Soccer fixture news: Home crowds with big optimism before Stade Nyonnais - Neuchâtel Xamax

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 28.Jul
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Centre sportif de Colovray (3200 seats)

It's match week two of the Challenge League season and a lot to play for. Check out our exhaustive preview of Stade Nyonnais-Neuchâtel Xamax!

Stade Nyonnais's stadium, Centre sportif de Colovray, has a grass surface. Neuchâtel Xamax have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Neuchâtel Xamax when playing on grass; 4 wins, 7 draws and 15 losses from 26 matches. They have scored {30 goals} in these games and conceded 45.

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.

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Stade Nyonnais form and stats

The previous season, Stade Nyonnais's league stats were 21 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses, results that produced 2nd place in the 1.Liga Promotion. During these 32 matches they scored {83 goals} and gave away 45. Appearing at home in the former season Stade Nyonnais produced 12-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with {44 goals} and 24 conceded.

An away draw last time out for Nyonnais, facing Thun in a game that ended 1-1.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Bulle and winning 3-1.

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Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats

Let's have a look at how Neuchâtel Xamax performed last season in the Challenge League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 12 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded {65 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 13 with 18/38 goals scored/conceded.

Neuchâtel Xamax go into this game after a win, the home game against FC Schaffhausen that ended 3-0.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Rapperswil-Jona in the Play-offs 2/3.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Neuchâtel Xamax playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 5 home wins.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Neuchâtel XamaxF. Surdez
F. Surdez
2 goals
Stade NyonnaisE. Pasche
E. Pasche
1 goals
Neuchâtel XamaxD. Del Toro
D. Del Toro
1 goals

Stade Nyonnais missing players

Neuchâtel Xamax missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stade Nyonnais Neuchâtel Xamax
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
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% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 12
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
6 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 3
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Stade Nyonnais Last season Neuchâtel Xamax
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 17   Played P   18 36
22 13   Won W   1 4
3 1   Drew D   4 12
7 3   Lost L   13 20
85 46   Scored S   18 42
43 25   Conceded C   38 65
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
88% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 89%
78% 76%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 53%
59% 59%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 28%
34% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 17%
62% 59%   BTTS BTTS   72% 72%
25% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 8%
12% 12%   Failed to Score F T   28% 22%
 
3.7 3.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.4
3.9 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.6
1.5 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.9
1 1   Red cards R C   4 6
 
9 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 8.8
4.1 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
63% 54%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 31%
 
6.7 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.2 10
2.7 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 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 Neuchâtel Xamax 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Thun 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Stade Nyonnais 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Bellinzona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Vaduz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Aarau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Wil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Baden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FC Schaffhausen 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Luzern II 33 24 2 7 95 55 16 15 1 0 56 18 17 9 1 7 39 37 40 74
2 Stade Nyonnais 32 21 3 8 83 45 16 12 1 3 44 24 16 9 2 5 39 21 38 66
3 Baden 32 18 4 10 61 48 16 10 3 3 37 20 16 8 1 7 24 28 13 58
4 Cham 32 17 3 12 60 47 16 12 0 4 37 18 16 5 3 8 23 29 13 54
5 Rapperswil-Jona 32 17 3 12 59 54 16 8 1 7 30 30 16 9 2 5 29 24 5 54
6 Etoile Carouge 32 15 7 10 63 38 16 11 1 4 43 14 16 4 6 6 20 24 25 52
7 Bruhl 32 14 10 8 59 45 16 9 5 2 28 14 16 5 5 6 31 31 14 52
8 Breitenrain 33 15 6 12 58 59 16 9 3 4 29 25 17 6 3 8 29 34 -1 51
9 Basel II 33 12 8 13 53 58 16 5 4 7 20 31 17 7 4 6 33 27 -5 44
10 Kriens 33 13 4 16 54 60 16 9 2 5 28 24 17 4 2 11 26 36 -6 43
11 Bavois 33 11 7 15 47 65 16 4 4 8 24 34 17 7 3 7 23 31 -18 40
12 Young Boys II 33 11 6 16 65 70 16 10 4 2 42 22 17 1 2 14 23 48 -5 39
13 Zurich II 33 11 5 17 53 58 16 7 4 5 31 25 17 4 1 12 22 33 -5 38
14 Bulle 32 11 4 17 49 57 16 5 3 8 21 27 16 6 1 9 28 30 -8 37
15 St. Gallen II 32 9 5 18 57 86 16 5 3 8 32 43 16 4 2 10 25 43 -29 32
16 Biel-Bienne 33 6 9 18 32 60 16 4 3 9 16 29 17 2 6 9 16 31 -28 27
17 Chiasso 8 6 1 1 12 5 8 6 1 1 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 19
18 YF Juventus 32 4 3 25 27 77 16 3 2 11 18 36 16 1 1 14 9 41 -50 15
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 Yverdon Sport 36 20 6 10 64 53 18 11 4 3 33 16 18 9 2 7 31 37 11 66
2 Lausanne Sport 36 17 10 9 58 43 18 11 6 1 37 17 18 6 4 8 21 26 15 61
3 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 36 17 9 10 70 53 18 9 3 6 40 33 18 8 6 4 30 20 17 60
4 Aarau 36 15 12 9 63 57 18 7 6 5 31 26 18 8 6 4 32 31 6 57
5 Wil 36 16 8 12 62 52 18 11 2 5 39 20 18 5 6 7 23 32 10 56
6 Thun 36 12 13 11 62 55 18 6 7 5 30 29 18 6 6 6 32 26 7 49
7 FC Schaffhausen 36 12 8 16 51 59 18 6 4 8 23 29 18 6 4 8 28 30 -8 44
8 Vaduz 36 7 16 13 54 56 18 3 8 7 23 30 18 4 8 6 31 26 -2 37
9 Bellinzona 36 11 4 21 38 71 18 7 1 10 24 33 18 4 3 11 14 38 -33 37
10 Neuchâtel Xamax 36 4 12 20 42 65 18 3 8 7 24 27 18 1 4 13 18 38 -23 24

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 Neuchâtel Xamax 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Thun 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Stade Nyonnais 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Bellinzona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Vaduz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Aarau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Wil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Baden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FC Schaffhausen 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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.