Yverdon Sport vs Neuchâtel Xamax: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal (6600 seats)

Yverdon Sport are ready to battle it out with Neuchâtel Xamax in this Challenge League game. Everything you should know about the fixture is located here!

Insights:
  • Yverdon Sport have the fewest scored goals (1) in Challenge League
  • Neuchâtel Xamax have the most scored goals (10) in Challenge League

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's wish for an energetic game!

8 - 8 - 18 with 33-68. 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.

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Yverdon Sport form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Challenge League game of the season here at Stade Municipal. Last season these fans witnessed 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses from Yverdon Sport's 3 home games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Yverdon to get some points in this home game.

Stress levels are on the rise for Yverdon Sport's attacking players as they have now played 200 minutes without scoring in a league game. N. Getaz was their last goal scorer.

A good away victory last time out for Yverdon, who won 12-0 against Seuzach. As mentioned above, Yverdon "killed" Seuzach in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Prior to that, an away loss at Wil in the Challenge League.

At Stade Municipal, Yverdon Sport has the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats

Only one away game in the Challenge League so far for Neuchâtel Xamax and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 12 losses from 18 travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Neuchâtel, but there's smiles all around after the 6-0 victory versus Lachen / Altendorf in the Swiss Cup last time out. As mentioned above, Neuchâtel Xamax was the only team on the pitch versus Lachen / Altendorf in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs Aarau.

Neuchâtel Xamax have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Yverdon won two games, zero matches ended in a draw and Neuchâtel Xamax have eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

Neuchâtel XamaxK. Gazzetta
K. Gazzetta
3 goals
Neuchâtel XamaxY. Epitaux
Y. Epitaux
2 goals
YverdonN. Gétaz
N. Gétaz
1 goals

Yverdon Sport missing players

Neuchâtel Xamax missing players

Yverdon Sport Neuchâtel Xamax
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 1 Scored S 2 2 10
9 3 3 Conceded C 1 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
67% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 4.7
5 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4
3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 15 15 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 14
3 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 7.7
11% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 43%
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Neuchâtel Xamax have the most matches over the total-line (3) in Challenge League
  • Neuchâtel Xamax have the most scored goals (10) in Challenge League
  • Neuchâtel Xamax have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Challenge League
  • Neuchâtel Xamax have the the best goal difference (+7) in Challenge League
  • Neuchâtel Xamax is in the best form (3-0-0)
  • Yverdon Sport have the fewest scored goals (1) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have the most conceded goals (9) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Challenge League
  • Yverdon Sport is in the worst form (0-0-3)
Yverdon Sport Last season Neuchâtel Xamax
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   18 36
13 8   Won W   3 10
7 3   Drew D   3 6
2 0   Lost L   12 20
60 36   Scored S   15 36
25 12   Conceded C   34 58
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 72%
64% 82%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 56%
50% 64%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 28%
36% 45%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
73% 73%   BTTS BTTS   44% 42%
23% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 19%
5% 0%   Failed to Score F T   50% 44%
 
3.8 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.2
1.8 1.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 5
1.2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.4
2 0   Red cards R C   4 4
 
9.4 10   Shots (avg) S (   6.9 7.5
4.4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.1
65% 73%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Neuchâtel Xamax 3 3 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 7 9
2 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 7
3 Thun 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
4 Aarau 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 6
5 Winterthur 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
6 Wil 3 1 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3
7 Vaduz 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 3
8 FC Schaffhausen 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
9 Kriens 3 0 1 2 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 5 -6 1
10 Yverdon Sport 3 0 0 3 1 9 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 6 -8 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 Yverdon Sport 7 2 4 1 13 12 3 1 2 0 7 6 4 1 2 1 6 6 1 46
2 Cham 7 3 1 3 16 13 4 2 0 2 10 7 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 40
3 Rapperswil-Jona 7 3 3 1 14 9 4 1 2 1 7 6 3 2 1 0 7 3 5 36
4 Bavois 7 3 3 1 16 12 3 1 2 0 8 5 4 2 1 1 8 7 4 36
5 Basel II 7 3 4 0 18 9 4 2 2 0 11 3 3 1 2 0 7 6 9 35
6 Etoile Carouge 7 1 4 2 12 14 3 1 1 1 7 6 4 0 3 1 5 8 -2 33
7 Bruhl 7 1 1 5 6 21 3 0 1 2 3 7 4 1 0 3 3 14 -15 31
8 Stade Nyonnais 7 1 2 4 8 13 4 0 1 3 3 7 3 1 1 1 5 6 -5 27
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 Grasshopper 36 19 8 9 60 43 18 12 3 3 34 18 18 7 5 6 26 25 17 65
2 Thun 36 19 7 10 57 46 18 10 3 5 26 16 18 9 4 5 31 30 11 64
3 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 36 15 13 8 57 39 18 8 6 4 32 21 18 7 7 4 25 18 18 58
4 FC Schaffhausen 36 16 10 10 59 46 18 10 4 4 35 22 18 6 6 6 24 24 13 58
5 Aarau 36 17 7 12 66 59 18 11 3 4 39 22 18 6 4 8 27 37 7 58
6 Winterthur 36 11 10 15 50 52 18 7 5 6 32 25 18 4 5 9 18 27 -2 43
7 Wil 36 10 9 17 43 52 18 8 5 5 28 19 18 2 4 12 15 33 -9 39
8 Kriens 36 9 11 16 40 48 18 4 7 7 23 23 18 5 4 9 17 25 -8 38
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 36 10 6 20 36 58 18 7 3 8 21 24 18 3 3 12 15 34 -22 36
10 Chiasso 36 9 9 18 35 60 18 7 6 5 20 23 18 2 3 13 15 37 -25 36

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.