Football betting preview: Grasshopper favourites when Winterthur visits

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Competition: Switzerland Challenge League
Competition: Fri 18.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

This is the Challenge League season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Grasshopper or Winterthur get that important first win?

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.

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Grasshopper form and stats

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Grasshopper's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won one match, drawn two and lost one.

Grasshopper have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 5 losses. In these games, Grasshopper have scored 3 goals and conceded 10 times.

Last season, Grasshopper's league statistics were 17 wins, 10 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Challenge League. Over these 36 matches they scored 69 goals and conceded 52. Playing at home last season Grasshopper managed 10-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 40 goals and 26 conceded.

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Winterthur form and stats

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Winterthur when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing zero times, drawing three and winning zero games.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Winterthur have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from five fixtures.

Let's have a look at how Winterthur performed last season in the Challenge League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 10 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 56 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 6 and lost 5 with 28/26 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Grasshopper victories, three draws and one Winterthur win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Grasshopper missing players

Winterthur missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Grasshopper Winterthur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 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
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Grasshopper Last season Winterthur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
17 10   Won W   7 15
10 3   Drew D   6 10
9 5   Lost L   5 11
69 40   Scored S   28 55
52 26   Conceded C   26 56
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 94%
81% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 78%
67% 78%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 61%
42% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 44%
28% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 19%
64% 56%   BTTS BTTS   56% 56%
25% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 28%
14% 22%   Failed to Score F T   22% 22%
 
4.9 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.3
4.4 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5
2.6 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
4 3   Red cards R C   1 1
 
381 177   Total Shots T S   181 349
168 75   Shots on Target S O   74 140
41% 53%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aarau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chiasso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 FC Schaffhausen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kriens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Neuchatel Xamax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Thun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Wil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Winterthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 36 22 7 7 84 36 18 13 3 2 43 11 18 9 4 5 41 25 48 73
2 Vaduz 36 18 10 8 76 53 18 11 3 4 45 26 18 7 7 4 31 27 23 64
3 Grasshopper 36 17 10 9 69 52 18 10 3 5 40 26 18 7 7 4 29 26 17 61
4 Winterthur 36 15 10 11 55 56 18 8 4 6 27 30 18 7 6 5 28 26 -1 55
5 Kriens 36 16 6 14 58 59 18 10 4 4 38 24 18 6 2 10 20 35 -1 54
6 Wil 36 14 7 15 60 61 18 9 5 4 34 19 18 5 2 11 26 42 -1 49
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 36 11 9 16 47 64 18 7 4 7 27 26 18 4 5 9 20 38 -17 42
8 Aarau 36 10 11 15 65 80 18 5 7 6 40 38 18 5 4 9 25 42 -15 41
9 FC Schaffhausen 36 6 14 16 34 62 18 3 9 6 19 28 18 3 5 10 15 34 -28 32
10 Chiasso 36 5 8 23 44 69 18 4 4 10 22 29 18 1 4 13 22 40 -25 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aarau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chiasso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 FC Schaffhausen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kriens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Neuchatel Xamax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Thun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Wil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Winterthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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