Here's what we know about the Kriens - Aarau match:

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Tue 15.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Kleinfeld (3200 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadion Kleinfeld haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Kriens languishing in the 7th position so far. The guesting Aarau will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Kriens has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Challenge League
  • Aarau has the most scored goals (25) in Challenge League

It's no vacation for neither Kriens nor Aarau as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Kriens form and stats

When playing at home in the Challenge League, Kriens have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus FC Schaffhausen in the Challenge League last time out and are looking for a win here. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Grasshopper.

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 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Kriens have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Aarau form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (25) in Challenge League, on their Challenge League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Aarau has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Aarau's last game was the home draw against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (3-3). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Chiasso.

An inspired comeback made the scores level in Aarau's duel with Stade Lausanne-Ouchy. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 3-3 after L. Balaj found the equalizer. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Aarau, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

After this away game Aarau return home for a Challenge League game against Thun. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Aarau has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. Aarau have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Aarau - Kriens 2-2 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Kriens won two games, five matches ended with a draw and Aarau has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

AarauS. Gashi
S. Gashi
6 goals
KriensA. Abubakar-Ankra
A. Abubakar-Ankra
5 goals
KriensB. Yesilçayir
B. Yesilçayir
4 goals

Kriens missing players

Aarau missing players

Kriens Aarau
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 2 6 13
3 2 0 Won W 2 3 6
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
6 3 1 Lost L 0 2 4
16 10 1 Scored S 6 11 25
20 10 3 Conceded C 2 10 22
92% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 85%
46% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 69%
31% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 54%
8% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 23%
62% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 77%
15% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 8%
31% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.3 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
6.4 8.7 3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.8 10.2
3.2 4.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.3 4.6
39% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 34% 42%
Key stats in Challenge League this season:
  • Aarau has the most scored goals (25) in Challenge League
  • Aarau haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kriens has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Challenge League
  • Kriens has the most matches under the total-line (9) in Challenge League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Grasshopper 13 8 2 3 23 15 6 5 1 0 14 4 7 3 1 3 9 11 8 26
2 Thun 13 6 4 3 20 13 8 4 2 2 13 7 5 2 2 1 7 6 7 22
3 Winterthur 12 6 3 3 22 13 6 4 2 0 16 6 6 2 1 3 6 7 9 21
4 Aarau 13 6 3 4 25 22 7 3 2 2 14 12 6 3 1 2 11 10 3 21
5 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 12 5 5 2 22 15 5 2 2 1 10 7 7 3 3 1 12 8 7 20
6 FC Schaffhausen 12 4 5 3 23 17 6 3 1 2 13 9 6 1 4 1 10 8 6 17
7 Kriens 13 3 4 6 16 20 7 2 2 3 10 10 6 1 2 3 6 10 -4 13
8 Wil 12 3 4 5 11 17 7 2 3 2 6 7 5 1 1 3 5 10 -6 13
9 Neuchâtel Xamax 12 3 0 9 12 28 5 2 0 3 5 9 7 1 0 6 7 19 -16 9
10 Chiasso 12 2 2 8 11 25 5 1 1 3 4 9 7 1 1 5 7 16 -14 8

Read more about Challenge League

The Swiss Challenge league is the second highest level of football in Switzerland. Ten teams play four fixtures against each other to decide a final league table. The winner is promoted directly while number two enters a promotion playoff. The bottom team is relegated.