7th- against 5th place might not sound all that inviting. Fear not: Tipsway has the data that makes Grasshopper - St. Gallen (even) more intriguing!
- Grasshopper have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Super League
- St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Grasshopper are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Gallen is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
The visiting St. Gallen played their last game only four days ago, a Swiss Cup match. That game, against Lugano, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for St. Gallen.
Grasshopper form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Grasshopper have managed 4 wins, 6 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 17 games.
An away draw last time out for Grasshopper, facing Basel in a game that ended 1-1. The striker Morandi was announced as "man of the match" for Grasshopper with the rating of 7.25/10. Morandi hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Sion that was lost 0-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Grasshopper have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.
The manager Contini will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Young Boys in only three days.
Grasshopper have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Letzigrund with 30 goals in 17 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 32 goals have been conceded.
St. Gallen form and stats
The visitors are W7-D1-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Two away games in a row for St. Gallen, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 vs Lugano in the Swiss Cup.
Prior to that match, the St. Gallen manager Zeidler faced defeat when travelling to Young Boys and losing 1-4.We have checked recent matches where St. Gallen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lausanne Sport in just three days.
Gallen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 30 times in 17 away games so far. As for defending, St. Gallen rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 33 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent match: St. Gallen - Grasshopper 2-0. Grasshopper-St. Gallen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Grasshopper three wins, St. Gallen six wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Duah 12 goals |  M. Sene 10 goals | J. Guillemenot 9 goals |
Grasshopper missing players
St. Gallen missing players
| Grasshopper | St. Gallen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 51 | 30 | 4 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | 62 |
| 53 | 32 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 33 | 60 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 50% | 65% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 76% | 71% |
| 44% | 59% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 47% | 47% |
| 15% | 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| 71% | 82% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 65% | 68% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 29% | 21% |
| 21% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 6% | 12% |
| 5 | 5.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10.1 | 10.6 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.8 | 12.2 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 37% | 41% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 35% | 37% |
| 11.7 | 10.8 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5 | 5.1 |
- 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 the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Super League
- Grasshopper have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Super League
- Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zürich | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 75 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 34 | 76 |
| 2 | Basel | 34 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 68 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 28 | 58 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 75 | 48 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 27 | 56 |
| 4 | Lugano | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 51 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 28 | -4 | 51 |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 62 | 60 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 2 | 47 |
| 6 | Servette | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 47 | 63 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 37 | -16 | 42 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 51 | 53 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | Sion | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 63 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 40 | -22 | 37 |
| 9 | Luzern | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 47 | 60 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 33 | -13 | 36 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 70 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -34 | 22 |
