Xamax – Sion PREDICTION (15.07.2020)

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Neuchâtel Xamax and Sion meet at Stade de la Maladière, in a match for the 31st matchday of the Super League. Sion won by (1‑3) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 9-21-2019. The head-to-head record at this stadium is favorable to the away team, which in the last 4 matches has won 2, tied 1 and lost 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams met at this stadium was on 21‑09‑2019 , in a match for the Super League that ended with the victory of Sion by (1‑3). The goals of the match were scored by M. Haile ‑ Selassie (40 ‘), for Neuchâtel Xamax, and R. Uldriķis (37’) e P. Kasami (56 ‘e 70’), for Sion. Particular attention is needed for the home / away condition, as both teams present significantly different results at home and away.

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 has been stronger as a visitor than in their home games, since in the last 30 games they have recorded 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses as a visitor; against 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses in his stadium. The team comes to this match after a home win for Grasshopper by (4‑2). For the championship, Neuchâtel Xamax conquered 6 points in 30 possible, after 1 victory, 3 draws and 6 defeats in the last 10 matches that they played in their stadium. 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 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 15 times and never got the comeback.

In the fight to escape relegation, Neuchátel Xamax is not going through a quiet situation at the entrance for round 31. In tenth and last place on the leaderboard, the team led by Stéphane Henchoz, who completed the second match serving the team in the last round, he has 23 points, giving Sion a four-point disadvantage and five for Thun, in first place above the relegation zone, precisely the last rival. Last Sunday, Neuchatel Xamax was defeated by Thun 3-0, in a game that started badly for Henchoz’s team, with a goal suffered in the 14th minute. The disadvantage would accumulate in the 32nd minute and the final result only it would be set at offset time (90 + 4 ‘). Thus, Neuchatel Xamax added the sixth consecutive game without a victory, in a series in which they lost five times.

Sion :

After 6 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses, the visiting team is currently in 8th position, with 23 points won. In their last match, they tied in an away match against Lugano, by (0‑0), after in the previous match having lost at home, in a match against Neuchâtel Xamax, by (1‑2). 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, 3 draws and 7 defeats as a visitor, with 26 goals scored and 25 suffered; against 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses in his stadium, with 19 goals scored and 25 suffered. For the championship, Sion conquered 7 points in 30 possible, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses in the last 10 games that they played as a visitor.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 8 away matches. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since 5 of the last 12 that they played ended with Less than 1.5 goals. In 23 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 12 times and only got 1 comeback.

Sion’s team reaches this round in ninth and penultimate position on the overall leaderboard, with 27 points, one less than Thun, the first team above the relegation zone at the moment. On the last day, Paolo Tramezzani’s team saw their game with Zurich postponed, due to the pandemic, so Sion’s last game was in the penultimate round, in which he received and beat Basel 1-0. A victory as unexpected as it is meritorious and that served for the Tramezzani team to end a series of games without winning that lasted from November 30 of the previous year.


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