Neuchâtel Xamax vs Yverdon Sport: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 26.November
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Maladière (11997 seats)

Neuchâtel Xamax - Yverdon Sport: Challenge League cellar dwellers desperate for points and greatness. Check out all the available statistics and tables before the match!

Insights:
  • Neuchâtel Xamax is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • Yverdon Sport have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Challenge League

This promises to be an appealing match with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

This football pitch has artifical turf, which is not Yverdon Sport's usual surface at their own pitch. When appearing on artifical turf Yverdon Sport have performed like this: Played three matches taking 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats with the goal data 3-9 (scored/conceded).

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Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats

4-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Challenge League numbers at home for Neuchâtel Xamax so far this season.

Happy days for Neuchâtel Xamax in their previous game, a Challenge League match away at Kriens (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Preceding that match was a defeat to FC Schaffhausen (0-3).

The Neuchâtel manager A. Binotto has got the team scoring with 15 from 7 home games in the league. Neuchâtel's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Yverdon Sport form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Yverdon Sport so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).

Yverdon Sport go into this game after a win, the home game against Winterthur that ended 2-1.

A 0-1 defeat away at Aarau before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Yverdon Sport as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Yverdon have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams faced each other previously this season: Yverdon Sport - Neuchâtel 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Neuchâtel Xamax seven wins, one draw and Yverdon Sport two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NeuchâtelL. Mafouta
L. Mafouta
7 goals
Yverdon SportK. Kone
K. Kone
6 goals
Neuchâtel XamaxK. Gazzetta
K. Gazzetta
4 goals

Neuchâtel Xamax missing players

Yverdon Sport missing players

Neuchâtel Xamax Yverdon Sport
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 7 14
6 4 1 Won W 1 1 5
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
6 2 0 Lost L 1 5 6
23 15 4 Scored S 2 5 16
22 9 0 Conceded C 3 12 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 71%
71% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 43%
36% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
57% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 36%
21% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 36%
21% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 71% 36%
 
4.9 5.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.9 3.6
3.9 3.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.1 4.8
2.2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.3 3.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10 11.4 16 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.3 9.6
4.7 5.7 11 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 3.6
35% 38% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 23% 31%
 
8.9 7.6 6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 10 9.8
3.9 3.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.6 3.8
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • All of Neuchâtel Xamax's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Neuchâtel Xamax have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Yverdon Sport have scored away.
  • Neuchâtel Xamax have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Challenge League
  • Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Neuchâtel Xamax is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • Yverdon Sport have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Yverdon Sport have the fewest points from losing position (0) 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 Winterthur 14 7 5 2 24 12 7 5 2 0 15 3 7 2 3 2 9 9 12 26
2 Vaduz 14 7 2 5 23 18 7 4 0 3 13 10 7 3 2 2 10 8 5 23
3 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 14 6 3 5 20 17 7 4 2 1 11 4 7 2 1 4 9 13 3 21
4 Aarau 14 6 3 5 19 17 7 4 1 2 11 7 7 2 2 3 8 10 2 21
5 FC Schaffhausen 14 5 5 4 23 18 8 4 4 0 18 10 6 1 1 4 5 8 5 20
6 Wil 14 6 2 6 25 24 7 4 1 2 17 9 7 2 1 4 8 15 1 20
7 Neuchâtel Xamax 14 6 2 6 23 22 7 4 1 2 15 9 7 2 1 4 8 13 1 20
8 Thun 14 6 2 6 20 19 6 3 1 2 9 7 8 3 1 4 11 12 1 20
9 Yverdon Sport 14 5 3 6 16 18 7 4 2 1 11 6 7 1 1 5 5 12 -2 18
10 Kriens 14 1 3 10 7 35 7 1 1 5 4 11 7 0 2 5 3 24 -28 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.