Neuchâtel Xamax hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 22 points and a 10th position in the Super League table. Visiting Zürich holds 5th place with 41 pts.
It's no vacation for neither Neuchâtel nor Zürich as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Neuchâtel Xamax's stadium, Stade de la Maladière, has a artifical turf surface. Zürich have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Zürich when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from 13 matches. They have scored 19 goals in these games and conceded 30.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Neuchâtel Xamax have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from their games here at Stade de la Maladière. It's trouble wherever Neuchâtel are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Neuchâtel, their manager J. Magnin and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The fans are hoping that Neuchâtel Xamax will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Super League game against Basel (placed 3rd). Preceding that match was the home game against St. Gallen that was lost 1-2.
The Neuchâtel fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 14 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Neuchâtel defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Zürich form and stats
5-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zürich, who have the most clean sheets (6) away in Super League, in their Super League matches away.
Zürich won their last game, 2-0 versus Servette played at home. Prior to that match, the Zürich manager L. Magnin faced defeat when travelling to Thun and losing 2-3.
A new game in only four days for Zürich, the Super League home match versus Sion. Busy days.
Zürich are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As for defending, Zürich rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Zürich - Neuchâtel Xamax 1-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Neuchâtel victories, six draws and four Zürich wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Nuzzolo 10 goals |   B. Kramer 8 goals |  G. Karlen 7 goals |
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
Zürich missing players
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Zürich | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 39 |
| 51 | 23 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | 51 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 93% |
| 82% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 79% |
| 54% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 57% | 64% |
| 32% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 57% | 57% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 21% | 25% |
| 68% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 43% | 43% |
| 7% | 7% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 43% | 36% |
| 25% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 29% |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.9 | 5.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 317 | 183 | 66 | Total Shots | T S | 56 | 138 | 319 |
| 109 | 59 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 58 | 131 |
| 27% | 24% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 30% |
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest points (9) at home
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
- Neuchâtel Xamax have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zürich has the most clean sheets (6) away
- Zürich has the most conceded goals in the first half (26)
- Zürich have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 60 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 20 | 57 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 59 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 55 |
| 3 | Basel | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 27 | 49 |
| 4 | Servette | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 41 |
| 5 | Luzern | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 41 |
| 6 | Zürich | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 51 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -12 | 41 |
| 7 | Lugano | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | -4 | 33 |
| 8 | Thun | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -26 | 25 |
| 9 | Sion | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -19 | 24 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 28 | -22 | 22 |