Both Wil and Neuchâtel Xamax are yearning for points in this game, even with the guesting team having a 6 point advantage so far this season.
- Wil have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the most scored goals (20) in Challenge League
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.
7-9-18 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Neuchâtel Xamax when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 34 matches are 34-70 (scored/conceded).
Wil form and stats
The story so far in the Challenge League for Wil at their home stadium (IGP Arena) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Wil are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Yverdon Sport.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (2-3).This is expected to be a close game, with Wil perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wil as a small favourite), we find ten games. Wil has won seven of these, drawn zero and lost three.
Wil can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (20) in Challenge League, are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Challenge League. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on A. Binotto, the Neuchâtel manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Neuchâtel aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 264 league minutes without a goal. M. Haile-Selassie was the last player to find the net.
Neuchâtel failed to get anything from their last game, a Challenge League home match vs Vaduz (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-2.
A 0-4 defeat away at FC Schaffhausen before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Neuchâtel Xamax in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Neuchâtel, zero draws and five defeats.
Neuchâtel are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Neuchâtel have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the teams played each other previously this season; Neuchâtel Xamax - Wil 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Wil wins - draws - Neuchâtel Xamax wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Mafouta 6 goals |  S. Bahloul 5 goals | K. Gazzetta 4 goals |
Wil missing players
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
| Wil | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 19 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 60% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 4.4 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 7.9 | 10.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.6 | 5.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.2 | 11.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 5 |
| 56% | 79% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 35% | 40% |
- All of Neuchâtel Xamax's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Wil's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Neuchâtel Xamax have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have the most scored goals (20) in Challenge League
- Neuchâtel Xamax have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wil have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Wil have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wil have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Wil have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Challenge League
- Wil have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Wil 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 | Winterthur | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Aarau | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Vaduz | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Thun | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Schaffhausen | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Yverdon Sport | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Wil | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Kriens | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | -19 | 3 |