The Challenge League tie at Stadio Comunale di Bellinzona on Friday will see home team AC Bellinzona prepare for the visit of FC Thun.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the AC Bellinzona v FC Thun game - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
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AC Bellinzona
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AC Bellinzona head into this game after a 1-1 Challenge League draw vs Stade Lausanne-Ouchy.
Roméo Beney (65') scored for Stade Lausanne-Ouchy.
It’s been seldom in recent games where AC Bellinzona have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that AC Bellinzona have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 13 goals during that time.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that AC Bellinzona:
- haven't beaten FC Thun in their previous 2 matches in the league.
- are unbeaten in their last 4 home league matches.
FC Thun
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Last time out, FC Thun drew 3-3 in the Challenge League tie with FC Vaduz.
For FC Thun, goals were scored by Leonardo Bertone (54', 65') and Elmin Rastoder (88'). Mischa Eberhard (21') and Fabrizio Cavegn (27') scored for FC Vaduz.
An offensively clinical FC Thun have enjoyed getting themselves an avalanche of goals in their past 6 games (19 to be precise). That translates to the impressive average of 3.17 goals scored per game for this time. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.
Pre-game facts show that FC Thun:
- haven't won against AC Bellinzona in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
- have not lost to AC Bellinzona in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
- have not been beaten in their last 3 away league matches.
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Head to head
Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 13/12/2023 tells us that AC Bellinzona have won 1 of these & FC Thun 3, with the number of draws standing at 2.
An aggregate of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them from Bellinzona and 7 netted by Thun. That is an average goals per game value of 1.67.
The last league encounter between these clubs was Challenge League match day 21 on 09/02/2025 which finished with the scoreline of FC Thun 2-0 AC Bellinzona.
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Team News: AC Bellinzona
Issouf Diarra (unknown injury), Caleb Chukwuemeka (unknown injury) and Aris Sörensen (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing for AC Bellinzona boss Carlo Tebi.
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Team News: FC Thun
FC Thun boss Mauro Lustrinelli has a number of players out of action. Valmir Matoshi (unknown injury), Marco Bürki (unknown injury) and Mathías Tomás (Arm injury) won’t be making appearances.
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Prediction
AC Bellinzona will have a tough ask to breach the defence of this FC Thun outfit who should end up scoring and staying ahead.
With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a good battle with a 0-1 advantage for FC Thun at the conclusion of the game.
Expecting it to be tight.
Renata Leite,
10:10 12/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
AC Bellinzona
Formed: 1904
Stadium: Stadio Comunale di Bellinzona (6,000)
Captain: Manuel Rivera Garrido
Chairman: Gabriele Giulini
Manager: Carlo Tebi
Competitions: Challenge League position 8