Faithful supporters at Stadion Letzigrund haven’t watched many wins this season, with Zürich languishing in the 8th spot. The opposing Grasshopper will try to protect their higher league position in this match.
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (14) in Super League
- Grasshopper have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in Super League
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Zürich and Grasshopper should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Zürich form and stats
Zürich have collected 20 points from their Super League home games so far after 4-8-4.
Zürich drew their last game, 1-1 away at Young Boys (placed 1st).
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Basel.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 Zürich have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Zürich after this match as they are travelling to Winterthur for a Super League game in only four days.
The Zürich fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 16 matches. 22 goals have been conceded.
Grasshopper form and stats
There's been little loot from Grasshopper's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 16 away games in the Super League. Grasshopper only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.
Grasshopper had fun at their own home (Stadion Letzigrund) last time out, beating Luzern 2-0. Kawabe and Loosli scored. Midfield player Kawabe was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.12/10. Kawabe scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Servette.Grasshopper are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Observe that 8 of this side's 10 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.
After this away game Grasshopper return home for a Super League game against St. Gallen. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Grasshopper are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 16 games (in the league). As for defending, Grasshopper rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 30 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved encountered each other previously this season: Grasshopper - Zürich 1-2. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Zürich won five games, four matches ended with a draw and Grasshopper have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Aiyegun 11 goals |  H. Kawabe 9 goals | R. Dadaşov 8 goals |
Zürich missing players
Grasshopper missing players
| Zürich | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 35 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | 52 |
| 51 | 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 30 | 57 |
| 88% | 81% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | 88% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 67% |
| 33% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 31% | 36% |
| 15% | 19% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 24% |
| 55% | 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| 27% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 30% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 19% | 9% |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 9.8 | 10.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 29% | 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | 37% |
| 10.6 | 9 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 14.7 | 16.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 5.7 |
- Grasshopper have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Grasshopper have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Super League
- Grasshopper have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Super League
- Grasshopper have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in Super League
- Grasshopper have the most matches over the total-line (22) in Super League
- Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zürich have the fewest dropped points from leading position (8) in Super League
- Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (14) 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 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 78 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 51 | 68 |
| 2 | Servette | 33 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 48 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 51 |
| 3 | Lugano | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 50 |
| 4 | Luzern | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 46 |
| 5 | Grasshopper | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 52 | 57 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -5 | 43 |
| 6 | Basel | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | -1 | 42 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 59 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 40 |
| 8 | Zürich | 33 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -16 | 38 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 61 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -30 | 32 |
| 10 | Sion | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 65 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 32 | -25 | 31 |
