Paradiso hosted Schaffhausen in the Group Stage of the 1. Liga Promotion on 2 August 2026, and the visitors left with all three points after a 1-2 victory. A. Ajeti opened the scoring early for the hosts, but Schaffhausen responded through A. Babic and sealed the result with C. Chiappetta's second-half goal.
The opening exchanges told the story. Ajeti struck in the fifth minute to give Paradiso the lead, and for a while it looked like the home side would hold firm. Babic equalised in the twenty-fourth minute, and by then the momentum had shifted. Chiappetta's goal in the sixty-first minute put Schaffhausen ahead, and they managed the remainder to secure the win.
To be fair, the table positions made this outcome difficult to predict on paper. Schaffhausen sat fourth with twelve points from six games, three ahead of Paradiso who were fifth on ten. Both sides had lost twice and won three or four matches respectively, but the gap in points suggested Schaffhausen were the slight favourites.
The recent form added another layer. Paradiso had endured a heavy 7-0 defeat to Palermo and a 3-1 loss to Catanzaro before their draw with Taverna, while Schaffhausen's results were more mixed—2-4 against St Gallen II, a 1-1 draw with Freiburg II, and a 2-3 loss to Zurich. Things came to a head when the two sides met, and Schaffhausen's away resilience showed through.
And here's the thing about this result—it tightens the Group Stage without dramatically reshaping the standings. Schaffhausen extend their cushion at fourth, while Paradiso remain within touching distance but now face the task of closing a two-point gap. The goal difference tells part of the story, but it is the points that matter most going forward.