Super League: Grasshopper - St. Gallen news and numbers

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

The home team ticketholders bank on a win and three points in this match, and the home advantage could be decisive against a stumbling visitor. Grasshopper are in 6th place while the guesting St. Gallen stress at 8th.

Insights:
  • Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St. Gallen is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Both teams have had adequate rest since their last competitive action. Let's aim for an energetic game!

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Grasshopper form and stats

Grasshopper have played 4 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Grasshopper supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sion in Super League and win 3-1. Mamadou Kaly Sene, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the declared top performer for the team in that game, earning a rating of 9.04 (out of 10). Sene scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Grasshopper played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Lugano.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Grasshopper have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost zero.

A decent goal production from Grasshopper in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Grasshopper's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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St. Gallen form and stats

1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for St. Gallen in their Super League matches away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in St. Gallen's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Gallen are travelling again after losing away to Young Boys in their previous match (1-2). Musah Nuhu, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Nuhu won 8 of 11 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Basel.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gallen playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were five St. Gallen wins, two draws and four defeats.

Gallen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Gallen concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grasshopper two wins, one draw and St. Gallen seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GrasshopperL. Campana Romero
L. Campana Romero
3 goals
St. GallenE. Youan
E. Youan
3 goals
GrasshopperG. Margreitter
G. Margreitter
2 goals

Grasshopper missing players

St. Gallen missing players

Grasshopper St. Gallen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 2 4 8
2 2 2 Won W 0 1 1
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
2 1 0 Lost L 2 3 4
10 7 6 Scored S 2 5 11
9 5 2 Conceded C 7 10 18
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
38% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 25%
75% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 88%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
5.6 7.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 7.5 7.2
4.9 4.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 6.9
2.4 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.9 14.5 16 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 12 13.2
4.1 5.8 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 4.8
30% 30% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 29%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Grasshopper's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of St. Gallen's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Grasshopper have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grasshopper have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • St. Gallen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St. Gallen have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • St. Gallen have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
  • St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Gallen is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Basel 8 5 3 0 22 7 4 3 1 0 15 4 4 2 2 0 7 3 15 18
2 Young Boys 7 4 2 1 17 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 4 2 1 1 11 6 10 14
3 Zurich 8 4 2 2 16 15 3 2 1 0 7 4 5 2 1 2 9 11 1 14
4 Servette 8 3 3 2 16 14 4 2 1 1 10 5 4 1 2 1 6 9 2 12
5 Lugano 7 3 2 2 11 10 4 1 2 1 4 5 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 11
6 Grasshopper 8 2 4 2 10 9 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 0 3 1 3 4 1 10
7 Sion 8 2 3 3 10 16 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 0 2 2 4 11 -6 9
8 St. Gallen 8 1 3 4 11 18 4 0 3 1 6 8 4 1 0 3 5 10 -7 6
9 Luzern 8 0 4 4 12 19 5 0 2 3 8 12 3 0 2 1 4 7 -7 4
10 Lausanne Sport 8 0 4 4 9 19 4 0 2 2 5 11 4 0 2 2 4 8 -10 4

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Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.