FC AarauL23 Aug · Away Yverdon Sport · 1:2W28 Aug · Home Neuchâtel Xamax · 2:1D31 Aug · Away FC WIL 1900 · 2:2W4 Sep · Home Rapperswil · 3:2D12 Sep · Home SC Kriens · 2:2L18 Sep · Away FC Winterthur · 1:2
2:1
Finished
Kick-off was
BST
Neuchâtel XamaxL21 Aug · Home Stade Lausanne-Ouchy · 1:2L28 Aug · Away FC Aarau · 1:2L1 Sep · Home Yverdon Sport · 1:2L4 Sep · Away FC Winterthur · 0:4W11 Sep · Away Stade Nyonnais · 3:1L18 Sep · Home Rapperswil · 0:3
In the Challenge League game on 28 August 2026, FC Aarau beat Neuchâtel Xamax 2:1.
Match report
Araou secured a 2-1 victory over Neuchâtel-Xamax in the fifth round of the Swiss Challenger League on Friday evening. The home side took all three points after a match decided by moments rather than sustained pressure. By then, both teams had already shown why this division can be so unpredictable.
The opening exchanges were cagey, with Araou earning a penalty in the forty-fifth minute that S. Muller failed to convert. To be fair, the visitors' defence was well-organised through the first half, and the yellow cards for E. Abedini and D. Afriyie told you everything about the tension. Neither side could find a way through.
And here's the thing — the breakthrough came in quick succession. M. Guindo opened the scoring in the sixty-fifth minute before A. Beka Beka doubled the lead four minutes later. The visitors were left flat-footed, and the substitutions that followed at 72 and 73 minutes were an attempt to change the complexion of the game.
Neuchâtel-Xamax refused to lie down. L. Mulaj struck in the ninety-second minute to level matters, but the goal came too late. Araou had weathered the storm in the closing stages, and the away side's late surge could not overturn a two-goal deficit.
The result leaves Araou in seventh place with eight points from six games, while Neuchâtel-Xamax remain fourth on nine points from five matches. The visitors have played one fewer game, but the gap remains narrow. It was a result that gave the home side momentum, even if the season has barely begun.
Prepared from match data
HT🟨39' E. Abedini — Yellow card⇄44' U. Likar — Substitution✗45' S. Muller — Penalty missed🟨45+2' D. Afriyie — Yellow card🟨56' L. Bergsma — Yellow card🟨59' K. Ndau — Yellow card⇄64' K. Ndau — Substitution⚽65' M. Guindo — Goal⚽69' A. Beka Beka — Goal⇄72' I. Keita — Substitution⇄73' P. Ambrose — Substitution⇄73' L. Seydoux — Substitution🟨74' B. Diomande — Yellow card⇄75' I. Aliu — Substitution⇄75' D. Afriyie — Substitution⇄82' J. Fontana — Substitution⇄89' M. Guindo — Substitution🟨90' G. Furrer — Yellow card⚽90+2' L. Mulaj — Goal
L23 Aug · Away Yverdon Sport · 1:2W28 Aug · Home Neuchâtel Xamax · 2:1D31 Aug · Away FC WIL 1900 · 2:2W4 Sep · Home Rapperswil · 3:2D12 Sep · Home SC Kriens · 2:2L18 Sep · Away FC Winterthur · 1:2
