It's early days in the Challenge League and both Grasshopper and FC Schaffhausen are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Grasshopper have less rest than FC Schaffhausen in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Challenge League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Kriens, so at least Grasshopper are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
FC Schaffhausen play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for FC Schaffhausen when playing on grass are 8 wins, 11 draws and 19 defeats from 38 matches. They have scored 41 goals and conceded 70 times in these games.
Grasshopper form and stats
Perfect Challenge League season at home so far for Grasshopper 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Grasshopper are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-5 away versus Kriens. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Neuchâtel Xamax (0-1).
A goal frenzy last time out for Grasshopper, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Kriens. Fun stuff to watch!
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Grasshopper at home in the league. 6 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
FC Schaffhausen form and stats
FC Schaffhausen are still undefeated on their travels in the Challenge League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Schaffhausen's previous game was their home loss versus Aarau (1-2). Before that, Schaffhausen travelled to Winterthur and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
5 goals so far away for FC Schaffhausen, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Grasshopper won four, FC Schaffhausen won three and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Pollero López 5 goals | I. Prtajin 3 goals |  P. Pusic 2 goals |
Grasshopper missing players
FC Schaffhausen missing players
| Grasshopper | FC Schaffhausen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 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 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 47 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 15 | 32 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 67% | 86% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 83% | 86% |
- All of FC Schaffhausen's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Grasshopper's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- FC Schaffhausen has the the best goal difference (+3) away in Challenge League
- FC Schaffhausen have not yet lost a game away.
- FC Schaffhausen have scored in all their matches so far.
- FC Schaffhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Grasshopper have won all their matches at home so far.
- Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Grasshopper | Last season | FC Schaffhausen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 69 | 40 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 52 | 26 | Conceded | C | 34 | 62 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 89% | ||
| 81% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 69% | ||
| 67% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 47% | ||
| 42% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 14% | ||
| 64% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 25% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 22% | ||
| 14% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 39% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 381 | 177 | Total Shots | T S | 131 | 311 | ||
| 168 | 75 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 131 | ||
| 41% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Winterthur | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Kriens | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Grasshopper | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | FC Schaffhausen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Aarau | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 8 | Wil | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Thun | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 0 |