About Match
Level on 9 points, Neuchâtel Xamax (7th) and Étoile Carouge (6th) meet as equals in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1.29/1.86 for Neuchâtel Xamax and 1/1 for Étoile Carouge (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.5. Neuchâtel Xamax would climb to 12 points with a win and up to 3rd, overtaking Étoile Carouge (other results held equal).
Neuchâtel Xamax have been beaten in four straight games. Neuchâtel Xamax have banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Étoile Carouge, 8.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 6 Neuchâtel Xamax wins, 4 for Étoile Carouge, 0 draws, at 3.4 goals per meeting. 80% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel, capacity 12,000, hosts the game.