Can Grasshopper outperform Basel in Stadion Letzigrund clash?

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Loyal fans at Stadion Letzigrund haven’t witnessed many wins this season, with Grasshopper rotting in the 7th spot. The guesting Basel will hope to defend their higher league place in this game.

Insights:
  • Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Basel have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Super League

It's no vacation for neither Grasshopper nor Basel as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Grasshopper form and stats

Grasshopper have collected 14 points from their Super League home games so far after 4-2-3.

The Grasshopper club members got no joy from their last match, a Swiss Cup duel also played here at Stadion Letzigrund: A 3-5 defeat against Basel.

Before that, Grasshopper played out a Super League draw 1-1 when visiting Lugano.

Take note that 15 of the most recent 18 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.

Grasshopper have conceded 16 from these games.

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Basel form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Basel so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Two travels in a row for Basel, whose coach Frei could celebrate last time after the Swiss Cup win against Grasshopper.

Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Luzern.

Basel have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Basel have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The newest registered history between these teams is the Grasshopper - Basel 1-0 played not long ago this season. Grasshopper-Basel H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Grasshopper one win, Basel six wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

GrasshopperH. Kawabe
H. Kawabe
7 goals
GrasshopperR. Dadaşov
R. Dadaşov
4 goals
BaselM. Amdouni
M. Amdouni
4 goals

Grasshopper missing players

Basel missing players

Grasshopper Basel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 18
5 4 1 Won W 1 2 5
6 2 0 Drew D 1 3 7
7 3 1 Lost L 1 4 6
30 18 4 Scored S 6 10 24
33 16 5 Conceded C 5 11 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 78%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 67%
67% 78% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 39%
44% 44% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 33%
28% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 22%
83% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 56%
11% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 28%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 39%
 
4.5 3.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 6.3 6.3
7.7 8 8.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.4 4.9
2.4 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.9 10.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 10.6 12.4
4.8 5.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.8 5.2
35% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 23% 26%
 
15.6 17.4 14 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12.4 10.6
6 6.6 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.9 4.1
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Basel have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Super League
  • Grasshopper have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grasshopper have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Young Boys 18 12 5 1 42 11 9 7 2 0 25 5 9 5 3 1 17 6 31 41
2 Lugano 18 8 3 7 30 29 9 4 1 4 14 14 9 4 2 3 16 15 1 27
3 Servette 17 6 8 3 21 20 9 4 5 0 13 8 8 2 3 3 8 12 1 26
4 St. Gallen 18 7 4 7 34 26 9 5 3 1 16 8 9 2 1 6 18 18 8 25
5 Luzern 18 6 6 6 29 28 9 2 4 3 13 14 9 4 2 3 16 14 1 24
6 Basel 18 5 7 6 24 21 9 3 4 2 14 10 9 2 3 4 10 11 3 22
7 Grasshopper 18 5 6 7 30 33 9 4 2 3 18 16 9 1 4 4 12 17 -3 21
8 Sion 18 5 6 7 26 33 9 2 2 5 11 20 9 3 4 2 15 13 -7 21
9 Zurich 18 3 7 8 16 29 9 2 3 4 9 14 9 1 4 4 7 15 -13 16
10 Winterthur 17 4 4 9 14 36 8 3 2 3 7 17 9 1 2 6 7 19 -22 16

Read more about Super League

Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.