This match features two teams living in the basement of the Super League, Neuchâtel Xamax holding 10th place and Sion lying 9th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Super League match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Thun.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Sion's home stadium. The visitors last twelve games on artifical turf have ended in 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses.
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, 4 draws and 9 defeats.
No payout for Neuchâtel in their previous match, an away game at Thun that ended in defeat 0-3. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Zurich.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Neuchâtel Xamax as they are travelling to their away game against Luzern in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
Neuchâtel has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Neuchâtel Xamax have conceded 24 from these games.
Sion form and stats
There's been little loot from Sion's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the Super League. Sion only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Sion won their last game, 1-0 versus Basel played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting St. Gallen's place.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lugano in just three days.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sion struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 25 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sion - Neuchâtel 1-2. Neuchâtel-Sion H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Neuchâtel Xamax two wins, Sion five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Nuzzolo 11 goals |   P. Kasami 10 goals |  G. Karlen 7 goals |
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
Sion missing players
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Sion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 32 |
| 55 | 24 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 25 | 50 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 86% | 93% |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 64% | 79% |
| 53% | 53% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 57% | 59% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 28% |
| 13% | 7% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 43% | 66% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 29% | 17% |
| 27% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 43% | 24% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 342 | 198 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 123 | 299 |
| 114 | 62 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 47 | 110 |
| 26% | 24% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 26% | 29% |
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest points (10) at home
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest scored goals (30)
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the most dropped points from leading position (18)
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home
- Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Neuchâtel Xamax is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Sion has the fewest scored goals (12) away
- Sion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 59 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 58 |
| 3 | Basel | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 27 | 52 |
| 4 | Servette | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 45 |
| 5 | Luzern | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -3 | 42 |
| 6 | Zurich | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 52 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -12 | 42 |
| 7 | Lugano | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | -4 | 35 |
| 8 | Thun | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 60 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 33 | -27 | 28 |
| 9 | Sion | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 27 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 31 | -25 | 23 |