Neuchâtel Xamax look to Stade de la Maladière supporters for inspiration before Stade Lausanne-Ouchy match

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Maladière (11997 seats)

Challenge League: We're previewing an intriguing and important game featuring Neuchâtel Xamax and Stade Lausanne-Ouchy at Stade de la Maladière. They both need three points!

Insights:
  • Neuchâtel Xamax have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

4-3-2 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Stade Lausanne-Ouchy when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those nine matches are 14-10 (scored/conceded).

Both participants have had time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's aim for an animated match!

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Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats

The overall Challenge League stats at home this season for Neuchâtel Xamax are 6-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Neuchâtel Xamax hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Neuchâtel Xamax, Kriens and Wil), they have won 2 of 2 matches!

The Neuchâtel Xamax coach Binotto and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Yverdon Sport (placed 6th).

Ahead of that match, Neuchâtel won a home game hosting FC Schaffhausen (2-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Neuchâtel Xamax handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and four defeats.

Neuchâtel have conceded 15 from these games.

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Stade Lausanne-Ouchy form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stade Lausanne-Ouchy so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose).

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy had fun at their own home (Stade de la Maladière) last time out, beating Kriens 2-1. Abdullah and Labeau scored.

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

We have checked recent matches where Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, three draws and two defeats.

As for defending, Stade Lausanne-Ouchy rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy - Neuchâtel 0-0 was the end result in these sides' latest h2h match, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the prior seven meetings): Neuchâtel Xamax won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Stade Lausanne-Ouchy managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / five

Top Goalscorers

Stade Lausanne-OuchyB. Labeau
B. Labeau
10 goals
Stade Lausanne-OuchyS. Chader
S. Chader
6 goals
Stade Lausanne-OuchyZ. Hadji
Z. Hadji
6 goals

Neuchâtel Xamax missing players

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy missing players

Neuchâtel Xamax Stade Lausanne-Ouchy
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
8 6 2 Won W 1 2 8
5 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
8 3 0 Lost L 1 6 8
29 20 7 Scored S 3 10 27
30 15 0 Conceded C 3 16 27
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 81%
81% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 62%
62% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 48%
29% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 29%
14% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 19%
57% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 48%
24% 20% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 33%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 38%
 
4 4.5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.8 4.5
4 3.1 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 3.5
2.1 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.3 10.9 16 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.6 10.2
4.4 5.5 9.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.5
32% 36% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 22% 29%
 
8.7 7.6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 9.3 8.1
3.9 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.2
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • All of Neuchâtel Xamax's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Neuchâtel Xamax have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Stade Lausanne-Ouchy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 21 11 5 5 34 23 11 7 2 2 17 8 10 4 3 3 17 15 11 38
2 Winterthur 21 10 6 5 40 25 11 7 2 2 26 11 10 3 4 3 14 14 15 36
3 Vaduz 21 10 5 6 39 32 10 5 2 3 17 13 11 5 3 3 22 19 7 35
4 FC Schaffhausen 20 8 6 6 37 28 10 6 4 0 23 12 10 2 2 6 14 16 9 30
5 Thun 20 9 3 8 34 29 10 5 2 3 19 14 10 4 1 5 15 15 5 30
6 Yverdon Sport 21 8 6 7 26 23 11 6 4 1 15 7 10 2 2 6 11 16 3 30
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 21 8 5 8 27 27 11 6 3 2 17 11 10 2 2 6 10 16 0 29
8 Neuchâtel Xamax 21 8 5 8 29 30 10 6 1 3 20 15 11 2 4 5 9 15 -1 29
9 Wil 21 7 4 10 39 46 10 4 3 3 26 20 11 3 1 7 13 26 -7 25
10 Kriens 21 1 3 17 11 53 10 1 1 8 6 19 11 0 2 9 5 34 -42 6

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.