Grasshopper expected to show superhero qualities when Winterthur visits

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: GC/Campus (26000 seats)

This season has been challenging for Grasshopper so far, and that also applies to Winterthur. These brave battlers hope for some crucial points here.

Insights:
  • Grasshopper have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (20) in Super League

This could be an engrossing game with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

D L L W L

Grasshopper form and stats

Grasshopper, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Super League, have collected 17 points from their Super League home games so far after 5-2-4.

An away draw last time out for Grasshopper, facing St. Gallen in a game that ended 1-1. Midfielder Schmid was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Schmid hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Luzern.

Betting people might want to know that 18 of the most recent 23 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each team.

A decent goal production from Grasshopper in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

D D D L D

Winterthur form and stats

There's been little loot from Winterthur's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the Super League. Winterthur only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. The last three matches for Winterthur have all ended in a draw.

Winterthur's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Young Boys that finished 1-1. As mentioned above, Winterthur drew the match against Young Boys. Manager Berner brought on Buess to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Lekaj, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.31. Lekaj won 6 of 8 duels.

Before that, Winterthur travelled to Servette and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Winterthur are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 4 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Of the defeats, 0 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's latest 11 league matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Winterthur as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. As for defending, Winterthur rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Winterthur - Grasshopper 1-0. The ref had use for red card when these teams last met, and the culprit was Ramizi (Winterthur). As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Grasshopper victories, three draws and four Winterthur wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GrasshopperH. Kawabe
H. Kawabe
8 goals
GrasshopperR. Dadaşov
R. Dadaşov
6 goals
WinterthurS. Ramizi
S. Ramizi
5 goals

Grasshopper missing players

Winterthur missing players

Grasshopper Winterthur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
6 5 0 Won W 1 1 5
7 2 2 Drew D 2 4 8
10 4 1 Lost L 0 6 10
34 20 6 Scored S 4 9 20
39 18 7 Conceded C 2 21 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 96%
83% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 74%
61% 73% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 39%
35% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 30%
22% 27% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 17%
78% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 61%
13% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 9% 22%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 22%
 
4.5 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 4.2
7.4 8 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.6
2.5 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.3 2.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.9 9.9 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.9 8.6
4.5 5.1 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.7 3
33% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 30% 29%
 
16.1 17.5 18.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.9 13.1
6 6.7 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5 5.3
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grasshopper have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Winterthur have scored away.
  • Grasshopper have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Grasshopper have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Super League
  • Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Winterthur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Winterthur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Winterthur have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest points (7) away in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (20) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Super League
  • Winterthur have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Super League
  • Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Super League
  • Winterthur have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Super League
  • Winterthur have won significantly less corners away then 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 Young Boys 23 13 9 1 52 17 11 8 3 0 31 7 12 5 6 1 21 10 35 48
2 Servette 23 8 11 4 29 29 11 5 6 0 16 10 12 3 5 4 13 19 0 35
3 St. Gallen 23 9 6 8 45 34 12 6 5 1 22 11 11 3 1 7 23 23 11 33
4 Lugano 23 8 7 8 35 35 11 4 3 4 17 17 12 4 4 4 18 18 0 31
5 Basel 23 7 9 7 32 27 11 4 5 2 19 13 12 3 4 5 13 14 5 30
6 Luzern 23 7 9 7 34 33 12 3 5 4 15 16 11 4 4 3 19 17 1 30
7 Grasshopper 23 6 7 10 34 39 11 5 2 4 20 18 12 1 5 6 14 21 -5 25
8 Zurich 23 5 10 8 23 34 12 2 6 4 13 18 11 3 4 4 10 16 -11 25
9 Sion 23 5 8 10 29 43 12 2 3 7 12 26 11 3 5 3 17 17 -14 23
10 Winterthur 23 5 8 10 20 42 12 4 4 4 11 21 11 1 4 6 9 21 -22 23

Read more about Super League

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.