I need a big Servette win on Friday! Not that I hold any ill will towards LS but I need Aarau to finish ahead of LS and this is the only remaining match I see LS losing.
Servette win promotion with a 3-1 win over LS with over 20k at the Stade de Geneve. Aarau could move into 2nd place with a win today.
and Aarau has! To think where they were in the 1st half and how they have risen makes me proud. Even if they don't go anywhere from here what a turnaround!
10 May Servette - LS 3-1 11 May Schaffhausen - Aarau 1-2 Kriens - Wil 1-2 Vaduz - Wintethur 1-0 Chiasso - RJ 2-1 So Servette wins promotion, Aarau moves into 2nd place, Chiasso narrows the gap with RJ, Kriens, and Schaffhausen. Servette 70 Aarau 57 LS 56 Winterthur 47 Wil 41 Vaduz 41 RJ 35 Kriens 35 Schaffhausen 35 Chiasso 30 3 games left.
Goalscoring leaders: 16 - Nico Siegrist - Kriens 14 - Aldin Turkes - RJ 11 - Miguel Castroman - Schaffhausen 11 - Mychell Chagas - Servette 11 - Varol Tasar - Aarau Assist Leaders: 14 - Miroslav Stevanovic - Servette 11 - Nico Siegrist - Kriens 9 - Stjepan Kukuruzovic - LS 9 - Francesco Margiotta - LS Servette (16) 4,370 Winterthur (16) 3,588 LS (16) 3,108 Aarau (16) 3,010 Vaduz (17) 1,452 RJ (17) 1,401 Kriens (17) 1,392 Wil (16) 1,142 Schaffhausen (17) 1,186 Chiasso (17) 568 Servette had over 20k at the match this weekend. That is over 2x the total number of fans at Chiasso for the season.
15 May Aarau - Kriens LS - Schaffhausen 16 May Wil - Vaduz Winterthur - Chiasso Servette - RJ Aarau and LS both at home, and both should win. The question is can LS recover to overtake Aarau? Remaining matches: Aarau - vs Kriens, @ Chiasso, vs RJ LS - vs Schaffhausen, @ Kriens, vs Vaduz I would say LS has the harder road.
15 May Aarau - Kriens 1-1 2 goals taken back for offside for Aarau. LS - Schaffhausen 0-0 Very poor match for LS 16 May Wil - Vaduz 1-1 Winterthur - Chiasso 0-0 Servette - RJ 5-3, Servette was up 5-1 at one point. Servette 73 Aarau 58 LS 57 Winterthur 50 Wil 42 Vaduz 42 Kriens 36 -7GD Schaffhausen 36 -20GD RJ 35 -8 GD Chiasso 33 -24 GD Vaduz has moved out of danger. Still 4 teams within 3 points.
23 May Chiasso - Aarau RJ - Winterthur Schaffhausen - Wil Vaduz - Servette Kriens - LS So Servette should win, Aarau should win as well. LS is favored, but with their current form who knows. An Aarau win, with a LS loss earns Aarau the 2nd place spot. Chiasso could still avoid relegation.
Teams in the Challenge League for 2019-2020 Aarau Chiasso Grasshopper Club Zurich Kriens Lausanne-Sport Schaffhausen Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy Vaduz Wil Winterthur
I think GCZ goes up easily. I think Lausanne is early favorite for the barrage. I don't really see any other challengers outside of these two, but it's such an open league, so we'll see what happens. I see either Lausanne-Ouchy or Kriens going down. It was actually kind of sad to see Rapperswil-Jona go down. They never played like a team who was just fighting relegation, and they always went out and tried to play attacking football. Maybe they'll be back in 2020...
Still think that there is a pro-Ticino conspiracy to keep a team in the BCL . Chiasso was terrible, yet once again, they manage to stay up.
So GCZ is in terrible shape. I think they are going to take a few years to get back up. Two members of their senior administrative team have quit. They have announced that their payroll is going to be slashed a ton. While FCZ kept their payroll high, GCZ will cut it drastically. I expect to see a very different team on the field in August. Much younger, and many new faces.