It's advantage Grasshopper so far with their 3rd position in the Challenge League table, welcoming Winterthur who are placed 4th.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Grasshopper and Winterthur.
Grasshopper form and stats
The story so far in the Challenge League for Grasshopper at their home stadium (Stadion Letzigrund) is 10 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Grasshopper has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadion Letzigrund. We remember; it was Kriens.
Grasshopper shared the glory with Aarau in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Prior to that, an away loss at Wil.
Late drama in the game against Aarau as Grasshopper were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Mychell Chagas popped out and made it level in the 82nd minute.
The Grasshopper manager G. Djuricin has got the team scoring with 40 from 17 home games in the league. On the other hand, Grasshopper have conceded 20 goals.
Winterthur form and stats
The visitors are W6-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Challenge League. Winterthur have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
The supporters enjoyed Winterthur's previous game versus Kriens (placed 5th), a Challenge League 4-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Lausanne Sport with the score of 2-1.
As you can tell from the results above, Winterthur was very dominant against Kriens, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with G. Isik, D. Callà and R. Alves providing the goals. It was a convincing performance from Winterthur when Kriens were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 4-0 and the second half was comfortable. G. Isik, D. Callà and R. Alves scored their goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Winterthur are hosting Bavois in the Swiss Cup only three days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Winterthur have scored 22 goals in 17 league games away. Winterthur have conceded 26 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Winterthur - Grasshopper 1-1. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Grasshopper, three draws and zero wins for Winterthur. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  N. Ben Khalifa 13 goals |   R. Buess 12 goals |  L. Sliskovic 12 goals |
Grasshopper missing players
Winterthur missing players
| Grasshopper | Winterthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 69 | 40 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 22 | 49 |
| 46 | 20 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 26 | 56 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 94% |
| 80% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 77% |
| 66% | 76% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 59% | 60% |
| 40% | 47% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 47% | 43% |
| 26% | 29% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 17% |
| 66% | 59% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 59% | 57% |
| 26% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 26% |
| 11% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 369 | 165 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 165 | 333 |
| 163 | 70 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 64 | 130 |
| 42% | 57% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | 38% |
- Grasshopper has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (24)
- 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 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 79 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 46 | 70 |
| 2 | Vaduz | 35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 75 | 51 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 25 | 24 | 64 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 35 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 61 |
| 4 | Winterthur | 35 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 56 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 26 | -7 | 52 |
| 5 | Kriens | 35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 58 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 35 | -2 | 51 |
| 6 | Wil | 35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 56 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 1 | 49 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 35 | -15 | 42 |
| 8 | Aarau | 35 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 78 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 38 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 40 | -17 | 38 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 35 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 32 | 58 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | -26 | 32 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 35 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 41 | 68 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 40 | -27 | 20 |