Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Neuchâtel Xamax & Lugano face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Swiss Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Neuchâtel Xamax and Lugano should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
3 - 2 - 2 with 11-9. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Lugano when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Lugano play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Neuchâtel Xamax form and stats
Action has already taken place for Neuchâtel in Swiss Cup as they have defeated Lachen / Altendorf to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Neuchâtel's Swiss Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Perfect Challenge League season at home so far for Neuchâtel Xamax 3 wins from 3 appearances. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stade de la Maladière after three straight home wins.
The fans are hoping that Neuchâtel will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Challenge League game against Winterthur.
Previous to that game, a Challenge League home match hosting Wil in a game that was won 3-0.With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Neuchâtel is on fire here. A stunning 11 from 3 league matches. From these home matches, Neuchâtel have conceded only 2 goals.
Lugano form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated La Chaux-de-Fonds in order to reach 2nd round of Swiss Cup. Lugano's mission in Swiss Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Lugano are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Super League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Lugano's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Basel that finished 1-1. Jonathan Sabbatini got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Sabbatini served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Sion's place.Lugano have the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Neuchâtel Xamax two wins, five draws and Lugano two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Mafouta 4 goals | K. Gazzetta 3 goals | M. Haile-Selassie 3 goals |
Neuchâtel Xamax missing players
Lugano missing players
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 44 | 19 | Scored | S | 29 | 44 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 45% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Winterthur | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Vaduz | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Aarau | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Thun | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Wil | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | FC Schaffhausen | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Yverdon Sport | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 2 |
| 10 | Kriens | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zürich | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Basel | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | Servette | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Sion | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 6 | Lugano | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Luzern | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 3 |