Yverdon Sport have travelled here for an exciting fight against the home side Neuchâtel Xamax. Get ready for the game with this in-depth Challenge League preview!
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the fewest scored goals (1) in Challenge League
- Yverdon Sport have the most scored goals (8) in Challenge League
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Yverdon Sport's familiar surface at their own arena. When appearing on artifical turf Yverdon Sport have performed like this: Played six matches resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats with the goal numbers 7-15 (scored/conceded).
Neuchâtel Xamax and Yverdon Sport 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.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Challenge League game of the season here at Stade de la Maladière. Last season these fans witnessed 9 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from Neuchâtel Xamax's 18 home games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Neuchâtel Xamax to get some points in this home game.
In their previous game, the manager Binotto led his Neuchâtel Xamax to a defeat away at FC Schaffhausen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade de la Maladière.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Aarau (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Neuchâtel perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Neuchâtel Xamax as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Neuchâtel Xamax has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
At Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel Xamax has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Yverdon Sport form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Challenge League away game of the season. During their previous season 18 away games resulted in 4 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats.
Koné (2) scored in Yverdon Sport's previous match, the home game against Thun that ended 3-1.
Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Vaduz.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Yverdon Sport in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Yverdon Sport, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Yverdon Sport has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Neuchâtel Xamax victories, three draws and zero Yverdon Sport wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Kone 4 goals |  H. Fargues 2 goals |  H. Koide 1 goals |
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
Yverdon Sport missing players
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Yverdon Sport | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.3 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 6.7 |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 2.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.7 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10 | 11.3 |
| 3.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 5.7 |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 75% | 47% |
| 9.7 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11 | 9.7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.3 |
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the fewest points (0) at home in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the fewest scored goals (1) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the the worst goal difference (-5) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax is in the worst form (0-0-3)
- Yverdon Sport have the most scored goals (8) in Challenge League
- Yverdon Sport have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Challenge League
- Yverdon Sport is in the best form (2-1-0) in Challenge League
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Last season | Yverdon Sport | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 56 | 35 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 54 | 28 | Conceded | C | 28 | 52 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 86% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 78% | ||
| 64% | 72% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | ||
| 33% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 31% | ||
| 19% | 28% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 8% | ||
| 61% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 47% | ||
| 19% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 31% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 31% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| 10 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Lausanne Sport | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Wil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | FC Schaffhausen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Aarau | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Bellinzona | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Vaduz | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Thun | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 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 |
