Thun supporters put their faith in manager Bernegger to deliver victory against Neuchâtel Xamax

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stockhorn Arena (10014 seats)

Thun are looking to blank out the league table before this fixture versus Neuchâtel Xamax. Here's everything you should know before the game!

Insights:
  • Thun have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Thun have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Neuchâtel Xamax have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Thun form and stats

5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Challenge League numbers at home for Thun so far this season.

The Thun manager Bernegger and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Yverdon Sport (placed 8th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at FC Schaffhausen.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Thun handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and two defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Thun as they are travelling to their away game against Kriens in the Challenge League. That match is four days after this one.

The Thun fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Thun defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats

There's been little loot from Neuchâtel Xamax's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Challenge League. Neuchâtel Xamax only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Neuchâtel Xamax, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Neuchâtel Xamax won their last game, 2-1 versus Kriens played at home.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy.

Neuchâtel are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, five draws and nine defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

After this away game Neuchâtel Xamax return home for a Challenge League game against Vaduz. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Neuchâtel Xamax have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head meeting ended Neuchâtel Xamax - Thun 1-4, earlier this season. Numbers for the prior ten meetings involving these two teams are: six wins for Thun, one draw and three wins for Neuchâtel Xamax. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Neuchâtel XamaxR. Nuzzolo
R. Nuzzolo
6 goals
ThunA. Gerndt
A. Gerndt
5 goals
ThunD. dos Santos Correia
D. dos Santos Correia
4 goals

Thun missing players

Neuchâtel Xamax missing players

Thun Neuchâtel Xamax
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 4 11 23
9 5 1 Won W 1 2 9
4 2 1 Drew D 2 4 6
10 4 0 Lost L 1 5 8
38 21 3 Scored S 3 9 32
36 18 2 Conceded C 3 15 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 91%
87% 91% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 83%
65% 73% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 45% 61%
43% 45% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 26%
17% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 13%
57% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 61%
17% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 22%
26% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 26%
 
5.8 5.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.5 4
4.9 5.9 8.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.8 4.2
2.1 1.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11 13.7 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 7.8 9
4.5 5.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.4 4.3
37% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 24% 32%
 
11 12.2 17 Shots against (avg) S A 7.2 9.7 9.3
4.5 4.6 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 4
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Thun have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Thun have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Neuchâtel Xamax have scored away.
  • Thun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 24 14 5 5 43 24 12 8 2 2 19 9 12 6 3 3 24 15 19 47
2 Winterthur 24 12 6 6 48 30 12 8 2 2 28 11 12 4 4 4 20 19 18 42
3 Vaduz 24 11 5 8 41 36 12 6 2 4 19 15 12 5 3 4 22 21 5 38
4 FC Schaffhausen 23 10 6 7 43 33 12 8 4 0 27 14 11 2 2 7 16 19 10 36
5 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 23 9 6 8 30 28 12 7 3 2 19 11 11 2 3 6 11 17 2 33
6 Neuchâtel Xamax 23 9 6 8 32 32 12 7 2 3 23 17 11 2 4 5 9 15 0 33
7 Thun 23 9 4 10 38 36 11 5 2 4 21 18 12 4 2 6 17 18 2 31
8 Yverdon Sport 24 8 7 9 28 29 12 6 5 1 17 9 12 2 2 8 11 20 -1 31
9 Wil 23 8 4 11 43 50 11 5 3 3 29 22 12 3 1 8 14 28 -7 28
10 Kriens 23 1 3 19 12 60 11 1 1 9 6 24 12 0 2 10 6 36 -48 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.