Scrambling Neuchâtel Xamax need to pull off a surprise when they play hard-driving Wil in the upcoming league game. It’s 10th vs 3rd and the home supporters will have moderate expectations.
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Challenge League
- Wil is in the worst form (0-2-4)
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Wil have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-3-5 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.
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.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
Neuchâtel Xamax's struggle is real here at Stade de la Maladière with only 13 points collected from 14 Challenge League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-7-5.
The followers are hoping that Neuchâtel Xamax will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Yverdon Sport (placed 1st).
In the match before that, Neuchâtel hosted Stade Lausanne-Ouchy and drew the game 1-1.Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 18 most recent league games reveals that 15 of them had goals from both sides.
Neuchâtel Xamax are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 19 goals have been conceded. When Neuchâtel Xamax hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Bellinzona, Vaduz and FC Schaffhausen), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Wil form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Challenge League. Recent form does not give Wil much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Neuchâtel Xamax will be a tough nut to crack.
Wil's previous game was their home loss versus Thun (1-2).
Prior to that match, the Wil manager Iacopetta faced defeat when travelling to FC Schaffhausen and losing 1-4.Observe that 8 of this team's 10 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Wil have scored 20 goals in 14 league games away. Wil have conceded 27 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Wil - Neuchâtel Xamax 3-2 was the product when these contenders previously did battle, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these squads: Neuchâtel Xamax won two, Wil triumphed in six and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Lukembila 8 goals |   R. Nuzzolo 7 goals | D. Del Toro 6 goals |
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
Wil missing players
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Wil | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 33 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 53 |
| 47 | 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | 42 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 93% |
| 89% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 86% | 86% |
| 54% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | 64% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 50% | 43% |
| 14% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 21% | 25% |
| 75% | 79% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 79% | 64% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 14% | 29% |
| 21% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 8.9 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.7 | 10.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
| 31% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 40% |
| 10.6 | 8.9 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4 |
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the fewest points (13) at home in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Challenge League
- Wil have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Challenge League
- Wil is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yverdon Sport | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 43 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 52 |
| 2 | Lausanne Sport | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 48 |
| 3 | Wil | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 42 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 46 |
| 4 | Thun | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 43 |
| 6 | Aarau | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 48 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 7 | FC Schaffhausen | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | -3 | 36 |
| 8 | Bellinzona | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -22 | 28 |
| 9 | Vaduz | 28 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -9 | 27 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 19 |
