The visiting Basel side should be favourites in this visit to Neuchâtel Xamax, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Basel have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 4-2-4 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
With 2 Super League wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Neuchâtel Xamax are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Neuchâtel Xamax's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Thun (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Neuchâtel played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Zürich.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Neuchâtel as they are travelling to their away game against Young Boys in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
Neuchâtel has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Neuchâtel Xamax have conceded 19 from these games.
Basel form and stats
The visitors, who have the the best goal difference (+23) in Super League, are W5-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Basel lost away at Luzern (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Lausanne Sport (after extra-time) at their stadium, the result 3-2.
A quick return to home after this game, as Basel are hosting Sion in the Super League only four days away.
Basel has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 12 games. Basel have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Basel - Neuchâtel 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - four - six (Neuchâtel wins - draws - Basel wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Nuzzolo 9 goals |   K. Ademi 8 goals | A. Mendonça Cabral 8 goals |
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
Basel missing players
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 27 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 10 | 22 | 49 |
| 39 | 19 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 79% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 38% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 25% | 12% |
| 71% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 54% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 281 | 157 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 153 | 330 |
| 98 | 51 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 55 | 128 |
| 28% | 24% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 40% | 38% |
- Basel has the fewest conceded goals (15) away
- Basel has the the best goal difference (+23)
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Gallen | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 21 | 48 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 48 |
| 3 | Basel | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 40 |
| 4 | Servette | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 38 |
| 5 | Luzern | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 34 |
| 6 | Zürich | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -18 | 32 |
| 7 | Lugano | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | -3 | 27 |
| 8 | Sion | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -14 | 23 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 20 | -12 | 22 |
| 10 | Thun | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -24 | 19 |