Season ticket holders at La Maladiere haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Neuchâtel Xamax languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Zürich will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Zürich have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 4-3-5 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
Neuchâtel Xamax's struggle is real here at La Maladiere with only 5 points collected from 7 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-4.
Neuchâtel Xamax lost their last game at St. Gallen (placed 3rd) after a 1-4 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Neuchâtel Xamax lost 2-3 at home to Thun.
Neuchâtel Xamax are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Neuchâtel Xamax have conceded 13 from these games.
Zürich form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Zürich, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in Super League, have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far. The fact that Zürich have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Zürich won their last game, 3-0 versus Luzern played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Sion.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Zürich's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 7 matches. Zürich have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Zürich - Neuchâtel Xamax 2-2. Neuchâtel Xamax-Zürich H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Neuchâtel Xamax 1 win, Zürich 4 wins, 5 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 
G. Karlen
7 goals
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R. Nuzzolo
6 goals
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B. Kramer
5 goals
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| Neuchâtel Xamax | Zürich | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 29 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 71% | 87% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 73% |
| 60% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 67% |
| 53% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 53% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 67% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 40% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 57% | 40% |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.8 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 165 | 81 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 73 | 190 |
| 55 | 24 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 23 | 66 |
| 33% | 33% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 13% | 29% |
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the most conceded goals in the second half (21)
- Neuchâtel Xamax have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zürich have scored away.
- Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zürich has the fewest scored goals (3) away
- Zürich has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
- Zürich has the most clean sheets (4) away
- Zürich has the the worst goal difference (-8) away
- Zürich have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Zürich have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Basel | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 30 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Zürich | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 24 |
| 5 | Servette | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Sion | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 7 | Lugano | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 8 | Luzern | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 12 |
| 10 | Thun | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -19 | 9 |