National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Grasshopper or St. Gallen that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting St. Gallen played their last game only three days ago, a Super League match. That game was also an away game, at Young Boys. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Grasshopper form and stats
Grasshopper participated in Swiss Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Grasshopper have performed here at Stadion Letzigrund this season with 9 wins from 14 Challenge League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2.
Preceding that match was the home Challenge League game against Neuchatel Xamax that was lost 1-4.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Grasshopper as they have a new game in only three days, a Challenge League match thankfully also at home. Wil are visiting.
The Grasshopper fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 14 league matches. Grasshopper have conceded 14 in these home matches.
St. Gallen form and stats
Gallen's mission in Swiss Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Gallen so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-6 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Gallen, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
St. Gallen are travelling again after losing away to Young Boys in their previous match (0-2). That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Young Boys in the Swiss Cup.
A new game in only three days for St. Gallen, the Super League home match versus Luzern. Busy days.
St. Gallen find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Gallen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Grasshopper-St. Gallen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Grasshopper three wins, St. Gallen six wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Duah 9 goals |  S. Demhasaj 8 goals |  N. Gjorgjev 7 goals |
Grasshopper missing players
St. Gallen missing players
| Grasshopper | St. Gallen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 6.7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 61% | 78% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Grasshopper | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 54 |
| 2 | Thun | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 50 |
| 3 | Aarau | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 4 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 43 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 44 |
| 5 | FC Schaffhausen | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 42 |
| 6 | Winterthur | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 38 |
| 7 | Wil | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 25 | -11 | 31 |
| 8 | Neuchatel Xamax | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 30 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 28 | -16 | 29 |
| 9 | Kriens | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 27 |
| 10 | Chiasso | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -23 | 25 |
| 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 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 53 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 32 | 63 |
| 2 | Servette | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 41 |
| 3 | Lugano | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 40 |
| 4 | Basel | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 39 |
| 5 | Lausanne Sport | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 37 |
| 6 | Zurich | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | -3 | 34 |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 33 |
| 8 | Luzern | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Vaduz | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -14 | 32 |
| 10 | Sion | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -16 | 26 |