Three points for the home side is expected from this game if the league table is to be believed. The St. Gallen supporters are optimistic that the gap between 3rd and Grasshopper's 9th place in the table will be revealed on the arena.
- St. Gallen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
- Grasshopper have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Super League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
St. Gallen form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, St. Gallen have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. After failing to beat hometeam_home_prestreak_win here at Kybunpark, St. Gallen has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
Gallen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Winterthur (1-2). Midfield player Quintillà got a match rating of 8.2 in that game, the max score being 10. Quintillà scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).
Before that, St. Gallen had a home game versus Stade Lausanne-Ouchy which ended with a victory 4-0.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 5 games), St. Gallen's attacking play is working. Gallen are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kybunpark in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Grasshopper form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Grasshopper in their Super League matches away.
Ndenge and Schürpf scored in Grasshopper's previous match, the home game against Lugano that ended 2-1. Late drama in the previous game, when Ndenge scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Lugano.
Prior to that result Grasshopper won their away game at Yverdon Sport. The scoreline was 3-0.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Grasshopper have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Grasshopper have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Gallen have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (1-3-0) facing Grasshopper.Here's what happened when the teams faced each other previously this season; Grasshopper - St. Gallen 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Schubert 3 goals |  A. Vallci 3 goals |   T. Ndenge 3 goals |
St. Gallen missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| St. Gallen | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 12 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 55% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 9% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 73% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 9% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 6.9 | 7.2 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.4 | 5.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19.4 | 19.6 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.6 | 12.1 |
| 6 | 6.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 24% | 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 35% |
| 11.1 | 10.2 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 11.6 | 13.6 |
| 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
- All of Grasshopper's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of St. Gallen's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Grasshopper have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Grasshopper have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Grasshopper have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Super League
- Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Gallen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Gallen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- St. Gallen have scored in all their home matches so far.
- St. Gallen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
- St. Gallen have the most points (15) at home in Super League
- St. Gallen have the most points from losing position (9) in Super League
- St. Gallen have won all their matches at home so far.
- 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 | Zurich | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Luzern | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | Servette | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Lugano | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Winterthur | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 15 |
| 8 | Yverdon Sport | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 9 | Grasshopper | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sport | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 9 |
| 12 | Basel | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 5 |
