National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Grasshopper or Basel that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Grasshopper form and stats
Grasshopper was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Swiss Cup.4-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Grasshopper so far this season.
An away draw last time out for Grasshopper, facing Lugano in a game that ended 1-1. Loosli, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Loosli served one assist, hit one key pass and won 1 of 1 duels.
Preceding that match was the home Super League game against Young Boys that was lost 1-2.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus Basel in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadion Letzigrund.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Grasshopper defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Basel form and stats
Basel was sent out of Swiss Cup in the round of 16 last season.Basel have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Super League, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
Home advantage was not enough for Basel in their previous game as they lost hosting Luzern, 2-3. Adams was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.25. The defender Adams served one assist, hit two key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that match was the Super League away draw versus St. Gallen that ended 1-1.Basel have another match away in just three sleeps, a Super League game vs Grasshopper. A demanding diary for them!
The visiting Basel have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Basel have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Grasshopper victory, three draws and six Basel wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Kawabe 7 goals | R. Dadaşov 4 goals |  M. Amdouni 4 goals |
Grasshopper missing players
Basel missing players
| Grasshopper | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 24 | 44 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 7.1 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 37% | ||
| 14.5 | 15.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.2 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 |
