Winterthur will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Grasshopper.
- Winterthur has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Challenge League
- Grasshopper has the fewest conceded goals (18) in Challenge League
The hosts Winterthur saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Challenge League. That game was an away game at FC Schaffhausen, so at least Winterthur are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Winterthur form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 7 Challenge League games here at Stadion Schützenwiese for Winterthur. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Winterthur has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadion Schützenwiese. We remember; it was Kriens.
Winterthur faced defeat in their previous match, away at FC Schaffhausen (0-1).
There will be little rest for Winterthur after this match as they are travelling to Stade Lausanne-Ouchy for a Challenge League game in only three days.
Goals are plentiful at Stadion Schützenwiese in the league this season as Winterthur has scored 19 goals here in 7 home games. Winterthur have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Grasshopper form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Grasshopper, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Challenge League, playing as the away team in the Challenge League this season. Grasshopper seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The supporters enjoyed Grasshopper's previous game versus Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (placed 6th), a Challenge League 2-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against FC Schaffhausen wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
A new game in only four days for Grasshopper, the Challenge League home match versus Chiasso. Busy days.
Grasshopper have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Grasshopper have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Grasshopper - Winterthur 3-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Winterthur one win, three draws and Grasshopper three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Buess 7 goals |  D. Callà 5 goals |   S. Demhasaj 5 goals |
Winterthur missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| Winterthur | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 29 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 28 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 18 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 88% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 35% | 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 18% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 35% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 38% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 5.9 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9.8 | 8 |
| 3.2 | 3.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 53% | 70% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 42% | 64% |
- All of Winterthur's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Grasshopper has the fewest conceded goals (18) in Challenge League
- Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Winterthur has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Challenge League
- Winterthur has the most scored goals (19) at home in Challenge League
- Winterthur has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Challenge League
- Winterthur have not yet lost a game at home.
- Winterthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Winterthur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Winterthur have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Winterthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | Thun | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | FC Schaffhausen | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Winterthur | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Aarau | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Wil | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 8 | Kriens | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -15 | 15 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -21 | 11 |