With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Kriens fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Aarau.
The hosts Kriens saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Challenge League. That game was an away game at Wil, so at least Kriens are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Kriens form and stats
Overall Challenge League stats at home this season for Kriens are 8-3-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Kriens lost their last game at Wil (placed 6th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Chiasso.
Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Asumah for missing a penalty kick versus Wil in the 87th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kriens as they are travelling to their away game against Chiasso in the Challenge League. That match is three days after this one.
The Kriens manager B. Berner has got the team scoring with 28 from 14 home games in the league. On the other hand, Kriens have conceded 15 goals.
Aarau form and stats
The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (60) in Challenge League, are W4-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Challenge League.
Aarau had fun at their own home (Stadion Kleinfeld) last time out, beating Lausanne Sport 5-4. E. Zverotić, Y. Alounga and L. Balaj (3) scored. Preceding that game, the 2-5 loss visiting Winterthur's place.
An amazing comeback from Aarau last time out, trailing 1-3 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Y. Alounga scoring the winning goal in the 82nd minute. As you can tell from the result, the match against Lausanne Sport was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 9 goals, will the fun continue today? L. Balaj certainly enjoyed Aarau's last game versus Lausanne Sport, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-4 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager P. Rahmen when Y. Alounga scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute.
A new game in only three days for Aarau, the Challenge League home match versus Winterthur. Busy days.
Aarau find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. The Aarau manager P. Rahmen has some worries about the defense as 32 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Aarau - Kriens 4-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Kriens wins - draws - Aarau wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Abubakar-Ankra 10 goals | O. Dzonlagic 8 goals | N. Siegrist 7 goals |
Kriens missing players
Aarau missing players
| Kriens | Aarau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 44 | 28 | 16 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 51 |
| 42 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 32 | 60 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 86% |
| 57% | 71% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 71% |
| 32% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 57% |
| 21% | 21% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 43% | 39% |
| 46% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 71% |
| 36% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 18% |
| 21% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 18% |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.6 | 6.2 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 282 | 150 | 55 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 137 | 298 |
| 130 | 78 | 35 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 54 | 119 |
| 34% | 36% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 43% |
- Aarau has the most conceded goals (60)
- Aarau has the most conceded goals in the second half (34)
- Aarau has the most matches over the total-line (16)
- Kriens has the fewest points from losing position (3)
- Kriens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lausanne Sport | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 66 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 38 | 55 |
| 2 | Grasshopper | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 50 |
| 3 | Vaduz | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 58 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 45 |
| 4 | Kriens | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 2 | 43 |
| 5 | Winterthur | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 49 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 36 |
| 6 | Wil | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -3 | 35 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -6 | 35 |
| 8 | Aarau | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 32 | -9 | 35 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -19 | 30 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -21 | 18 |