📏 Form Guide

FC Thun

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FC Thun will be looking for a repeat result of a 4-0 Challenge League triumph vs Neuchatel Xamax FC.

For FC Thun, the goalscorers were Jan Bamert (48'), Daniel Dos Santos (59') and Nando Toggenburger (85').

It’s not been often in recent games where FC Thun have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that FC Thun have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 8 goals along the way.

Looking at the pre-match facts, FC Thun:

• haven't lost in the league to AC Bellinzona in their previous 3 matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 14 home league matches. It really has been a fortress.

AC Bellinzona

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against FC Wil 1900 in Challenge League competition, AC Bellinzona and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

The only name on the scoresheet from AC Bellinzona was Miguel Rodrigues (38'). Ruben Fernandes (4') and Nikolas Muci (51', 72') scored for FC Wil 1900.

Indicating their fondness for fruitful encounters, we’ve had goals 21 times in the last 6 games in which AC Bellinzona have sent out their troops, giving an average of 3.5 goals each fixture. Opposing teams have hit 14 from this total. We will just have to find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Going into this one, AC Bellinzona are without a win away from home in their last 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head clashes going back to 18/11/2022 tells us that FC Thun have won 4 of these games & AC Bellinzona 1, with the number of draws standing at 1.

16 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 11 from Thun and 5 for Bellinzona. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Thun

Hermann Tebily (unknown injury) and Erik Wyssen (Hip injury) will not be able to play for FC Thun gaffer Carlos Bernegger.

🗞️ Team News: AC Bellinzona

Thanks to a largely healthy squad, there’s only the sole fitness issue for the AC Bellinzona manager Carlo Tebi to be concerned with. Jorge Benguché (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

⚡ Prediction

It looks to us that FC Thun can and should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

At the other end, AC Bellinzona won’t find it easy to score themselves - but, we do see them pulling one back during this clash.

We’re predicting a comfortable 3-1 winning margin for FC Thun at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 15:06 13/04/2024