Neuchâtel Xamax vs Bellinzona: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Neuchâtel Xamax played Bellinzona in Challenge League (Switzerland). The match was played on 14 December 2025. Final score: 1:0.

Current form

Neuchâtel Xamax: 0-1-4, 0.20 points/match. Bellinzona: 2-0-3, 1.20 points/match.

Goal statistics

Neuchâtel Xamax scores 1.50 and concedes 1.50 goals per match. Bellinzona scores 0.81 and concedes 2.00. League average: 2.84 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Neuchâtel Xamax 69%, Bellinzona 38%. Over 2.5: Neuchâtel Xamax 63%, Bellinzona 50%. League level: BTTS 53%, Over 2.5 57%.

xG, shots and style

Neuchâtel Xamax has higher xG: 1.63 vs 1.17. Neuchâtel Xamax: 14.2 shots per match, Bellinzona: 10.3.

Match halves

Neuchâtel Xamax: half-time lead 31%, second-half goals 0.88. Bellinzona: half-time lead 13%, second-half goals 0.31.

Goals by minute

Neuchâtel Xamax: 76-90+ (6 goals). Bellinzona: 31-45+ (4 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Challenge League: 2.84 goals per match, BTTS 53%, Over 2.5 57%.

Head-to-head

Before this fixture, 1 previous H2H matches were available: 1-0-0. Average goals 6.00, BTTS 100%.

Half-by-half

0 : 0
1st half
1 : 0
2nd half

Match statistics

60Possession (%)40
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
10Shots8
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
3Shots on target2
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
1.25xG0.93
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
5Corners2
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
55Dangerous attacks37
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
12Fouls16
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
2Cards3
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
1.5Goals scored / match0.81
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
1.5Goals conceded / match2
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
50%Average possession42%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
4.56Shots on target / match3.56
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

14.19Shots per match10.25
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
4.56Shots on target3.56
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
10.6%Shot conversion7.9%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
50%Possession42%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
1.63xG for1.17
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
1.37xG against1.57
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona

Shooting quality

Neuchâtel Xamax: AttackingBellinzona: Balanced
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
Accuracy (shots on target)32%35%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.330.23

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Bellinzona is 500% better for: last-5 form.

0.2 pts / match - Neuchâtel Xamax · 1.2 pts / match - Bellinzona

Neuchâtel Xamax
LDLLL
No win in the last 5 matches
Season result split
38% W19% R44% P
Season (W-D-L)
6-3-7
1.31 pts / match · goal difference 0
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-1-4
0.20 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
3-3-2
Last 5 at home
2-1-2
WLWDL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.8Goals conceded: 2.0xG: 1.43Opponent xG: 1.52BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 80%
Bellinzona
LWLLW
Season result split
13% W25% R63% P
Season (W-D-L)
2-4-10
0.63 pts / match · goal difference -19
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-0-3
1.20 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
0-2-6
Last 5 away
0-1-4
LDLLL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.6Goals conceded: 1.2xG: 1.43Opponent xG: 1.63BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Neuchâtel Xamax is 85% better for: goals scored per match.

1.5 goals / match - Neuchâtel Xamax · 0.81 goals / match - Bellinzona

Neuchâtel Xamax is 33% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.5 goals / match - Neuchâtel Xamax · 2 goals / match - Bellinzona

Neuchâtel Xamax scoring profile: very strong

Neuchâtel Xamax scores in 75% of matches (12 of 16 matches), while Bellinzona keeps a clean sheet in 19% (3 of 16 matches).

Bellinzona scoring profile: strong

Bellinzona scores in 44% of matches (7 of 16 matches), while Neuchâtel Xamax keeps a clean sheet in 6% (1 of 16 matches).

24Goals scored (season)13
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
24Goals conceded (season)32
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
3Average goals in match2.81
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
4Goals scored (last 5)8
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
10Goals conceded (last 5)6
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona

How often they score at least...

75%1 goal44%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
44%2 goals19%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
19%3 goals6%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
6%4 goals6%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona

How often they concede at least...

94%1 goal81%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
44%2 goals56%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
13%3 goals31%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
0%4 goals13%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

69%
Neuchâtel Xamax - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.11 of 16 matches
53%
League average

Goal patterns

25%BTTS at half-time13%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
6%BTTS in both halves6%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
25%Scored in both halves13%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona

BTTS and goal count

56%Min. 3 goals and BTTS31%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
6%Min. 3 goals without BTTS19%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
60%BTTS - last 540%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

88%Min. 1 goal before half-time69%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
44%Min. 2 goals before half-time50%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
13%Min. 3 goals before half-time19%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona

2nd half

81%Min. 1 goal after half-time75%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
50%Min. 2 goals after half-time44%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
19%Min. 3 goals after half-time13%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Neuchâtel Xamax is 54% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.25 pts / match - Neuchâtel Xamax · 0.81 pts / match - Bellinzona

Neuchâtel Xamax - half-time state
31% leading31% draw38% trailing
Bellinzona - half-time state
13% leading44% draw44% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.25Points per match (1st half)0.81
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
0.63Goals scored (1st half)0.5
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
0.81Goals conceded (1st half)0.94
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
1.44Average goals (1st half)1.44
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
38%Clean sheet before half-time44%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
50%No goal before half-time75%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona

