An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 7th and the visitors in 9th place.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Neuchâtel Xamax have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-12-11 (win-draw-loss) from 34 matches.
Sion form and stats
Overall Super League stats at home this season for Sion are 3-1-4 (wins-draw-losses).
In their previous game, the manager S. Henchoz led his Sion to a defeat in the Super League match away at Basel. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tourbillon. Before that, Sion had a home game versus Thun which ended with a victory 2-1.
Sion 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 Sion fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Sion have conceded 16 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
Neuchâtel Xamax have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-4-3 (8 played).
Neuchâtel Xamax delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Lugano (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Super League game. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Zurich.
7 saves made goalkeeper Laurent Walthert a hero against Lugano, contributing heavy to the point gained.
Neuchâtel Xamax are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). The Neuchâtel Xamax manager J. Magnin has some worries about the defense as 16 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Neuchâtel Xamax - Sion 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 7 Sion victories, 2 draws and 1 Neuchâtel Xamax win. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
P. Kasami
7 goals
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G. Karlen
7 goals
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R. Nuzzolo
7 goals
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Sion missing players
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
| Sion | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 24 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 34 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 76% |
| 76% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 53% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 62% | 47% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 65% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 12% | 24% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 6.2 | 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 176 | 97 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 84 | 183 |
| 65 | 34 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 31 | 60 |
| 37% | 41% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | 32% |
- All of Sion's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Neuchâtel Xamax have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sion has the most matches over the total-line (13)
- Sion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sion have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sion haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Basel | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 36 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Zurich | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 27 |
| 5 | Servette | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | Lugano | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Sion | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 20 |
| 8 | Luzern | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 15 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 13 |
| 10 | Thun | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 9 |