The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Aarau are in the 6th position while the guesting Neuchâtel Xamax worry at 9th.
- Aarau has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Challenge League
The hosts Aarau saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Swiss Cup. This match was also played here at Stadion Brügglifeld. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Neuchâtel Xamax have had more rest.
7 - 8 - 19 with 32-71. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Neuchâtel Xamax when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Neuchâtel Xamax play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Aarau form and stats
The story so far in the Challenge League for Aarau, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Challenge League, at their home stadium (Stadion Brügglifeld) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Before that, Aarau played out a Challenge League draw 0-0 when visiting Kriens.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Aarau handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, five draws and three defeats.
There will be little rest for Aarau after this match as they are travelling to Grasshopper for a Challenge League game in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 9 games), Aarau's attacking play is working. Aarau have conceded 15 from these games.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Neuchâtel Xamax, who have the fewest points (3) away in Challenge League, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-8 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Neuchâtel Xamax, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.
M. Dominguez was the last player to score for the away team. Neuchâtel haven't scored a league goal in the last 190 minutes.
Neuchâtel Xamax might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Thun proved too strong as Neuchâtel Xamax slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade de la Maladière. Prior to that match, the Neuchâtel Xamax manager A. Binotto faced defeat when travelling to Wil and losing 0-1.
Neuchâtel are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, five draws and eight defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
The attacking power of Neuchâtel Xamax when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Neuchâtel Xamax, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Neuchâtel Xamax - Aarau 2-4. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Aarau won four games, one match ended with a draw and Neuchâtel Xamax has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  S. Gashi 6 goals |  F. Stojilkovic 5 goals | K. Spadanuda 4 goals |
Aarau missing players
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
| Aarau | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 33 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 29 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 36 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 74% |
| 72% | 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 56% | 67% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 32% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 78% | 89% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 37% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 47% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.3 | 9.9 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.9 | 8.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 43% | 46% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 25% |
- Aarau has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Challenge League
- Aarau has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Challenge League
- Aarau has the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Challenge League
- Aarau have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Aarau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aarau have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Neuchâtel Xamax have scored away.
- Aarau haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest points (3) away in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest scored goals (7) away in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Neuchâtel Xamax have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Neuchâtel Xamax have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | Thun | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Grasshopper | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | FC Schaffhausen | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| 5 | Winterthur | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Aarau | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | Wil | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 23 |
| 8 | Kriens | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 17 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -19 | 15 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -21 | 13 |