Aarau are thought of as favourites to win this home match versus Neuchâtel Xamax, if the league standings are anything to judge by. Or could we be looking at a possible?
- Aarau have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Challenge League
8 - 9 - 19 with 35-67. 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 and Neuchâtel Xamax should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Aarau form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Brügglifeld as Aarau have scored 14 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Challenge League are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Lausanne Sport game Aarau has been unbeatable here at Stadion Brügglifeld producing six straight wins.
Aarau's last game was hosting La Chaux-de-Fonds and winning 9-0.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Schotz with a 4-1 scoreline.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Aarau have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won four times, drawn four and lost four.
The Aarau fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. Aarau have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
Neuchâtel Xamax have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Challenge League, after 2-2-5 (9 played). With the Neuchâtel Xamax losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
There might be some fixture complaints from Neuchâtel Xamax as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-3 against Basel.
A 1-3 loss hosting Thun before that.Neuchâtel Xamax are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, four draws and nine defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Neuchâtel Xamax are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 8 goals from 9 away games. The attacking power of Neuchâtel Xamax when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As for defending, Neuchâtel rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Neuchâtel Xamax has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Aarau - Neuchâtel Xamax 1-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' last head to head fixture, earlier this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Aarau won six games, one match ended with a draw and Neuchâtel Xamax have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  K. Spadanuda 9 goals |  S. Gashi 6 goals | L. Balaj 2 goals |
Aarau missing players
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| Aarau | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 26 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 26 |
| 20 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 89% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 78% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 39% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 67% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 44% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 56% |
| 44% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 22% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 6.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 8.3 | 9.9 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
| 36% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 31% |
| 10.6 | 10.4 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.6 | 8.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 4 |
- Aarau have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Challenge League
- Aarau have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Challenge League
- Aarau have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Challenge League
- Aarau have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Challenge League
- Aarau have the most clean sheets (8) in Challenge League
- Aarau have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the most matches over the total-line (10) 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 | Vaduz | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | Aarau | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 31 |
| 3 | Winterthur | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | FC Schaffhausen | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Thun | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Yverdon Sport | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Wil | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Kriens | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 29 | -35 | 6 |
