Neuchatel Xamax FC arrive at The Wefox Arena on Friday for the Challenge League game with home team FC Schaffhausen.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for FC Schaffhausen v Neuchatel Xamax FC - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
FC Schaffhausen
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FC Schaffhausen will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 0-1 Challenge League loss in their previous game against FC Vaduz.
Dejan Djokiฤ (41') was the scorer for FC Vaduz.
Itโs been a rare occasion in recent games where FC Schaffhausen have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that FC Schaffhausen have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals during that time.
Coming into this contest, FC Schaffhausen haven't won against Neuchatel Xamax FC in their last 6 league games.
Neuchatel Xamax FC
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Neuchatel Xamax FC go into this match following a 3-1 Challenge League win in the defeat of FC Aarau in their last fixture.
For Neuchatel Xamax FC, the scorers were Danilo Del Toro (51') and Dominik Schwizer (55'). Nikola Gjorgjev (61') was the scorer for FC Aarau.
Throughout their 6 latest matches, Stรฉphane Henchoz's Neuchatel Xamax FC have seen their efforts on goal rewarded a total of 6 times therefore earning them the goals per game average of 1.
Pre-game facts show that Neuchatel Xamax FC:
- have not been beaten by FC Schaffhausen when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
- have not won away from home in their last 4 league matches.
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Head to head
Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 17/10/2022 shows that FC Schaffhausen have won 0 of these games and Neuchatel Xamax FC 2, with the number of drawn matches being 4.
A combined sum of 16 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 for Schaffhausen and 10 being from Xamax. The average goals per game has been 2.67.
The previous league contest between these clubs was Challenge League match day 27 on 29/03/2024 and the score finished Neuchatel Xamax FC 2-1 FC Schaffhausen.
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Team News: FC Schaffhausen
Ermir Lenjani (unknown injury), Willy Vogt (unknown injury) and Liridon Balaj (unknown injury) wonโt be able to feature for FC Schaffhausen manager Martin Andermatt.
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Team News: Neuchatel Xamax FC
With a fully injury-free group available to select from, the Neuchatel Xamax FC boss Stรฉphane Henchoz does not have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this game.
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Prediction
When taking all factors into account, Neuchatel Xamax FC and FC Schaffhausen should both be able to score here although itโs hard to pick a clear winner.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. Thatโs why we have predicted a very close game with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
22:03 18/04/2024
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FC Schaffhausen
Formed: 1896
Stadium: The Wefox Arena (8,200)
Chairman: Roland Klein
Manager: Martin Andermatt
Competitions: Challenge League position 8