Kriens hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 8th position in the Challenge League table. Visiting Aarau holds 6th place with 27 pts.
- Kriens has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Challenge League
- Aarau has the most scored goals (33) in Challenge League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Kriens form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Challenge League this season. Kriens have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stadion Kleinfeld. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Kriens, their manager B. Berner and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Kriens faced defeat in their previous match, away at Thun (0-2). Preceding that match was a defeat to Wil (1-2).
There will be little rest for Kriens after this match as they are travelling to Solothurn for a Swiss Cup game in only four days.
Kriens has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Kriens have conceded 15 from these games.
Aarau form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Aarau, who have the most scored goals (33) in Challenge League, playing as the away team in the Challenge League this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Challenge League home defeat versus FC Schaffhausen with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Aarau manager S. Keller faced defeat when travelling to Wil and losing 1-3.
Late heartbreak for Aarau in the FC Schaffhausen match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
Aarau has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. Aarau struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Kriens - Aarau 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Kriens victories, four draws and four Aarau wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Gashi 6 goals |   B. Yesilçayir 5 goals | F. Stojilkovic 5 goals |
Kriens missing players
Aarau missing players
| Kriens | Aarau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 50% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 76% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 59% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 18% |
| 61% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 82% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 6% |
| 28% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.2 | 7.8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.2 | 9.6 |
| 3 | 4.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 39% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 41% | 43% |
- Aarau has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Challenge League
- Aarau has the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Challenge League
- Aarau has the most matches over the total-line (10) in Challenge League
- Aarau has the most scored goals (33) in Challenge League
- Aarau haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kriens has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Challenge League
- Kriens has the most matches under the total-line (11) in Challenge League
- 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 | Thun | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 2 | FC Schaffhausen | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Winterthur | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Aarau | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Wil | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 8 | Kriens | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -16 | 15 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -21 | 12 |