An important duel in the bottom section of the Challenge League, with both Wil and Neuchâtel Xamax experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 7th and the visitors in 9th place.
- Wil has the most points from losing position (10) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Challenge League
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.
Neuchâtel Xamax play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Neuchâtel Xamax when playing on grass are 5 wins, 9 draws and 18 defeats from 32 matches. They have scored 29 goals and conceded 69 times in these games.
Wil form and stats
Overall Challenge League stats at home this season for Wil are 3-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Wil, who won 2-1 against Kriens (placed 8th). Ahead of that match, Wil won a home game hosting Aarau (3-1).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Wil as they are travelling to their away game against FC Schaffhausen in the Challenge League. That match is three days after this one.
The Wil fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. 8 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
Neuchâtel Xamax, who have the fewest points (3) away in Challenge League, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Challenge League, after 1-0-7 (8 played). A depressing six defeats in a row for Neuchâtel in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Thun.
Neuchâtel Xamax won their last game, 2-0 versus Chiasso played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Kriens.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Thun in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Neuchâtel as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Neuchâtel concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Neuchâtel Xamax - Wil 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Wil, one draw and nine wins for Neuchâtel Xamax. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Nuzzolo 4 goals |  L. Mafouta 4 goals |   P. Muntwiler 3 goals |
Wil missing players
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
| Wil | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 24 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 32 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 76% |
| 53% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 59% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 62% | 35% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 53% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 41% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 41% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.2 | 7.5 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 6.5 | 8 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 27% |
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest points (3) away in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest scored goals (7) away in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the the worst goal difference (-13) away in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Neuchâtel Xamax have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Neuchâtel Xamax have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wil has the most points from losing position (10) 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 | Grasshopper | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | Thun | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | FC Schaffhausen | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Winterthur | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Aarau | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Wil | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 8 | Kriens | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -15 | 15 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -21 | 11 |