Super League preview: Can Zürich edge out victory against Grasshopper?

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letzigrund (26104 seats)

Zürich are aching to add to their points total at their own ground in this upcoming match versus Grasshopper.

Insights:
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals (7) in Super League
  • Grasshopper have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super League

This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning increased motivation and significance.

It's no vacation for neither Zürich nor Grasshopper as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Zürich form and stats

Zürich's results here at Stadion Letzigrund in the Super League have been very modest with 0 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in twelve attempts.

Zürich are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 346 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Marchesano). The Zürich goalkeeper Yanick Brecher is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 311 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.

Zürich drew their last game, 0-0 away at Basel (placed 6th). The score 0-0 has happened to the home team three times in a row! Katić was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.32 out of 10. The defender Katić won 3 of 7 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Young Boys.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Zürich as they have a new game in only four days, a Europa League match thankfully also at home. Bodø / Glimt are visiting.

Zürich aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Letzigrund in the league, with only {3 goals} from 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zürich defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Zürich has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Grasshopper form and stats

There's been little loot from Grasshopper's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Super League. Grasshopper only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Grasshopper are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Home advantage was not enough for Grasshopper in their previous game as they lost hosting Servette, 2-3. Midfielder Kawabe was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.8. Kawabe scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit five key passes and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Winterthur's place.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Grasshopper playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 4 draws and 1 home win.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored at least once in 10 of this club's latest 12 league matches.

The Grasshopper manager Contini has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Zürich have won at least one point in the last 11 fixtures (6-5-0) facing Grasshopper.

The teams have met each other already this season, with the match result Grasshopper - Zürich 1-1 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

GrasshopperH. Kawabe
H. Kawabe
6 goals
GrasshopperT. Ndenge
T. Ndenge
3 goals
GrasshopperR. Dadaşov
R. Dadaşov
3 goals

Zürich missing players

Grasshopper missing players

Zürich Grasshopper
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 3
6 3 2 Drew D 1 3 5
6 3 0 Lost L 1 3 4
7 3 0 Scored S 1 6 21
20 9 0 Conceded C 2 13 24
67% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 92%
42% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 67%
25% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 33%
42% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 83% 83%
33% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
58% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 8%
 
3.9 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.5 4.3
4.9 5.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 9.5 7.8
2.9 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
10 9.8 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 8.3 9.3
3.2 2.7 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.7 4.4
18% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 38% 40%
 
10.2 8.3 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 16 15.8
4.8 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 6.7 6.1
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Grasshopper have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Grasshopper have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Grasshopper have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Grasshopper have scored more than double the goals of Zürich.
  • Grasshopper have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super League
  • Grasshopper have the most points from losing position (7) in Super League
  • Grasshopper have yet to win a game away.
  • Grasshopper haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zürich have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Zürich have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zürich have the fewest points (3) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals (7) in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Super League
  • Zürich have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Super League
  • Zürich have yet to win a game.
  • Zürich is in the worst form (0-4-2)

  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 12 8 3 1 28 7 5 4 1 0 13 2 7 4 2 1 15 5 21 27
2 Servette 12 6 4 2 15 11 6 4 2 0 9 4 6 2 2 2 6 7 4 22
3 Sion 12 5 3 4 19 19 6 2 2 2 7 9 6 3 1 2 12 10 0 18
4 St. Gallen 12 5 2 5 23 19 6 4 1 1 12 5 6 1 1 4 11 14 4 17
5 Lugano 12 5 1 6 18 20 6 2 0 4 8 12 6 3 1 2 10 8 -2 16
6 Basel 11 3 5 3 15 12 6 2 3 1 9 6 5 1 2 2 6 6 3 14
7 Grasshopper 12 3 5 4 21 24 6 3 2 1 15 11 6 0 3 3 6 13 -3 14
8 Luzern 11 3 4 4 17 16 5 1 2 2 7 8 6 2 2 2 10 8 1 13
9 Winterthur 12 3 3 6 9 24 7 2 2 3 6 17 5 1 1 3 3 7 -15 12
10 Zürich 12 0 6 6 7 20 6 0 3 3 3 9 6 0 3 3 4 11 -13 6

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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.