National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Yverdon Sport or Zürich that keep their silverware dream alive.
Zürich could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Grasshopper, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Zürich.
Yverdon Sport form and stats
Last season their Swiss Cup adventure ended in the 32nd finals.Yverdon Sport have played 5 Challenge League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Yverdon has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade Municipal, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Yverdon's last game was hosting Wil and winning 3-0.
Prior to that, an away loss at Winterthur in the Challenge League.The match schedule is unforgiving for Yverdon as they have a new game in only four days, a Challenge League match thankfully also at home. Thun are visiting.
The Yverdon fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Yverdon have conceded 5 goals.
Zürich form and stats
Last season their Swiss Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.As the visiting team in Super League matches, Zürich have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Grasshopper in their previous outing. The Super League match ended in a draw 3-3. Drawing 3-3 against Grasshopper after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager A. Breitenreiter needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. A bonkers match with masses of goals last time out for Zürich, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fixture, will this match be as refreshing? Rodrigo Pollero, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.11. Pollero scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that, Zürich secured a home win against Lugano with the score 1-0.After this away game Zürich return home for a Super League game against Basel. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The Zürich manager A. Breitenreiter has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. For Zürich, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Yverdon zero wins, one draw and Zürich four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Kone 6 goals |   A. Marchesano 6 goals |  A. Eleouet 2 goals |
Yverdon Sport missing players
Zürich missing players
| Yverdon Sport | Zürich | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 54 | 25 | Scored | S | 26 | 57 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 24 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.5 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.8 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Vaduz | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Thun | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Aarau | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Neuchatel Xamax | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Schaffhausen | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Wil | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 9 | Yverdon Sport | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Kriens | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | -24 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Basel | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Zürich | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Grasshopper | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Lugano | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Servette | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 9 |
| 8 | Sion | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 9 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 7 |
| 10 | Luzern | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 6 |