Aarau have journeyed here for an entertaining game against the home side Bellinzona. Get smart on the fixture with this in-depth Challenge League preview!
Bellinzona and Aarau should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Bellinzona form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Bellinzona's two home games in the Challenge League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Stadio Comunale.
It's back home for Bellinzona, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Vaduz away with the result 3-2. Pollero (2) and Manis found the net in that victory.
Preceding that match was the home game against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy that was lost 1-4.Bellinzona has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Aarau form and stats
Four points from two away games for Aarau, meaning one draw and one victory in the Challenge League so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Thun (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. The draw against Thun came from a losing position. The Aarau manager Keller brought on Hunziker as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
A loss against Lausanne Sport was the result prior to that, in a home game.It's early days yet, but Aarau has scored 4 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these sides: Bellinzona won five, Aarau triumphed in four and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Cortelezzi Ferreyra 3 goals |  S. Vladi 3 goals | R. Pollero López 2 goals |
Bellinzona missing players
Aarau missing players
| Bellinzona | Aarau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5.5 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.5 | 9.8 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 33% |
| 13 | 14 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.5 | 12 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| Bellinzona | Last season | Aarau | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 23 | 16 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 67 | 36 | Scored | S | 39 | 67 | ||
| 35 | 11 | Conceded | C | 24 | 47 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 80% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 86% | ||
| 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 34% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 31% | ||
| 20% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 28% | 22% | ||
| 66% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 50% | ||
| 34% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 39% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 17% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.3 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 38% | ||
| 6.8 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yverdon Sport | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Wil | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Lausanne Sport | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Bellinzona | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 6 | FC Schaffhausen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Aarau | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Vaduz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 9 | Thun | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bellinzona | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 76 |
| 2 | Breitenrain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 74 |
| 3 | Chiasso | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 65 |
| 4 | Stade Nyonnais | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 58 |
| 5 | Zurich II | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 52 |
| 6 | Etoile Carouge | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 48 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Winterthur | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 76 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 31 | 65 |
| 2 | FC Schaffhausen | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 73 | 49 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 65 |
| 3 | Aarau | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 67 | 47 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 20 | 65 |
| 4 | Vaduz | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 58 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 32 | 10 | 60 |
| 5 | Thun | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 62 | 57 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 5 | 56 |
| 6 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 54 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 50 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 30 | -4 | 44 |
| 8 | Yverdon Sport | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 28 | -8 | 44 |
| 9 | Wil | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 68 | 80 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 48 | -12 | 41 |
| 10 | Kriens | 36 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 93 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 55 | -68 | 13 |
