffhausen 17 7 5 5 30 22 9 5 4 0 19 10 8 2 1 5 11 12 8 26
5 Thun 17 8 2 7 29 25 8 4 1 3 14 12 9 4 1 4 15 13 4 26
6 Wil 17 7 3 7 34 33 9 4 2 3 22 16 8 3 1 4 12 17 1 24
7 Neuchâtel Xamax 17 7 3 7 26 27 9 5 1 3 18 14 8 2 2 4 8 13 -1 24
8 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 17 6 4 7 21 20 8 4 3 1 11 4 9 2 1 6 10 16 1 22
9 Yverdon Sport 17 6 4 7 21 23 8 5 2 1 13 7 9 1 2 6 8 16 -2 22
10 Kriens 17 1 3 13 10 43 9 1 1 7 6 16 8 0 2 6 4 27 -33 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.