Aarau vs Neuchâtel Xamax: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Sat 24.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Brügglifeld (8000 seats)

The Challenge League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Aarau and Neuchâtel Xamax are placed 7th and 5th respectively.

The visiting Neuchâtel Xamax played their last game only four days ago, a Challenge League match.

This pitch has grass, which is not Neuchâtel Xamax's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Neuchâtel Xamax have performed like this: Played 32 matches resulting in 7 wins, 10 draws and 15 defeats with the goal stats 30-62 (scored/conceded).

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Aarau form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Aarau's two home games in the Challenge League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Stadion Brügglifeld.

Aarau enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at FC Schaffhausen's place. The match ended 2-1 with M. Hammerich scoring. 1-1 away at Stade Lausanne-Ouchy before that.

At Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau has the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats

Things could have gone better for Neuchâtel Xamax in their Challenge League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Neuchâtel Xamax won their last game, 2-1 versus Wil played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Grasshopper.

It's early days yet, but Neuchâtel Xamax has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Aarau, two draws and six wins for Neuchâtel Xamax. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Neuchâtel XamaxR. Nuzzolo
R. Nuzzolo
3 goals
AarauO. Jäckle
O. Jäckle
2 goals
AarauS. Gashi
S. Gashi
2 goals

Aarau missing players

Neuchâtel Xamax missing players

Aarau Neuchâtel Xamax
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
8 3 0 Scored S 3 4 7
11 4 0 Conceded C 1 4 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
80% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 80%
40% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 60%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 3.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
55 27 0 Total Shots T S 11 17 35
24 9 0 Shots on Target S O 6 8 17
33% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 41%
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Aarau have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Aarau have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Aarau haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Aarau's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Neuchâtel Xamax's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Neuchâtel Xamax have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Aarau Last season Neuchâtel Xamax
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
10 5   Won W   3 5
11 7   Drew D   7 12
15 6   Lost L   8 19
65 40   Scored S   18 33
80 38   Conceded C   42 68
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
89% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 78%
75% 89%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 53%
64% 72%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 31%
39% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   28% 17%
78% 94%   BTTS BTTS   67% 61%
14% 6%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 8%
14% 0%   Failed to Score F T   28% 33%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.2 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.3 2.9
2 2   Red cards R C   4 5
 
381 195   Total Shots T S   174 394
163 85   Shots on Target S O   64 131
40% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 5 3 2 0 12 6 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 5 3 6 11
2 Winterthur 5 3 1 1 12 7 2 1 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 3 5 10
3 Kriens 5 3 0 2 10 7 3 2 0 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 9
4 Grasshopper 5 3 0 2 10 8 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 9
5 Neuchâtel Xamax 5 3 0 2 7 8 3 2 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 -1 9
6 FC Schaffhausen 5 2 1 2 12 9 3 1 0 2 7 7 2 1 1 0 5 2 3 7
7 Aarau 5 2 1 2 8 11 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 5 7 -3 7
8 Wil 5 2 0 3 7 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 -1 6
9 Thun 5 1 1 3 6 9 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 -3 4
10 Chiasso 5 0 0 5 4 15 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 0 3 4 11 -11 0

Read more about Challenge League

The Swiss Challenge league is the second highest level of football in Switzerland. Ten teams play four fixtures against each other to decide a final league table. The winner is promoted directly while number two enters a promotion playoff. The bottom team is relegated.