After half-time (2nd half)

1Points per match (2nd half)0.81
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
0.88Goals scored (2nd half)0.31
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
0.69Goals conceded (2nd half)1.06
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
1.56Average goals (2nd half)1.38
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
38%Clean sheet after half-time38%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona
50%No goal after half-time69%
Neuchâtel XamaxBellinzona

Neuchâtel Xamax - second-half results

19% W44% R38% P
20
Half-time points
10
Half-time goals
-3
Goal difference (1st half)
16
Second-half points
+3
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.25
PPG before half-time
Lead holding123%

Leads at half-time in 31% of matches and wins 38%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time-0.1

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Bellinzona - second-half results

13% W44% R44% P
13
Half-time points
8
Half-time goals
-7
Goal difference (1st half)
13
Second-half points
-12
Goal difference (2nd half)
0.81
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at half-time in 13% of matches and wins 13%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.1

Concedes 0.1 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Neuchâtel Xamax - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match0.600.60
Goals scored / match0.20.6
Goals conceded / match1.01.0
Average goals in match1.21.6
1 goal60%80%
2 goals40%60%
3 goals20%20%
Clean sheet40%20%
No goal80%40%
Goal difference-4-2
Half-time: 0% leading - 60% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 60% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 1
Bellinzona - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.600.60
Goals scored / match1.20.4
Goals conceded / match0.21.0
Average goals in match1.41.4
1 goal60%80%
2 goals40%60%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet80%20%
No goal60%60%
Goal difference+5-3
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 60% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 6

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Neuchâtel Xamax
ScoredConceded
4
6
0-15
2
4
16-30
4
3
31-45
3
1
46-60
5
3
61-75
6
7
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (6 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (7). Late-goal balance (76-90): -1 - late phases are a weakness.

Bellinzona
ScoredConceded
2
3
0-15
2
4
16-30
4
8
31-45
2
6
46-60
1
2
61-75
2
9
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (4 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (9). Late-goal balance (76-90): -7 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.91
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.8 : 1.2
Estimated goal split
home : away
102%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
54%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+107%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
33%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
14%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 7 matches
2-3
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Neuchâtel Xamax

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.26
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.26
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-3.0 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.13
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.13
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
97%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
115%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-1.11
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.3
Late goals
25% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 17% come in the first quarter-hour.
25%

Bellinzona

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.40
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.79
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+3.2 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.36
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.43
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
62%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
130%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.57
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.2
Late goals
15% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 15% come in the first quarter-hour.
15%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Challenge League).

Teams vs league

Neuchâtel XamaxLigaBellinzona
Average goals in match 3.002.84 2.81
Both teams scored 69%53% 38%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 63%57% 50%
Clean sheets 6%27% 19%
Goal before half-time 88%71% 69%
Goal after half-time 81%82% 75%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.84
Average goals per match
53%
Both teams scored
57%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
27%
Clean sheets
1.54
Home goals / match
1.30
Away goals / match
+18%
Home attack advantage
+16%
Home defence advantage
+13%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
71%
1 goal
45%
2 goals
12%
3 goals
1%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
82%
1 goal
46%
2 goals
18%
3 goals
7%
4 goals

Lineups and player events

Verified starters, substitutes and recorded player events for this match.

Match timeline

Goals, cards and substitutions arranged in chronological order.

  1. Neuchâtel XamaxYellow cardDiogo Rafael Mendes Carraco
  2. BellinzonaYellow cardWilly Vogt
  3. BellinzonaSubstitutionOn: Dylan TutondaOff: Elion Jashari
  4. Neuchâtel XamaxSubstitutionOn: Altin AzemiOff: Diogo Rafael Mendes Carraco
  5. BellinzonaYellow cardAris Aksel Sörensen
  6. BellinzonaYellow cardMeritan Shabani
  7. Neuchâtel XamaxSubstitutionOn: Jessé HautierOff: Shkelqim Demhasaj
  8. Neuchâtel XamaxSubstitutionOn: Mickaël FacchinettiOff: Noah Streit
  9. BellinzonaSubstitutionOn: Pierrick MoulinOff: Jacques Bomo
  10. Neuchâtel XamaxYellow cardAltin Azemi

Head-to-head

Previous meeting: Neuchâtel Xamax 1 - 0 - 0 Bellinzona. Average goals 6.00, both teams scored in 100% matches.

Bellinzona
1 : 5
Neuchâtel Xamax

FAQ

What was the result of Neuchâtel Xamax vs Bellinzona?

The Challenge League match finished Neuchâtel Xamax 1:0 Bellinzona. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Neuchâtel Xamax vs Bellinzona?

Neuchâtel Xamax score 1.50 goals per game on average and Bellinzona 0.81. The Challenge League average is 2.84 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 57% of games. Both teams score in 69% of Neuchâtel Xamax's matches and 38% of Bellinzona's.

What form are Neuchâtel Xamax and Bellinzona in?

Over the last 5 games Neuchâtel Xamax have a 0-1-4 record (0.20 points per game) and Bellinzona 2-0-3 (1.20 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Neuchâtel Xamax vs Bellinzona?

Here you can check the pre-match numbers for Neuchâtel Xamax vs Bellinzona: form, H2H, goals and Over/Under. The pick itself, value and reasoning are published in the NoFluffPicks app.