It's a new born Challenge League campaign and Wil are impatient to get started here at Liko Arena. Neuchâtel Xamax are visiting and this should be a fascinating season launch.
It should be mentioned that Neuchâtel Xamax play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Neuchâtel Xamax on grass are 6 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats from 30 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 29-54. You can compare this with overall results below.
Wil form and stats
The season before, Wil's league results were 11 wins, 8 draws and 17 losses, ending with 9th place in the Challenge League. Over these 36 matches they scored 68 goals and let in 80. Performing at home in the previous season Wil generated 8-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with 44 goals and 32 conceded.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Wil have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Wil, who have participated in four training matches. Wil have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
Let's have a look at how Neuchâtel Xamax performed last season in the Challenge League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 8 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 21/26 goals scored/conceded.
That loss was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points.
Neuchâtel Xamax are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Neuchâtel have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wil four wins, one draw and Neuchâtel Xamax five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Wil missing players
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
| Wil | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wil | Last season | Neuchâtel Xamax | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 68 | 44 | Scored | S | 21 | 56 | ||
| 80 | 32 | Conceded | C | 26 | 54 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 86% | ||
| 83% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 64% | ||
| 53% | 61% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 33% | ||
| 31% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 19% | ||
| 69% | 72% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 61% | ||
| 17% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 19% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 6.2 | 7.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.4 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 42% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 37% | ||
| 11.2 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yverdon Sport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Bellinzona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | FC Schaffhausen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Aarau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Vaduz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 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 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Thun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 | Winterthur | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 76 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 31 | 65 |
| 2 | FC Schaffhausen | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 73 | 49 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 65 |
| 3 | Aarau | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 67 | 47 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 20 | 65 |
| 4 | Vaduz | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 58 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 32 | 10 | 60 |
| 5 | Thun | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 62 | 57 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 5 | 56 |
| 6 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 54 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 50 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 30 | -4 | 44 |
| 8 | Yverdon Sport | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 28 | -8 | 44 |
| 9 | Wil | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 68 | 80 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 48 | -12 | 41 |
| 10 | Kriens | 36 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 93 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 55 | -68 | 13 |
