A swift peek at the Challenge League standings indicate an upper hand to Wil when they visit Neuchâtel Xamax. Yet; let's play the game before points are handed out!
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Challenge League
- Wil have the most clean sheets (6) in Challenge League
This football stadium has the surface artifical turf, unlike Wil's home arena. The latest 13 games by the away side on artifical turf have ended with 3 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
2-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Challenge League numbers at home for Neuchâtel Xamax so far this season. When Neuchâtel Xamax hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Yverdon Sport and Stade Lausanne-Ouchy), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Neuchâtel Xamax's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (placed 2nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. At last, a league win after five games without.
1-1 away at Vaduz before that.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Neuchâtel Xamax have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Take note: 10 of the most recent 11 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.
The Neuchâtel fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Neuchâtel Xamax have conceded 11 in these home matches. When Neuchâtel hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Vaduz, FC Schaffhausen and Thun), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Wil form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Wil, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Challenge League, playing as the away team in the Challenge League this season.
Wil are travelling after their nice 6-1 home win in the match against Aarau (placed 6th). As mentioned above, Wil was the only team on the pitch versus Aarau in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.
The fixture before that was the Swiss Cup-duel against Sion (after extra-time), a home loss (1-2). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wil playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 2 Wil wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Take note that 8 of this club's 10 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
Wil have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 10 goals have been scored. As for defending, Wil rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest H2H game ended Wil - Neuchâtel Xamax 2-0, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Neuchâtel wins - draws - Wil wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Montolio Lafuente 5 goals |   R. Nuzzolo 4 goals | H. Koide 4 goals |
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
Wil missing players
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Wil | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 35 |
| 28 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 94% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 75% | 81% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 75% | 62% |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 56% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 25% | 38% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.4 | 10.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.9 | 10.7 |
| 3.9 | 4.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| 33% | 33% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | 47% |
| 11.4 | 10.1 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 11 | 9.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 4 | 3.8 |
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wil have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wil have the most clean sheets (6) in Challenge League
- Wil have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Challenge League
- Wil have the the best goal difference (+14) in Challenge League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wil | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | Yverdon Sport | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Lausanne Sport | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Bellinzona | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 23 |
| 6 | Aarau | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Thun | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | FC Schaffhausen | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 16 |
| 9 | Vaduz | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 13 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 11 |
