FC Schaffhausen manager Andermatt looking for three points in Neuchâtel Xamax showdown

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 01.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)

The home advantage belongs to FC Schaffhausen in this game against Neuchâtel Xamax, but the visitors will battle to the end. Here's the Tipsway match guide!

Insights:
  • FC Schaffhausen is in the best form (4-1-1) in Challenge League
  • FC Schaffhausen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Neuchâtel Xamax have scored away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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FC Schaffhausen form and stats

31 points is a decent return from 14 Challenge League games here for FC Schaffhausen. The data says 9 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

FC Schaffhausen shared the glory with Kriens in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

0-0 away at Kriens before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does FC Schaffhausen handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and zero defeats.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (30 in 14 games), Schaffhausen's attacking play is working. FC Schaffhausen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats

There's been little loot from Neuchâtel Xamax's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Challenge League. Neuchâtel Xamax only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.

Nuzzolo was the last player to score for the away team. Neuchâtel Xamax haven't scored a league goal in the last 185 minutes.

Neuchâtel Xamax played 0-0 against Winterthur in their previous match.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Wil wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Neuchâtel are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, five draws and nine defeats. From a total of 18 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Neuchâtel Xamax as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Neuchâtel Xamax have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head encounter ended Neuchâtel Xamax - FC Schaffhausen 2-1, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Schaffhausen victories, zero draws and four Neuchâtel Xamax wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

FC Schaffhausen missing players

Neuchâtel Xamax missing players

FC Schaffhausen Neuchâtel Xamax
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 3 13 27
12 9 2 Won W 1 3 10
7 4 2 Drew D 1 4 7
8 1 0 Lost L 1 6 10
50 30 11 Scored S 4 11 36
38 16 8 Conceded C 4 18 39
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 85% 89%
81% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 81%
59% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 46% 59%
37% 43% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 26%
26% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 15%
63% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 54% 59%
26% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 23% 22%
19% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 30%
 
4.5 4.4 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.6 4.1
4.6 5 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.2 4.6
2.1 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.3
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.2 11.6 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 7.5 8.6
5.6 6.1 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.3 4.1
33% 35% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 26% 33%
 
9.4 10 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14 10 9.6
4.5 4.9 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.1 4.2
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • FC Schaffhausen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Neuchâtel Xamax have scored away.
  • FC Schaffhausen have the most points (31) at home in Challenge League
  • FC Schaffhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • FC Schaffhausen is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 Aarau 27 14 5 8 48 34 14 8 2 4 22 15 13 6 3 4 26 19 14 47
2 Winterthur 27 13 7 7 53 35 13 9 2 2 32 13 14 4 5 5 21 22 18 46
3 Vaduz 27 13 5 9 48 42 14 7 2 5 22 19 13 6 3 4 26 23 6 44
4 FC Schaffhausen 27 12 7 8 50 38 14 9 4 1 30 16 13 3 3 7 20 22 12 43
5 Thun 27 12 4 11 44 39 13 6 2 5 24 21 14 6 2 6 20 18 5 40
6 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 27 11 7 9 36 32 14 8 4 2 23 13 13 3 3 7 13 19 4 40
7 Neuchâtel Xamax 27 10 7 10 36 39 14 7 3 4 25 21 13 3 4 6 11 18 -3 37
8 Wil 27 10 6 11 51 54 13 7 3 3 34 23 14 3 3 8 17 31 -3 36
9 Yverdon Sport 27 9 8 10 33 34 13 6 6 1 19 11 14 3 2 9 14 23 -1 35
10 Kriens 27 1 4 22 15 67 13 1 2 10 6 25 14 0 2 12 9 42 -52 7

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.