National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Étoile Carouge or Winterthur that keep their silverware dream alive.
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!
Étoile Carouge form and stats
Action has already taken place for Étoile Carouge in Swiss Cup as they have defeated Gambarogno - Contone to reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Swiss Cup adventure ended in the 32nd finals.Three 1.Liga Promotion home games done for Étoile Carouge, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.
The Carouge fans got no joy from their last match, a 1.Liga Promotion game also here at Stade de la Fontenette: A 1-3 defeat against Bellinzona.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Stade Nyonnais that finished 2-2.Étoile Carouge are traveling soon after this match as the 1.Liga Promotion match at Young Boys II awaits in four days.
Carouge aren't scoring a lot here at Stade de la Fontenette in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. On the other hand, Étoile Carouge have conceded 4 goals.
Winterthur form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Delemont in order to reach 2nd round of Swiss Cup. They also participated in Swiss Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Things could have gone better for Winterthur in their Challenge League away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.
S. Ramizi and R. Buess scored in Winterthur's previous match, the home game against Neuchatel Xamax that ended 2-1.
Prior to that result Winterthur won their away game at Kriens in the Challenge League. The scoreline was 3-2.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Winterthur manager R. Loose as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Vaduz.
Winterthur are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. 4 goals have been conceded by Winterthur in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the previous two meetings): Carouge won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Winterthur got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / twoTop Goalscorers
  R. Buess 5 goals |  N. Manzambi 3 goals |  S. Ramizi 2 goals |
Étoile Carouge missing players
Winterthur missing players
| Étoile Carouge | Winterthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 39 | 14 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 4.2 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 44% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 47% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Breitenrain | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Chiasso | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Bellinzona | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Black Stars | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | YF Juventus | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Basel II | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Rapperswil-Jona | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | Cham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Biel-Bienne | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Bavois | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Étoile Carouge | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Zurich II | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Stade Nyonnais | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Sion II | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Bruhl | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -9 | 3 |
| 16 | Young Boys II | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 1 |
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Neuchatel Xamax | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Vaduz | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Aarau | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Thun | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Wil | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | FC Schaffhausen | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Yverdon Sport | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 2 |
| 10 | Kriens | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 1 |