FC Schaffhausen vs FC Thun Prediction & Betting Tips

Form check: contrasting levels

Schaffhausen have won half their last 20 matches, most of them in the 1. Liga Promotion, and they've scored freely along the way. It's a decent recent record for a club playing at that level, even if the quality of opposition is a notch below what Thun face weekly.

FC Schaffhausen: 20 completed matches; FC Thun: 20 completed matches.

FC Schaffhausen

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

42

Conceded

35

Difference

+7

FC Thun

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

46

Conceded

45

Difference

+1

Thun's form is harder to read cleanly. Across Super League, Europa League and cup football they've picked up 7 wins but also 9 losses in their last 20, including some big scorelines both ways. A 7-0 win away at Lech Poznan sits alongside a 0-6 hammering by a lower-league side in the Schweizer Cup, which shows there's real inconsistency in this Thun side right now.

Thun's underlying level is higher, but their form has real dips, including cup slip-ups against weaker opposition.

Comparative Team Statistics: FC Schaffhausen vs FC Thun

A history from a different division

These two clubs have met regularly over the past several seasons, almost all of it in the Challenge League when both were competing at that level. The results have gone both ways, with some heavy wins on each side and a few draws mixed in.

That history isn't much of a guide here, though. Thun have since moved up to the Super League and Schaffhausen have dropped to a lower tier, so the context of those old meetings doesn't really match tonight's gap in level.

Cup jeopardy for Thun?

On paper, Thun should have too much quality for a side playing several divisions below them. But their recent form, including that cup defeat to a lower-league team, suggests they haven't always turned up with the right focus for these ties.

Schaffhausen, meanwhile, have been solid enough at their own level to at least make this awkward. A home cup tie against unconvincing top-flight form isn't a bad spot for the underdog to cause a bit of trouble, even if a result still looks unlikely.