The league table in Super League tells a story about these teams so far, with St. Gallen leading Neuchatel Xamax by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
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!
This pitch has grass, which is not Neuchâtel Xamax's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Neuchâtel Xamax have performed like this: Played 34 matches resulting in 11 wins, 13 draws and 10 defeats with the goal stats 48-55 (scored/conceded).
St. Gallen form and stats
Overall Super League stats at home this season for St. Gallen are 4-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).
The fans are hoping that St. Gallen will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 3-4 away loss in the Super League game against Young Boys (placed 1st). Ahead of that match, St. Gallen won a home game hosting Sion (3-0).
A goal frenzy last time out for St. Gallen, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Young Boys. Fun stuff to watch!
The St. Gallen manager P. Zeidler has got the team scoring with 15 from 7 home games in the league. St. Gallen have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
There's been little loot from Neuchâtel Xamax's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Super League. Neuchâtel Xamax only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws.
Neuchâtel Xamax failed to get anything from their last game, a Super League home match vs Thun (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 2-3. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Basel.
Neuchâtel Xamax find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Neuchâtel Xamax have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
St. Gallen and Neuchâtel Xamax have met before this season: Neuchâtel Xamax - St. Gallen 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 St. Gallen victories, 2 draws and 2 Neuchâtel Xamax wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
G. Karlen
7 goals
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Jordi Quintillà
6 goals
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C. Itten
6 goals
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St. Gallen missing players
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
| St. Gallen | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 29 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 19 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 79% | 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 43% | 57% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 21% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 14% |
| 71% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 21% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 14% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 5.7 | 6.4 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.7 | 5.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.9 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
- Neuchâtel Xamax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Gallen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | Basel | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 30 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Zürich | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
| 5 | Servette | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Sion | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 7 | Luzern | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Lugano | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Thun | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -16 | 9 |