Arosa hosted Davos in a club friendly on Thursday evening, but the result told its own story long before the final whistle. The visitors ran out 6-2 winners at the home ground, confirming what Arosa's recent form had already suggested. By then, anyone watching the Swiss lower tiers would have expected Davos to take control of this encounter.
Arosa arrived at this fixture having endured a difficult run. Their last five matches read like a catalogue of defensive problems: a 1-10 thrashing, a 1-2 loss, then 0-5 and 1-8 defeats before a narrow 3-4 win. To be fair, the 2-6 scoreline could have been worse, but the pattern of vulnerability remained visible.
Davos came into this game with mixed results against Fribourg-Gottéron in late April. They had lost 2-3 and 1-2, but responded with a 5-4 victory and a clean 1-0 shutout before dropping another 2-3. The away performance against Arosa showed more consistency than their recent encounters with their Swiss Challenge League rivals.
Friendly matches often reveal more than competitive fixtures, and this one confirmed Davos' superiority without exposing any major weaknesses. Arosa will need to address their defensive frailties before the next competitive campaign. The result leaves both sides with different questions to answer.