It's game two of the Challenge League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Chiasso-Grasshopper!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Chiasso form and stats
The fans are hoping that Chiasso will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-5 away loss in the Challenge League game against FC Schaffhausen (placed 1st). Before that, Chiasso had a Swiss Cup home game versus Zürich which ended with a victory 3-2.
A goal frenzy last time out for Chiasso, with a total of 7 goals in the match against FC Schaffhausen. Fun stuff to watch! The penalty miss from S. Bahloul in the defeat against FC Schaffhausen was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
Last season, Chiasso's league statistics were 5 wins, 8 draws and 23 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Challenge League. Over these 36 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 69. Playing at home last season Chiasso managed 4-4-10 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 29 conceded.
Grasshopper form and stats
Grasshopper had fun at their own home (Stadio Comunale di Chiasso) last time out, beating Winterthur 3-2. P. Pusic and G. Morandi scored. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stade Lausanne-Ouchy at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Let's have a look at how Grasshopper performed last season in the Challenge League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 10 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 69 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 7 and lost 4 with 29/26 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Chiasso won zero, Grasshopper won five and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Chiasso missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| Chiasso | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| Chiasso | Last season | Grasshopper | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Scored | S | 29 | 69 | ||
| 69 | 29 | Conceded | C | 26 | 52 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 81% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 81% | ||
| 61% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 67% | ||
| 39% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | ||
| 25% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 72% | 64% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 25% | ||
| 33% | 39% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 14% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 345 | 168 | Total Shots | T S | 204 | 381 | ||
| 149 | 72 | Shots on Target | S O | 93 | 168 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Schaffhausen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Wil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Winterthur | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Kriens | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Thun | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Chiasso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
| 9 | Aarau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| 10 | Neuchatel Xamax | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 84 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 48 | 73 |
| 2 | Vaduz | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 76 | 53 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 64 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 69 | 52 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 17 | 61 |
| 4 | Winterthur | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 56 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 26 | -1 | 55 |
| 5 | Kriens | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 58 | 59 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 35 | -1 | 54 |
| 6 | Wil | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 60 | 61 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 42 | -1 | 49 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 64 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 38 | -17 | 42 |
| 8 | Aarau | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 65 | 80 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 42 | -15 | 41 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 36 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 34 | 62 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | -28 | 32 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 44 | 69 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 40 | -25 | 23 |