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
3:2
Finished
Kick-off was
BST
RapperswilL21 Aug · Home FC Winterthur · 0:2L28 Aug · Away Étoile Carouge · 1:2D1 Sep · Home SC Kriens · 1:1L4 Sep · Away FC Aarau · 2:3W11 Sep · Home Yverdon Sport · 2:0W18 Sep · Away Neuchâtel Xamax · 3:0
In the Challenge League game on 4 September 2026, FC Aarau beat Rapperswil 3:2. Match numbers: shots on target 9:6, corners 10:3.
Match report
Arau secured a 3-2 victory over Rapperswil on Thursday evening in the Challenge League's seventh round of fixtures. The home side took advantage of a chaotic second half to claim three points at their own ground. It was a result that keeps them mid-table as the season progresses.
There is something about the twentieth minute that stays with you when you watch the whole match. N. Mupemba opened the scoring for Arau then, and to be fair, he was involved in more drama to come. The academy graduate marked his first start with a goal, and he would be substituted himself in the eightieth minute. By then the game had already taken its twists.
Rapperswil came back twice after going behind. D. Afriyie levelled in the fifty-third minute before E. Senaya restored Arau's lead eight minutes later. And here's the thing — L. Ndema turned the tie on its head with an own goal in the sixty-third minute. It was a moment that felt decisive, even if Rapperswil refused to go quietly. S. Vladi grabbed a late consolation in the eighty-seventh minute, but it was too little too late.
Arau dominated possession at 62 per cent and created four big chances compared to Rapperswil's two. They registered nine shots on target but managed only three goals, which means chances went begging. Rapperswil were more clinical with their finishing — 46 per cent shot accuracy — but could not match the volume of attacks. The hosts had 114 attacks to the visitors' 71, and it showed in the cross count: 28 against 14.
The result leaves Arau seventh with eight points from six games, while Rapperswil remain ninth on four points. Neither side has moved much in the standings, but the gap between them is widening. Arau picked up two wins in their last five matches, whereas Rapperswil have hit a wall with four defeats in that same run.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %62–38
Shots on target9–6
Shots off target10–1
Big chances4–2
HT⚽20' N. Mupemba — Goal🟨31' V. Petit-Viretti — Yellow card⇄42' A. Bakayoko — Substitution⇄46' A. Beka Beka — Substitution⚽53' D. Afriyie — Goal⚽56' E. Senaya — Goal⇄61' E. Senaya — Substitution⚽63' L. Ndema — Own goal⇄68' V. Petit-Viretti — Substitution⇄68' L. Obexer — Substitution🟨74' V. Hamdiu — Yellow card⇄74' M. Guindo — Substitution🟨76' L. Emini — Yellow card⇄78' N. Mupemba — Substitution⇄78' V. Hamdiu — Substitution⇄79' Y. Ryter — Substitution🟨81' A. Charveys — Yellow card🟨84' L. Ndema — Yellow card⇄84' M. Dickenmann — Substitution⚽87' S. Vladi — 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
