Yverdon won 3-1 in Thun and occupies the third step of the provisional podium. Author of a double in the first half, Koné put the visitors on the right track. For its part Neuchâtel Xamax had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home once morest Schaffhausen during the 12th day of the Challenge League.
The red and black remain dead last with only 5 points on their counter.
Xamax would have needed to reap all of the stakes. But Bobadilla (79th) equalized following the opener signed Saiz in the 50th. The Neuchâtelois, who played ten from the 76th (expulsion of Bakayoko) are three lengths behind the penultimate, Vaduz, who played one game less.
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