FC Schaffhausen hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 24 points and a 9th position in the Challenge League table. Visiting Grasshopper holds 4th place with 34 pts.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
FC Schaffhausen's stadium, LIPO Park Schaffhausen, has a artifical turf surface. Grasshopper have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Grasshopper when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 3 draws and 5 losses from nine matches. They have scored 9 goals in these games and conceded 19.
FC Schaffhausen form and stats
When playing at home in the Challenge League, FC Schaffhausen have managed 2 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.
FC Schaffhausen are confident in defense, having played 254 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The home team returns to LIPO Park Schaffhausen after being equal after 90 minutes with Wil (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Challenge League game ended 0-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Aarau and winning 2-1.
FC Schaffhausen aren't scoring a lot here at LIPO Park Schaffhausen in the league, with only 9 goals from 11 games. FC Schaffhausen have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Grasshopper form and stats
Playing away, Grasshopper have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the Challenge League this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Grasshopper as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Chiasso match.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Challenge League home defeat versus Kriens with 0-1 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.
Grasshopper find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Grasshopper have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the FC Schaffhausen - Grasshopper 1-1 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): FC Schaffhausen won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Grasshopper has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  H. Sessolo 7 goals |   N. Ben Khalifa 6 goals |  D. Subotic 5 goals |
FC Schaffhausen missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| FC Schaffhausen | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 31 |
| 32 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 27 |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 64% | 55% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | 73% |
| 36% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 45% | 55% |
| 27% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 18% | 23% |
| 9% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | 14% |
| 41% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 73% | 64% |
| 32% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 27% | 27% |
| 41% | 45% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 196 | 107 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 56 | 127 | 245 |
| 79 | 39 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 56 | 103 |
| 23% | 23% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 25% | 30% |
- FC Schaffhausen has the fewest matches over the total-line (6)
- FC Schaffhausen has the fewest scored goals (18)
- FC Schaffhausen has the fewest scored goals (9) at home
- FC Schaffhausen has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- FC Schaffhausen has the most dropped points from leading position (18)
- FC Schaffhausen has the most matches under the total-line (14)
- FC Schaffhausen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Grasshopper has the fewest conceded goals (13) away
- Grasshopper have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lausanne Sport | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 36 | 46 |
| 2 | Vaduz | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | Kriens | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 35 |
| 4 | Grasshopper | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | Wil | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 28 |
| 6 | Winterthur | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -9 | 28 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | Aarau | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 25 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 24 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -16 | 13 |