Vaduz supporters put their faith in manager Mangiarratti to deliver victory against Neuchâtel Xamax

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 22.April
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Rheinpark Stadion (7564 seats)

This is the game, this is Challenge League and this is Vaduz - Neuchâtel Xamax. Check out our full match guide!

Insights:
  • Vaduz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Neuchâtel Xamax have the fewest conceded goals (20) away in Challenge League

5 - 6 - 17 with 25-50. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Neuchâtel Xamax when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Neuchâtel Xamax play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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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Vaduz form and stats

All-inclusive Challenge League statistics playing at home this season for Vaduz are 7-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Vaduz, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

In their previous game, the manager Mangiarratti led his Vaduz to a defeat away at Winterthur. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Rheinpark Stadion. A goal frenzy last time out for Vaduz, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Winterthur. Fun stuff to watch!

Preceding that match was a defeat to FC Schaffhausen (2-3).

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

The Vaduz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Vaduz have conceded 22 goals.

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Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats

Playing away, Neuchâtel Xamax, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) away in Challenge League, have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 7 defeats in the Challenge League this season.

Two trips in a row for Neuchâtel, whose manager Binotto could celebrate last time after the win against Kriens. As you can tell from the results above, Neuchâtel Xamax was very dominant against Kriens, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Ouattara (2), Lahiouel (2), Nuzzolo and Surdez providing the goals. Nuzzolo has bagged at least one goal for the away team three fixtures in a row. The talent!

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Thun.

We have checked recent matches where Neuchâtel Xamax have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were four victories, five draws and nine defeats.

The visiting Neuchâtel Xamax have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 15 games. 20 goals have been conceded by Neuchâtel in these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Neuchâtel Xamax - Vaduz 2-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vaduz three wins, one draw and Neuchâtel Xamax six victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VaduzS. Rapp
S. Rapp
16 goals
Neuchâtel XamaxR. Nuzzolo
R. Nuzzolo
11 goals
VaduzT. Çiçek
T. Çiçek
10 goals

Vaduz missing players

Neuchâtel Xamax missing players

Vaduz Neuchâtel Xamax
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 2 Played P 2 15 30
14 7 0 Won W 1 4 12
5 2 0 Drew D 0 4 7
11 6 2 Lost L 1 7 11
56 24 1 Scored S 4 17 46
50 22 5 Conceded C 4 20 42
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
93% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 83%
63% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 53% 63%
47% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 30%
33% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 13% 20%
70% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 53% 60%
13% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 23%
20% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 27%
 
4.8 4.7 2 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 4 4.2
5.5 4.6 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5 4.7
2.5 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.2 11.3 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.6 9.1
4.4 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 4.3
43% 36% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 31% 36%
 
11 10.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 17 9.9 9.9
5 5.1 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.2 4.3
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Neuchâtel Xamax have the fewest conceded goals (20) away in Challenge League
  • Vaduz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 30 16 7 7 62 38 15 11 2 2 38 16 15 5 5 5 24 22 24 55
2 FC Schaffhausen 30 15 7 8 56 41 15 10 4 1 32 17 15 5 3 7 24 24 15 52
3 Aarau 30 15 5 10 53 42 15 8 2 5 22 18 15 7 3 5 31 24 11 50
4 Vaduz 30 14 5 11 56 50 15 7 2 6 24 22 15 7 3 5 32 28 6 47
5 Thun 30 14 4 12 50 45 15 8 2 5 29 23 15 6 2 7 21 22 5 46
6 Neuchâtel Xamax 30 12 7 11 46 42 15 8 3 4 29 22 15 4 4 7 17 20 4 43
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 30 11 7 12 37 38 15 8 4 3 23 14 15 3 3 9 14 24 -1 40
8 Wil 30 11 6 13 58 60 15 8 3 4 40 27 15 3 3 9 18 33 -2 39
9 Yverdon Sport 30 10 8 12 35 39 15 6 6 3 20 16 15 4 2 9 15 23 -4 38
10 Kriens 30 2 4 24 18 76 15 2 2 11 8 31 15 0 2 13 10 45 -58 10

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.