ZüRICH. Zürich managed to find the solution against Grasshopper to win 2-1. A. Tosin was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Grasshopper to strike first with a penalty of Renat Dadashov at the 30′. Then it was a goal in the 66′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Aiyegun Tosin gave the win to Zürich in the 73′ minute scoring a double.

The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Urs Schnyder with the assistance of Marco Zürcher and Benjamin Zürcher. The 4th official was Maxime Odiet. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9 degrees Celsius or 48.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Grasshopper was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Zürich that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Grasshopper had a more offensive attitude with 76 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Zürich was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Grasshopper shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Zürich shot 16 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Grasshopper received 2 yellow cards (Amir Abrashi and Noah Loosli). On the other side, Zürich received 2 yellow cards (Nikola Katic and Cheick Conde).

Standings

After playing this match, Grasshopper will stay with 24 points to remain in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Zürich will have 23 points to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Grasshopper will play away with Young Boys on the 10th of April with a 30-18 head to head in favor of Young Boys (14 draws).

Zürich will host Basel on the 8th of April with a 38-12 head to head stats in favor of Basel (16 draws).

Grasshopper – Formation

Grasshopper started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Giorgio Contini decided to play with the following team: André Moreira (6.3), Bendegúz Bolla (5.9), Noah Loosli (6.8), Ayumu Seko (6.4), Dominik Schmid (6.3), Hayao Kawabe (6.2), Tsiy William Ndenge (6.4), Amir Abrashi (6.1), Giotto Morandi (6.9), Renat Dadaşov (7.3) and Petar Pušić (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Justin Hammel, Filipe de Carvalho Ferreira (6.6), Dion Kacuri, Meritan Shabani (6.8), Sangbin Jeong, Lei Li, Shkelqim Demhasaj (6.2), Nadjack and Christián Herc.

Substitutions

Grasshopper made 4 changes: Giotto Morandi for Filipe De Carvalho Ferreira (76′), Renat Dadashov for Meritan Shabani (76′), Renat Dadashov for Shkelqim Demhasaj (76′) and Amir Abrashi for Jeong Sang-Bin (88′).

Best player: Renat Dadaşov​

The player that probably impressed the most for Grasshopper was Renat Dadaşov.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 22 passes (54% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 16.

Zürich – Formation

Zürich started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Bo Henriksen played with: Yanick Brecher (6.6), Lindrit Kamberi (7.0), Nikola Katić (6.3), Fidan Aliti (6.4), Nikola Boranijašević (6.9), Cheick Oumar Conde (7.6), Bledian Krasniqi (7.0), Adrián Guerrero (6.5), Antonio Marchesano (7.1), Tosin Aiyegun (8.7) and Jonathan Okita (8.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Blerim Džemaili, Mirlind Kryeziu, Bećir Omeragić (7.1), Daniel Afriyie, Marc Hornschuh, Stephan Seiler, Živko Kostadinović, Fabian Rohner and Roko Šimić (6.6).

Substitutions

Zürich made 4 changes: Adrián Guerrero for Becir Omeragic (22′), Antonio Marchesano for Roko Šimić (46′), Jonathan Okita for Blerim Džemaili (82′) and Fidan Aliti for Fabian Rohner (90′).

Best player: Jonathan Okita​

The most impressive player for Zürich was Jonathan Okita even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.7) with 14 passes (57% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​

• St. Gallen – Luzern – 2-2
• Grasshopper – Zürich – 1-2
• Basel – Servette – 2-2