ZüRICH. Grasshopper and Zürich played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3. Zürich was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%)
The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Adrien Jaccottet who was helped by Stéphane De Almeida and Bastien Lengacher. The 4th official was David Huwiler. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.8 degrees Celsius or 42.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 7 Total 12
- 3 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 7
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 85 Attack 93
- 36 Dangerous attack 68
- 80 Ball safe 80
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
Fouls
- 16 Total 9
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Zürich had a strong ball possession 62% while Grasshopper was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Zürich was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Zürich to win the encounter.
Grasshopper shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Zürich shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Grasshopper received 3 yellow cards (N. Loosli, P. Pusic and C. Herc). On the other side, Zürich received 2 yellow cards (B. Dzemaili and M. Kryeziu).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Grasshopper will have 14 points like Lugano to stay in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Zürich will have 21 points like Young Boys to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Grasshopper will play away with Sion on the 31st of October with a 19-19 head to head stats.
Zürich will host Basel on the 30th of October with a 37-10 head to head record in favor of Basel (14 draws).
Grasshopper – Formation
Grasshopper
27'
76'
33'
Grasshopper adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Giorgio Contini decided to play with the following team: André Moreira , Allan Arigoni , Georg Margreitter , Noah Loosli , Bendegúz Bolla , Christián Herc , Hayao Kawabe , Ermir Lenjani , Petar Pušić , Mamadou Kaly Sene and Léo Bonatini .
The home team had on the bench: Leonardo Campana , Shkelqim Demhasaj , Mateo Matić, Djibril Diani , Nikola Gjorgjev, Dominik Schmid , Francis Momoh, Florian Hoxha and Nuno Filipe Da Silva.
Grasshopper could not rely on the presence of D. Schmid (injured).
Substitutions
Grasshopper made 5 changes: B. Bolla for D. Schmid (33′), M. K. Sene for S. Demhasaj (77′), L. Bonatini for L. Campana (77′), P. Pusic for D. Diani (78′) and H. Kawabe for N. Gjorgjev (90′).
Best player: Petar Pušić
The player that probably impressed the most for Grasshopper was Petar Pušić.
His rating is with 28 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.
Zürich – Formation
Zürich
Also Zürich adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Regarding the opposition, André Breitenreiter played with: Yanick Brecher , Bećir Omeragić , Mirlind Kryeziu , Fidan Aliti , Nikola Boranijašević , Ousmane Doumbia , Blerim Džemaili , Adriá Guerrero , Bledian Krasniqi , Rodrigo Pollero and Antonio Marchesano .
They had on the bench: Marc Hornschuh, Ante Ćorić , Lindrit Kamberi, Degnand Wilfried Gnonto , Vasilije Janjičić, Stephan Seiler, Fabian Rohner, Živko Kostadinović and Akaki Gogia.
Substitutions
Zürich made 3 changes: B. Krasniqi for D. Gnonto (60′), A. Marchesano for A. Coric (80′) and B. Dzemaili for M. Hornschuh (87′).
Best player: Rodrigo Pollero
The most impressive player for Zürich was Rodrigo Pollero.
His rating is with 2 goals, 14 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Grasshopper – Zürich – 3-3
- Young Boys – Lausanne Sport – 3-2
