Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Thun & Grasshopper face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Swiss Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Not much time to rest for the host team, as they performed in a Challenge League match only four days back. This match was also played here at Stockhorn Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Grasshopper have had more rest.
It should be mentioned that Grasshopper play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Grasshopper on artifical turf are 3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats from eight games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 11-8. You can compare this with overall results below.
Thun form and stats
Action has already taken place for Thun in Swiss Cup as they have defeated Chatel-St-Denis to reach the 2nd Round. Thun was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Swiss Cup.Thun have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Challenge League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
A nice win for Thun last time playing, versus Stade Lausanne-Ouchy. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with M. Bürki scoring for the victors. Some amazing scenes last match, when M. Bürki scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Wil that finished 2-2.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Thun as they are travelling to their away game against FC Schaffhausen in the Challenge League. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Thun in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Thun have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Grasshopper form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Widnau in order to reach 2nd round of Swiss Cup. Grasshopper's mission in Swiss Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Still no away game victory in the Super League for Grasshopper with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Grasshopper has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Luzern for a Super League game that ended a draw (1-1). Midfield player Christián Herc was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. Herc scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).
A 1-2 defeat away at Zurich before that.The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Grasshopper have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these squads: Thun won five, Grasshopper triumphed in two and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  L. Campana Romero 3 goals |   D. dos Santos Correia 2 goals | S. Chihadeh 2 goals |
Thun missing players
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| Thun | Grasshopper | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 49 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 42 | ||
| 31 | 9 | Conceded | C | 13 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.6 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 39% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 47% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Winterthur | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Neuchatel Xamax | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Vaduz | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Aarau | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Thun | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Wil | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | FC Schaffhausen | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Yverdon Sport | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 2 |
| 10 | Kriens | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 1 |
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Basel | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | Servette | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Sion | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 6 | Lugano | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 9 | Lausanne Sport | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Luzern | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 3 |