Neuchâtel Xamax and Lugano meet at Stade de la Maladière, in a match for the 36 th round of the Super League. The two teams tied (1‑1), on 07‑12‑2019, in the previous meeting for this edition of the league. The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 3 matches won 1 and tied 2. But the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 07‑12‑2019 , for the Super League, the two teams tied by (1‑1). The goals of the match were scored by R. Nuzzolo (3 ‘), for Neuchâtel Xamax, and O. Custodio (73′), for Lugano. Pay attention to the home factor, since the Neuchâtel Xamax tends to achieve different results at home and abroad.
Neuchâtel Xamax :
The home team is currently in 9th position, with 19 points won, after 3 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Sion, by (1‑2). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Zürich, by (1‑1). This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats as a visitor, with 19 goals scored and 27 suffered; against 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses in his stadium, with 25 goals scored and 21 suffered. In the last game, for the Friendly Games, they beat Grasshopper at home by (4‑2). In their last 10 home matches for the championship, Neuchâtel Xamax has won 1, tied 3 and lost 6, winning 6 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at half-time was 0‑0 (4 in 11 matches). The team has not been very strong defensively, since it has always suffered goals in the last 10 matches, but its attack has marked regularly, since it has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 23 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 15 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Neuchâtel Xamax’s team reaches this last day, already mathematically relegated to the second step of next season, after a manifestly short campaign for its permanence goals. With only 27 points in 35 games, the team trained by Stéphane Henchoz is already 10 points from the automatic maintenance zone and nine points from the penultimate ranked Sion. Last Friday, Neuchâtel Xamax added what was the third consecutive loss, and significantly, after abandoning Vice Champion Sankt Gallen’s field trip inclined to a 6-0 loss, in a game where everything went wrong from the start. Behind, there were the setbacks against Young Boys (0-1), at home, and Servette (4-1), away from home.
Lugano :
After 6 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, the visiting team is currently in 7th position, with 26 points won. In their last match, they tied in a home match against Sion, by (0‑0), after in the previous match they had won at home, in a match against Young Boys, by (2‑1). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses as a visitor, with 17 goals scored and 24 suffered; against 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses in his stadium, with 11 goals scored and 16 suffered. In the last match for Amistosos, they defeated Chiasso at home by (2‑1). In their last away game for this competition, they lost (3‑2) to Thun. In their last 10 away games for the championship, Lugano has recorded 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, so they have won 11 points out of 30 possible. His offense has scored consistently, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 8 of the last 11 matches for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 23 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 11 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have suffered 6 of their 16 goals between minutes (46’ ‑ 60 ‘).
Lugano’s team carried out a globally balanced campaign, allowing it to reach the final match of the championship in the middle of the league table, more specifically in sixth place, with 44 points, but two than Zurich and one less than Luzern Five points from first place in Europe, Maurizio Jacobacci’s team will only go to the game to meet the schedule of this farewell. Without knowing the taste of defeat for seven consecutive games, Lugano won, last Friday, against Servette, 3-1, and achieved the second victory of the last three games.
PREDICTION: Lugano to win @ 2,00
