With their 19 point advantage in the league table, Servette fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Neuchâtel Xamax.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Servette and Neuchâtel Xamax.
9-10-12 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Neuchâtel Xamax when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 31 matches are 31-49 (scored/conceded).
Neuchâtel are struggling to avoid relegation.
Servette form and stats
7-7-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Servette so far this season. In general it's been a long time since Servette tasted defeat here at Stade de Genève, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
No payout for Servette in their previous match, an away game at Thun that ended in defeat 1-5. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Basel that ended 2-2.
Servette were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Servette matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).
The Servette fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 16 league matches. From these home matches, Servette have conceded only 12 goals.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Neuchâtel Xamax so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 3-7-6 (win-draw-lose).
The manager S. Henchoz was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Stade de la Maladière. Neuchâtel Xamax suffered a 0-1 loss to Young Boys (placed 1st). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Luzern.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Neuchâtel when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing three and winning two games.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Neuchâtel have scored 17 goals in 16 league games away. For Neuchâtel Xamax, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Neuchâtel Xamax - Servette 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Servette won one game, six matches ended with a draw and Neuchâtel Xamax has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  R. Nuzzolo 12 goals |   K. Kone 8 goals |  M. Stevanović 7 goals |
Servette missing players
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
| Servette | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 51 | 24 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 32 |
| 42 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 32 | 57 |
| 94% | 88% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 82% | 75% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | 79% |
| 52% | 38% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 52% |
| 36% | 19% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 27% |
| 12% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 12% |
| 61% | 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 69% | 64% |
| 27% | 44% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| 18% | 19% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 30% |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 426 | 213 | 84 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 154 | 361 |
| 162 | 88 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 58 | 122 |
| 31% | 27% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 26% |
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest clean sheets (3)
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the fewest scored goals (32)
- Neuchâtel Xamax has the the worst goal difference (-25)
- Neuchâtel Xamax have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Servette has the fewest conceded goals (12) 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 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 75 | 40 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 35 | 67 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 33 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 69 | 52 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 17 | 62 |
| 3 | Basel | 33 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 70 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 36 | 59 |
| 4 | Servette | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 51 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 46 |
| 5 | Luzern | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -8 | 42 |
| 6 | Zürich | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 62 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 29 | -22 | 42 |
| 7 | Lugano | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 38 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 25 | -3 | 40 |
| 8 | Thun | 33 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 41 | 63 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 34 | -22 | 35 |
| 9 | Sion | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 52 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -17 | 32 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 33 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 57 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | -25 | 27 |
