Challenge League preview with statistics: Neuchâtel Xamax welcomes Aarau to Stade de la Maladière

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 22.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Maladière (11997 seats)

It's fixture two of the Challenge League campaign and all to play for. Check out our detailed preview of Neuchâtel Xamax-Aarau!

Aarau play their home matches on grass, while this fixture will take place on artifical turf. Recent data for Aarau when featuring on artifical turf are 9 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats from 14 matches. They have managed to score 26 goals and conceded 19 times on these occasions.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats

Last season, Neuchâtel Xamax's league stats were 14 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses, resulting in 6th position in the Challenge League. During these 36 matches they scored 56 goals and let in 54. Performing at home in the last season Neuchâtel Xamax managed 9-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 28 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Binotto led his Neuchâtel Xamax to a defeat away at Wil. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade de la Maladière.

Before that game, the 5-2 home victory against Wil.

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Aarau form and stats

Let's have a look at how Aarau performed last season in the Challenge League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 5 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 67 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 39/24 goals scored/conceded.

Aarau delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Vaduz (placed 6th) in their previous game.

A loss against Vaduz was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former ten meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Neuchâtel Xamax, one draw and seven wins for Aarau. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

AarauS. Vladi
S. Vladi
1 goals

Neuchâtel Xamax missing players

Aarau missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Neuchâtel Xamax Aarau
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 15
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Neuchâtel Xamax Last season Aarau
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
14 9   Won W   10 20
8 4   Drew D   3 5
14 5   Lost L   5 11
56 35   Scored S   39 67
54 28   Conceded C   24 47
92% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
86% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 86%
64% 72%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 56%
33% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 31%
19% 28%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   28% 22%
61% 67%   BTTS BTTS   56% 50%
19% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 39%
28% 22%   Failed to Score F T   11% 17%
 
4.1 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 6.6
4.9 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 5
2.4 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
4 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
9.1 9.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 10.9
4.2 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.6 4.9
37% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 38%
 
10 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   10.7 10.2
4.4 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wil 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Yverdon Sport 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Bellinzona 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 FC Schaffhausen 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Aarau 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Vaduz 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
8 Lausanne Sport 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
9 Thun 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
10 Neuchâtel Xamax 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Winterthur 36 18 11 7 76 45 18 12 4 2 44 20 18 6 7 5 32 25 31 65
2 FC Schaffhausen 36 19 8 9 73 49 18 12 4 2 41 21 18 7 4 7 32 28 24 65
3 Aarau 36 20 5 11 67 47 18 10 2 6 28 23 18 10 3 5 39 24 20 65
4 Vaduz 36 18 6 12 68 58 18 9 3 6 33 26 18 9 3 6 35 32 10 60
5 Thun 36 17 5 14 62 57 18 10 2 6 36 29 18 7 3 8 26 28 5 56
6 Neuchâtel Xamax 36 14 8 14 56 54 18 9 4 5 35 28 18 5 4 9 21 26 2 50
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 36 12 8 16 46 50 18 9 4 5 28 20 18 3 4 11 18 30 -4 44
8 Yverdon Sport 36 11 11 14 44 52 18 7 7 4 25 24 18 4 4 10 19 28 -8 44
9 Wil 36 11 8 17 68 80 18 8 5 5 44 32 18 3 3 12 24 48 -12 41
10 Kriens 36 3 4 29 25 93 18 3 2 13 10 38 18 0 2 16 15 55 -68 13

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wil 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Yverdon Sport 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Bellinzona 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 FC Schaffhausen 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Aarau 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Vaduz 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
8 Lausanne Sport 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
9 Thun 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
10 Neuchâtel Xamax 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.