Season ticket holders at Stade de la Maladiere haven't seen too many victories this season, with Neuchatel Xamax languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Luzern will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Luzern play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Luzern when playing on artificial turf are 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats from twelve matches. They have scored 12 goals and conceded 18 times in these games.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
Neuchâtel Xamax's results here at Stade de la Maladière in the Super League have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Neuchâtel Xamax drew their last game, 1-1 away at Lugano (placed 7th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Servette (1-2).
The Neuchâtel Xamax fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. Neuchâtel Xamax have conceded 17 from these games.
Luzern form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Luzern so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
The supporters enjoyed Luzern's previous game versus Young Boys (placed 2nd), a Super League 2-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Zürich at their stadium, the result 3-2.
The attacking power of Luzern when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Luzern have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Neuchâtel Xamax - Luzern 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Neuchâtel Xamax victories, zero draws and four Luzern wins. six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
G. Karlen
7 goals
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R. Nuzzolo
7 goals
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I. Ndiaye
5 goals
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Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
Luzern missing players
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Luzern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 80% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 50% |
| 40% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 70% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 30% | 45% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 20% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 35% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 6.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
| 5.8 | 5.4 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 218 | 112 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 99 | 243 |
| 75 | 35 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 36 | 90 |
| 29% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 25% | 24% |
- Luzern has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Luzern have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Luzern haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Neuchâtel Xamax 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 | St. Gallen | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 41 |
| 3 | Basel | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 36 |
| 4 | Servette | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | Zürich | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 31 |
| 6 | Luzern | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 24 |
| 7 | Lugano | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 8 | Sion | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -13 | 15 |
| 10 | Thun | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -25 | 12 |