Neuchâtel Xamax hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 27 points and a 10th position in the Super League table. Visiting Lugano holds 6th place with 44 pts.
It's no vacation for neither Neuchâtel nor Lugano as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Lugano's home stadium. The visitors last eleven games on artifical turf have ended in 1 win, 4 draws and 6 losses.
Neuchâtel have had a bad season and will be relegated from Super League. For Lugano most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
Neuchâtel Xamax's results here at Stade de la Maladière in the Super League have been very modest with 2 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Neuchâtel to get some points in this home game.
The fans are hoping that Neuchâtel will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-6 away loss in the Super League game against St. Gallen (placed 2nd). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Servette.
Neuchâtel were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Neuchâtel's goalkeeper Laurent Walthert was extremely busy against St. Gallen, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
Neuchâtel have scored 15 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot. Neuchâtel have conceded 25 in these home matches.
Lugano form and stats
4 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Lugano playing as the away team in the Super League this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Lugano who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Impressive finishing from Alexander Gerndt and Mijat Marić secured the home win 3-1 against Servette in their previous game. Before that, Lugano travelled to Basel and returned home with a draw after the game finished 4-4.
Lugano are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 17 away games so far. Lugano struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Lugano - Neuchâtel 1-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Neuchâtel won two games, five matches ended with a draw and Lugano has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fiveTop Goalscorers
  R. Nuzzolo 13 goals |  G. Karlen 7 goals |   M. Marić 6 goals |
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
Lugano missing players
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 33 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | 45 |
| 67 | 25 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 29 | 46 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 86% |
| 80% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | 71% |
| 54% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 65% | 49% |
| 31% | 18% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 35% | 26% |
| 17% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | 14% |
| 63% | 59% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 65% | 54% |
| 9% | 12% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 29% |
| 31% | 35% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | 31% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 381 | 207 | 66 | Total Shots | T S | 77 | 206 | 394 |
| 128 | 64 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 89 | 148 |
| 26% | 23% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | 30% |
- Lugano has the most dropped points from leading position (20)
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest clean sheets (3)
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest points (11) at home
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest scored goals (15) at home
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest scored goals (33)
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest scored goals in the second half (16)
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the the worst goal difference (-34)
- Neuchâtel Xamax have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 35 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 77 | 40 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 37 | 73 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 35 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 78 | 53 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 24 | 25 | 68 |
| 3 | Basel | 35 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 36 | 61 |
| 4 | Servette | 35 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 56 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 49 |
| 5 | Luzern | 35 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -8 | 45 |
| 6 | Lugano | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 45 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 29 | -1 | 44 |
| 7 | Zürich | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 69 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -27 | 42 |
| 8 | Thun | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 64 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | -22 | 37 |
| 9 | Sion | 35 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 38 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -16 | 36 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 35 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 67 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 42 | -34 | 27 |