Grasshopper and Lausanne Sport are both riding high in the Challenge League with their 2nd and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Grasshopper form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Grasshopper have to build on here at Letzigrund in the Challenge League.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mirko Salvi not having conceded a league goal in 327 minutes.
Grasshopper are returning here after visiting Chiasso in a Challenge League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Stade Lausanne-Ouchy.
The Grasshopper fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. Grasshopper's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lausanne Sport form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (48) in Challenge League, on their Challenge League travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The manager G. Contini was unhappy after their last game, a Challenge League match played at their home ground Stade Olympique de la Pontaise. Lausanne Sport suffered a 0-2 loss to Vaduz (placed 3rd). Prior to that result Lausanne Sport won their away game at Kriens. The scoreline was 2-1.
Lausanne Sport have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 19 goals from 8 away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Lausanne Sport have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Lausanne Sport - Grasshopper 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Grasshopper, 4 draws and 1 win for Lausanne Sport. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 8 games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Turkes 14 goals |  A. Zeqiri 12 goals |   N. Ben Khalifa 6 goals |
Grasshopper missing players
Lausanne Sport missing players
| Grasshopper | Lausanne Sport | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 48 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 17 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 24% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 62% | 59% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 59% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 47% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 41% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.9 | 6.1 |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 6 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 198 | 90 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 115 | 251 |
| 86 | 38 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 47 | 95 |
| 31% | 39% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 40% | 51% |
- All of Lausanne Sport's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Grasshopper has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Grasshopper has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lausanne Sport has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Lausanne Sport has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Lausanne Sport has the most clean sheets (7)
- Lausanne Sport has the most scored goals (19) away
- Lausanne Sport has the most scored goals (48)
- Lausanne Sport has the most scored goals in the first half (19)
- Lausanne Sport has the most scored goals in the second half (29)
- Lausanne Sport has the the best goal difference (+31)
- Lausanne Sport has the the best goal difference (+6) away
- Lausanne Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lausanne Sport have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lausanne Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 31 | 36 |
| 2 | Grasshopper | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 33 |
| 3 | Vaduz | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Kriens | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 5 | Wil | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Winterthur | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | -5 | 24 |
| 7 | Aarau | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 18 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -14 | 16 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -13 | 11 |