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 2nd and Chiasso's 10th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Chiasso could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Challenge League game only three sleeps ago.
Grasshopper form and stats
8 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Grasshopper have to build on here at Stadion Letzigrund in the Challenge League. After failing to beat Kriens here at Stadion Letzigrund, Grasshopper has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Grasshopper has won four games in a row. The Winterthur match was the last time out without a victory.
Grasshopper's last game was hosting Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (placed 8th) and winning 4-0. In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Vaduz.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Grasshopper played a great game against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Grasshopper as they are travelling to their away game against Lausanne Sport in the Challenge League. That match is three days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (33 in 15 games), Grasshopper's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Grasshopper have conceded 16 goals.
Chiasso form and stats
There's been little loot from Chiasso's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 15 away games in the Challenge League. Chiasso only have 1 win to counter their 12 defeats and 2 draws. A depressing four defeats in a row for Chiasso in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Vaduz.
The manager A. Lupi was unhappy after their last game, a Challenge League match played at their home ground Centro Sportivo Regionale Magadino. Chiasso suffered a 2-4 loss to Kriens (placed 4th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Lausanne Sport wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Chiasso, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Chiasso as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and one defeat. The outsiders lost one of these games by at least two goals.
A new game in only three days for Chiasso, the Challenge League home match versus Winterthur. Busy days.
Chiasso have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. Chiasso have conceded 35 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Chiasso - Grasshopper 1-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: four - one - zero (Grasshopper wins - draws - Chiasso wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Ben Khalifa 11 goals |   S. Bahloul 8 goals |  N. Gjorgjev 7 goals |
Grasshopper missing players
Chiasso missing players
| Grasshopper | Chiasso | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 54 | 33 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 36 |
| 32 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 35 | 60 |
| 97% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 97% |
| 79% | 80% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 87% | 80% |
| 62% | 73% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | 60% |
| 34% | 47% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | 40% |
| 21% | 27% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 40% | 30% |
| 62% | 53% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 60% |
| 31% | 33% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 7% | 7% |
| 10% | 20% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 321 | 148 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 140 | 272 |
| 143 | 63 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 65 | 120 |
| 38% | 52% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 28% | 29% |
- Chiasso has the fewest clean sheets (1) away
- Chiasso has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Chiasso has the fewest points (5) away
- Chiasso has the the worst goal difference (-24)
- Chiasso have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chiasso is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Grasshopper has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16)
- Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grasshopper have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Grasshopper is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 69 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 40 | 61 |
| 2 | Grasshopper | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 53 |
| 3 | Vaduz | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 51 |
| 4 | Kriens | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 52 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 49 |
| 5 | Winterthur | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 25 | -14 | 39 |
| 6 | Wil | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 34 | -2 | 38 |
| 7 | Aarau | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 67 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 36 | -13 | 35 |
| 8 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 32 | -14 | 35 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -21 | 30 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 36 | 60 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 35 | -24 | 18 |