Match Report
3 points and 2 places separated them: Étoile Carouge 7th with 9, Neuchâtel Xamax 5th with 12. Per game in the league, Étoile Carouge were scoring 0.88 and conceding 1, Neuchâtel Xamax 1.5 and 1.75, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Neuchâtel Xamax, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Étoile Carouge, 0 draws and 5 for Neuchâtel Xamax, at 3.67 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 89% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
Stade de la Fontenette staged the fixture, a ground that holds 30,084. Neuchâtel Xamax led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Neuchâtel Xamax: Modibo Camara (18')
Key stats
Possession: Étoile Carouge 62% · Neuchâtel Xamax 38% · Total shots: 28-12 · On target: 7-4 · Corners: 3-7