A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Grasshopper fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Aarau's 8th place in the table will show on the pitch.
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!
Grasshopper form and stats
Overall Challenge League stats at home this season for Grasshopper are 4-3-4 (wins-draw-losses). Three consecutive losses here at Stadion Letzigrund is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Grasshopper are returning here after visiting FC Schaffhausen in a Challenge League game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. A. Cvetković and N. Ben Khalifa (2) scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was a defeat to Kriens (0-1).
Grasshopper have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Letzigrund with 17 goals in 11 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Aarau form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (44) in Challenge League, on their Challenge League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Aarau's last game was the home draw against Kriens (4-4). Prior to that match, the Aarau manager P. Rahmen faced defeat when travelling to Lausanne Sport and losing 0-1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Aarau, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Aarau find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Aarau have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Grasshopper and Aarau have met before this season: Grasshopper - Aarau 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grasshopper seven wins, two draws and Aarau one victory. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Ben Khalifa 8 goals |   M. Neumayr 7 goals |  M. Schneuwly 6 goals |
Grasshopper missing players
Aarau missing players
| Grasshopper | Aarau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 37 |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | 44 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 91% |
| 74% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 83% |
| 57% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 65% |
| 22% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 48% |
| 13% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 36% | 30% |
| 61% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 45% | 70% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 22% |
| 13% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 17% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 262 | 118 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 106 | 243 |
| 112 | 47 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 46 | 95 |
| 30% | 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | 39% |
- Aarau has the most conceded goals (44)
- Aarau has the most conceded goals in the second half (29)
- Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 52 |
| 2 | Vaduz | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 37 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 4 | Kriens | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | Winterthur | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -12 | 31 |
| 6 | Wil | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -1 | 28 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Aarau | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -17 | 24 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -14 | 17 |