Winterthur will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Grasshopper.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Winterthur form and stats
5-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Challenge League numbers at home for Winterthur so far this season.
Winterthur lost their last game at Vaduz (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Lausanne Sport (0-4).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Winterthur as they are travelling to their away game against Wil in the Challenge League. That match is three days after this one.
The Winterthur fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. Winterthur have conceded 23 from these games.
Grasshopper form and stats
As the visiting team in Challenge League matches, Grasshopper have produced an overall stat of 6-4-2 so far.
Grasshopper have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Mirko Salvi. It's been 197 minutes since they last conceded in Challenge League.
Grasshopper won their last game, 5-0 versus Aarau played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against FC Schaffhausen with the score of 3-0.
As mentioned above, Grasshopper was the only team on the pitch versus Aarau in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
A quick return to home after this game, as Grasshopper are hosting Lausanne Sport in the Challenge League only three days away.
Grasshopper have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Grasshopper have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Winterthur - Grasshopper 1-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Winterthur, two draws and two wins for Grasshopper. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  L. Sliskovic 10 goals |   N. Ben Khalifa 9 goals |
Winterthur missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| Winterthur | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 39 |
| 39 | 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 27 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 75% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 75% |
| 50% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 33% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 12% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 38% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 241 | 114 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 144 | 272 |
| 94 | 48 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 65 | 117 |
| 27% | 27% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 26% | 33% |
- Grasshopper has the fewest conceded goals (13) away
- Grasshopper have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Winterthur has the the worst goal difference (-10) at home
- Winterthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Lausanne Sport | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 41 | 53 |
| 2 | Vaduz | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 40 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 40 |
| 4 | Kriens | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | Winterthur | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -15 | 31 |
| 6 | Wil | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Aarau | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 49 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | -12 | 26 |
| 9 | FC Schaffhausen | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -17 | 24 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -14 | 17 |