The visiting Grasshopper side should be favourites in this visit to Wil, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their eight league games this season.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Challenge League game only four days ago. That game, against Aarau, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Grasshopper.
Wil form and stats
When playing at home in the Challenge League, Wil, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Challenge League, have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
In their previous game, the manager C. Sforza led his Wil to a defeat in the Challenge League match away at Thun. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at IGP Arena. In the match before that, Wil hosted FC Schaffhausen and drew the game 1-1.
The Wil fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Wil are not conceding a lot of goals here at IGP Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Grasshopper form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Grasshopper playing as the away team in the Challenge League this season. Momentum is building for Grasshopper in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
It's the second away game in a row for Grasshopper, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Aarau (placed 7th) in the Challenge League last time out. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Thun.
Grasshopper has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Grasshopper have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Grasshopper - Wil 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Wil-Grasshopper H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Wil two wins, Grasshopper five wins, one draw. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  V. Fazliu 2 goals |  P. Muntwiler 2 goals | N. Jones 2 goals |
Wil missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| Wil | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 89% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 78% |
| 56% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 11% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 40% | 33% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | 30 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 41 | 65 |
| 38 | 16 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 64% | 73% |
- Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wil has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Challenge League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Grasshopper | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | Thun | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | FC Schaffhausen | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Kriens | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Winterthur | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Aarau | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Neuchatel Xamax | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Wil | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 2 |