Grasshopper clashes with Zürich in Super League match

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 19.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Zürich have rested following their 1-1-match against Winterthur and are eager to go again when travelling to Grasshopper. Get all the knowledge!

Insights:
  • Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Super League

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Grasshopper form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Grasshopper have to build on here at Stadion Letzigrund in the Super League. When Grasshopper hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Grasshopper, Winterthur and Sion), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Grasshopper lost their last game at Servette (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Schmid was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Schmid won 6 of 6 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Basel.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 20 latest league matches reveals that 16 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

The Grasshopper fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Grasshopper defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Zürich form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zürich so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose). When Zürich is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Zürich, Winterthur and Sion is teams we like to compare Grasshopper with.

Zürich's last game was the home draw against Winterthur (1-1). Attacker Aiyegun got a player rating of 8.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Aiyegun scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 8 of 9 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sion at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Low on goals? 9 of this team's latest 12 league fixtures have had two goals or less.

The attacking power of Zürich when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Zürich struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Zürich - Grasshopper 1-4 was the output when these sides formerly played each other, earlier this season. Rohner (Zürich) was shown a red card when these teams previously met this season. Grasshopper-Zürich H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Grasshopper one win, Zürich five wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GrasshopperH. Kawabe
H. Kawabe
8 goals
GrasshopperR. Dadaşov
R. Dadaşov
5 goals
ZürichT. Aiyegun
T. Aiyegun
5 goals

Grasshopper missing players

Zürich missing players

Grasshopper Zürich
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
6 5 1 Won W 2 2 4
6 2 1 Drew D 1 4 8
8 3 0 Lost L 0 4 8
32 19 7 Scored S 3 8 18
35 16 4 Conceded C 1 15 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 80%
85% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 65%
65% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 40%
40% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 30%
25% 30% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 20%
80% 70% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 45%
15% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 30% 35%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 40%
 
4.5 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.8 4.5
7.5 8.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.3 4.8
2.5 1.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 4 3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.8 10.3 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 10.4 10.6
4.6 5.4 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 3.6
35% 35% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 20% 25%
 
15.7 17.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 11.3 9.4
6.1 6.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 5 4.2
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Grasshopper have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grasshopper have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zürich have scored away.
  • Grasshopper have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) 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 20 13 6 1 48 13 10 8 2 0 30 6 10 5 4 1 18 7 35 45
2 Servette 19 7 8 4 23 24 10 5 5 0 15 9 9 2 3 4 8 15 -1 29
3 St. Gallen 20 8 4 8 38 31 10 6 3 1 19 8 10 2 1 7 19 23 7 28
4 Lugano 20 8 4 8 31 31 10 4 2 4 15 15 10 4 2 4 16 16 0 28
5 Luzern 20 6 8 6 31 30 10 2 5 3 14 15 10 4 3 3 17 15 1 26
6 Basel 20 6 7 7 27 23 10 4 4 2 17 11 10 2 3 5 10 12 4 25
7 Grasshopper 20 6 6 8 32 35 10 5 2 3 19 16 10 1 4 5 13 19 -3 24
8 Sion 20 5 6 9 27 37 10 2 2 6 11 21 10 3 4 3 16 16 -10 21
9 Zürich 20 4 8 8 18 30 10 2 4 4 10 15 10 2 4 4 8 15 -12 20
10 Winterthur 19 5 5 9 16 37 9 4 2 3 8 17 10 1 3 6 8 20 -21 20

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.