ZüRICH. Young Boys overcome Grasshopper to win 2-1. A goal from F. de was decisive in the 90min. It was Young Boys to strike first with a goal of Christian Fassnacht at the 38′. Then K. Imeri scored again for Young Boys in the 78′ minute. Eventually, Filipe de Carvalho Ferreira reduced the distance for Grasshopper (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
Young Boys remained in players after Meschack Elia received a red card in the 90′.
The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Luca Cibelli with the support of Vital Jobin and Bastien Lengacher. The 4th official was Mirel Turkes. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -2.1 degrees Celsius or 28.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 7 Total 17
- 3 On Target 7
- 4 Off Target 10
- 0 Shots blocked 1
- 109 Attack 110
- 52 Dangerous attack 67
- 99 Ball safe 97
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 7
- 2 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Grasshopper was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Young Boys that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Young Boys was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Young Boys won the match.
Grasshopper shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Young Boys shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Grasshopper received 2 yellow cards (Renat Dadashov and André Moreira ). On the opposite side, Young Boys received 2 yellow cards (Fabian Lustenberger and Cheikh Niasse).
Also, Young Boys didn’t end the match with 11 players after Meschack Elia (Young Boys) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Grasshopper will stay with 20 points like Sion to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Young Boys will have 38 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Grasshopper will play away against Young Boys on the 10th of April with a 30-18 head to head in favor of Young Boys (14 draws).
Young Boys will host Grasshopper on the 10th of April with a 30-18 head to head record in favor of Young Boys (14 draws).
Grasshopper – Formation
Grasshopper
90'
60'
90'
Grasshopper started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Giorgio Contini decided to play with the following team: André Moreira , Ayumu Seko , Noah Loosli , Tomás Ribeiro , Bendegúz Bolla , Amir Abrashi , Hayao Kawabe , Dominik Schmid , Petar Pušić , Christián Herc and Renat Dadaşov .
The home team had on the bench: Filipe de Carvalho Ferreira, Lei Li, Nadjack, Tsiy William Ndenge , Sangbin Jeong , Justin Hammel, Georg Margreitter, Meritan Shabani and Teruki Hara .
Substitutions
Grasshopper made 5 changes: Dominik Schmid for Teruki Hara (60′), Amir Abrashi for Tsiy William Ndenge (60′), Petar Pusic for Meritan Shabani (60′), Christian Herc for Jeong Sang-Bin (76′) and Bendegúz Bolla for Filipe de Carvalho Ferreira (90′).
Best player: André Moreira
The most impressive player for Grasshopper was the goalkeeper: André Moreira. His rating is 7.24. He performed 5 saves.
Young Boys – Formation
Young Boys
90'Young Boys started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Raphaël Wicky played with: Anthony Racioppi , Lewin Blum , Fabian Lustenberger , Cedric Zesiger , Ulisses Garcia , Christian Fassnacht , Cheikh Niasse , Fabian Rieder , Filip Ugrinic , Jean-Pierre Nsame and Joel Monteiro .
They had on the bench: Miguel Changa Chaiwa, Donat Rrudhani, Quentin Maceiras, Loris Benito, Dario Marzino, Sandro Lauper, Kastriot Imeri , Meschack Elia and Aurele Amenda.
Substitutions
Young Boys made 4 changes: Jean-Pierre Nsame for Meschack Elia (74′), Filip Ugrinic for K. Imeri (74′), Cheikh Niasse for Sandro Lauper (84′) and Fabian Lustenberger for A. Amenda (88′).
Best player: Christian Fassnacht
The most impressive player for Young Boys was Christian Fassnacht.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Luzern – Zürich – 2-2
- Grasshopper – Young Boys – 1-2
