Winterthur vs Yverdon Match Preview

Winterthur is ranked at the second spot with 39 points and comes after three wins a draw and a loss over the last five matches. The recent loss against direct rivals of Schaffhausen has complicated their situation as now they sit five points behind first-placed Aarau and a single point above third-placed Vaduz. Still, there are plenty of games left to play and they can try to get back on track starting right now.

With 46 goals scored so far Winterthury has the best offensive side in the league and in the last five games they have scored a total of 13 goals averaging more than two goals per game. At home, they have scored more than half of their goals and in the last five encounters, they have scored a total of 11 goals.

Buess, who is their best scorer with 10 goals - 3 assists, is expected to miss out again but other players like Ramizi 8 goals - 4 assists, Manzambi 7 goals - 2 assists, and Alves 6 goals - 8 assists should be on the starting line up.

Yverdon, on the other hand, is ranked at 8th place with 31 points and comes after a single win three draws, and a loss over the last five matches. They have nothing left to play for in the league as they know they will not get relegated and their only win came against Kriens which is the team heading towards relegation so it was not such a tough task.

They have the second-worst offensive side in the league with 28 goals as only Kriens has done worse than them with 12 goals. This is mainly because they play highly defensive football and in fact, they have the second-best defense with only 27 goals conceded. In the last five games, they managed to keep a clean sheet three times but on the road they managed to do that only once, and again it was in the win against the awful Kriens.

In conclusion, I think Winterthur can win this match or get at least a draw. They have a better team and even though they will miss their best striker and come after a defeat I do not see them losing twice in a row. Yverdon with each game passing losses more motivation and I guess they do not have what it takes to cause an upset here.