Season ticket holders at Stadion Letzigrund haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Grasshopper languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Zürich will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Grasshopper and Zürich.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Grasshopper form and stats
The struggle is real here at Stadion Letzigrund with only 13 points collected from 14 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 4-1-9. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts.The home team returns to Stadion Letzigrund after sharing the points with St. Gallen on their last time out; the Super League game ended 0-0. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Lugano.
The Grasshopper fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 14 in 14 matches. Grasshopper have conceded 27 from these games.
Zürich form and stats
The loot brought home from travels has not been plentiful for Zürich as they have only collected 12 points from their 13 away games. Zürich only has 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.The manager L. Magnin was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Stadion Letzigrund. Zürich suffered a 0-2 loss to Basel. A 0-1 defeat away at Sion before that.
Zürich find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 19 goals from 13 away fixtures. For Zürich, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Zürich - Grasshopper 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Grasshopper won 3, Zürich won 5 and 2 draws.Top Goalscorers
  B. Kololli 9 goals / 6 assists |  S. Odey 8 goals / 2 assists |   M. Djuricin 4 goals |
Grasshopper missing players
Zürich missing players
| Grasshopper | Zürich | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 26 | 14 | Played | 13 | 27 |
| 25 | 14 | Scored | 19 | 35 |
| 48 | 27 | Conceded | 26 | 39 |
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 89% |
| 81% | 86% | Over 1.5 | 85% | 74% |
| 58% | 64% | Over 2.5 | 62% | 48% |
| 35% | 36% | Over 3.5 | 54% | 33% |
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 23% | 15% |
| 58% | 57% | Both teams to score | 54% | 52% |
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 8% | 22% |
| 42% | 43% | Failed To Score | 38% | 37% |
- Grasshopper hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Zürich is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Grasshopper is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
- Grasshopper has failed to keep a clean sheet in 14 home matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 70 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 45 | 69 |
| 2 | Basel | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 51 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 51 |
| 3 | Thun | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Zürich | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -4 | 33 |
| 5 | Luzern | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 6 | Sion | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Lugano | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | -3 | 32 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 49 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -10 | 32 |
| 9 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 55 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -19 | 26 |
| 10 | Grasshopper | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -26 | 20 |
