National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Yverdon Sport or Lausanne Sport that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Yverdon Sport and Lausanne Sport.
Yverdon Sport form and stats
Yverdon Sport participated in Swiss Cup the last season, where they reached the 32nd finals.Yverdon Sport have performed here at Stade Municipal this season with 6 wins from 10 Challenge League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mirko Salvi not having conceded a league goal in 281 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Yverdon Sport, who won 3-0 against Kriens.
In the match before that, Yverdon hosted Stade Lausanne-Ouchy and drew the Challenge League game 0-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Yverdon Sport, as the Challenge League home game vs Neuchatel Xamax is only four days away.
The Yverdon Sport fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. Yverdon Sport have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lausanne Sport form and stats
Lausanne Sport's mission in Swiss Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lausanne Sport so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
Lausanne lost away at Servette (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfield player Trebel was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.13/10. Trebel hit one key pass.
The game before that, in the Super League, was lost at home, a 1-5 defeat against St. Gallen.A quick return to home after this game, as Lausanne Sport are hosting Grasshopper in the Super League only four days away.
The attacking power of Lausanne Sport when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Lausanne Sport rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Yverdon Sport three wins, four draws and Lausanne Sport three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Kone 9 goals |   S. Kukuruzovic 4 goals |  M. Amdouni 4 goals |
Yverdon Sport missing players
Lausanne Sport missing players
| Yverdon Sport | Lausanne Sport | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 47 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 26 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 25 | 50 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 9.9 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 9.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 27% | ||
| 9.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 35 |
| 2 | Aarau | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Winterthur | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Thun | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 5 | Yverdon Sport | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Neuchatel Xamax | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 28 |
| 7 | FC Schaffhausen | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Wil | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -3 | 25 |
| 10 | Kriens | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 32 | -41 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zurich | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 46 |
| 2 | Basel | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 36 |
| 4 | Lugano | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 33 |
| 5 | Servette | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 28 |
| 6 | Sion | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 27 | -9 | 25 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -13 | 20 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -24 | 12 |
| 10 | Luzern | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 11 |
