This match stars two teams living in the basement of the Super League, Grasshopper having 7th place and Sion sitting at 9th. A decent chance for one of the contenders to boost their situation.
- Grasshopper have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Super League
- Sion have the most conceded goals (52) in Super League
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.
Grasshopper form and stats
7-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Grasshopper so far this season. When Grasshopper hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Grasshopper, Zurich and Winterthur), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Two home wins in a row for Grasshopper bring valid hopes of a third.
Grasshopper lost their last game at Young Boys (placed 1st) after a 0-2 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points through four league rounds. Midfield player Morandi got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Morandi hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Lugano.This is expected to be a close game, with Grasshopper perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Grasshopper as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Grasshopper has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Observe: 21 of the most recent 27 league matches from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.
A decent goal production from Grasshopper in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. Grasshopper have conceded 20 from these games.
Sion form and stats
The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (52) in Super League, are W4-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Sion played 2-2 against Servette in their previous match. Midfielder Itaitinga was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Itaitinga scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Luzern.Observe that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
The visiting Sion have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 13 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sion have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides met each other earlier this match year: Sion - Grasshopper 1-2. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Grasshopper, three draws and three wins for Sion. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Kawabe 8 goals | R. Dadaşov 7 goals |  G. Schettine Guimarães 6 goals |
Grasshopper missing players
Sion missing players
| Grasshopper | Sion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 40 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 34 |
| 44 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 22 | 52 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 93% |
| 85% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 85% | 81% |
| 63% | 77% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 63% |
| 30% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 78% | 77% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 59% |
| 11% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 15% | 15% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | 33% |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 7.2 | 7.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.8 | 6.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9.8 | 10.1 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.8 | 11.6 |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 34% | 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | 29% |
| 15.9 | 16.8 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 15.3 | 13.1 |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
- Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grasshopper have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Grasshopper have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Super League
- Grasshopper have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Super League
- Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sion have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sion have the most conceded goals (52) in Super League
- Sion have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Super 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 | Young Boys | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 62 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 43 | 57 |
| 2 | Servette | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 40 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Luzern | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 36 |
| 5 | Lugano | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 36 |
| 6 | Basel | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 35 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -4 | 34 |
| 8 | Zurich | 27 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 30 |
| 9 | Sion | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | -18 | 27 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -25 | 26 |
