Servette manager Geiger looking for three points in Grasshopper showdown

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Marignac (7200 seats)

The home fans hope for a victory in this match, as the home advantage might do the trick versus a struggling visitor. Servette are in 6th spot while the guesting Grasshopper stress at 8th.

Insights:
  • Servette haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grasshopper is in the worst form (0-2-4)

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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Servette form and stats

7 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Servette have to build on here at Stade de Marignac in the Super League. Servette are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Servette's last game was hosting Zürich (placed 1st) and winning 1-0. Servette goalkeeper Frick did an outstanding job against Zürich with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Goalkeeper Frick got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.23 out of ten. Frick topped it up with a clean sheet.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Lausanne Sport.

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 Servette have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won ten times, drawn six and lost three.

A decent goal production from Servette in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 14 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Grasshopper form and stats

Grasshopper have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Super League, after 3-5-6 (14 played).

Grasshopper delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Luzern (placed 9th) in their previous fixture. It looked so good for Grasshopper vs Luzern, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Goalkeeper Moreira made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Luzern. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Arigoni, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.8. Arigoni scored one goal and won 2 of 5 duels.

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

Grasshopper are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

Grasshopper find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 19 goals have been conceded by Grasshopper in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head game ended Grasshopper - Servette 2-4, earlier this season. Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Servette won five games, one match ended with a tie and Grasshopper got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

ServetteK. Imeri
K. Imeri
11 goals
GrasshopperM. Sene
M. Sene
10 goals
GrasshopperH. Kawabe
H. Kawabe
6 goals

Servette missing players

Grasshopper missing players

Servette Grasshopper
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 6 Played P 3 14 29
12 7 3 Won W 1 3 6
5 3 2 Drew D 1 5 11
12 4 1 Lost L 1 6 12
44 23 10 Scored S 5 18 45
51 21 6 Conceded C 3 19 49
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
86% 79% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 90%
62% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 55%
34% 36% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 48%
28% 29% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 17%
66% 64% 83% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 72%
17% 21% 17% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 10%
17% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 21%
 
4.6 5.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.1 5.1
3.9 3.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.5 5.3
2.2 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.7
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.5 11.9 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.7 10.2
4.1 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.8 4
37% 40% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 34% 38%
 
10.8 9.9 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 12.6 11.9
5 4.6 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.9 5
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Grasshopper have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Super League
  • Grasshopper have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Grasshopper is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Servette 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 29 19 6 4 62 36 14 10 3 1 34 16 15 9 3 3 28 20 26 63
2 Basel 29 13 13 3 64 37 14 6 7 1 33 16 15 7 6 2 31 21 27 52
3 Young Boys 29 12 11 6 64 40 15 8 5 2 31 19 14 4 6 4 33 21 24 47
4 Lugano 29 14 4 11 40 40 15 8 2 5 21 21 14 6 2 6 19 19 0 46
5 St. Gallen 29 11 8 10 53 51 15 5 7 3 28 25 14 6 1 7 25 26 2 41
6 Servette 29 12 5 12 44 51 14 7 3 4 23 21 15 5 2 8 21 30 -7 41
7 Sion 29 9 6 14 37 53 14 6 2 6 16 18 15 3 4 8 21 35 -16 33
8 Grasshopper 29 6 11 12 45 49 15 3 6 6 27 30 14 3 5 6 18 19 -4 29
9 Luzern 29 4 12 13 34 54 14 3 3 8 15 25 15 1 9 5 19 29 -20 24
10 Lausanne Sport 29 3 8 18 29 61 15 2 4 9 18 35 14 1 4 9 11 26 -32 17

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.