WINTERTHUR. Grasshopper prevailed over Winterthur to win 2-1. A penalty from R. Buess was decisive in the 86min. It was Grasshopper to strike first with an early goal of Christian Herc at the 3′. Then Renat Dadashov scored again for Grasshopper in the 45′ minute. Eventually, Roman Buess reduced the distance for Winterthur a penalty (86′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Grasshopper took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).
S. Diaby received a red card (22′). This red card was one of the reason why Winterthur lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadion Schützenwiese stadium in Winterthur on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Fedayi San with the help of Bekim Zogaj and Susann Küng. The 4th official was Tobias Thies. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.7 degrees Celsius or 58.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
- 11 Total 13
- 2 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 4
- 4 Shots blocked 6
- 58 Attack 64
- 53 Dangerous attack 67
- 74 Ball safe 64
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 11 Total 12
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Grasshopper had a superior ball possession 59% while Winterthur was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Grasshopper was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Grasshopper won the match.
Winterthur shot 11 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Grasshopper shot 13 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Winterthur didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Grasshopper received 3 yellow cards (Bendegúz Bolla, Dominik Schmid and Amir Abrashi).
(Winterthur) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (22′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Winterthur will stay with 29 points to hold in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Grasshopper will have 37 points like Lugano to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Winterthur will host Servette on the 20th of May with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Servette (1 draw).
Grasshopper will host Luzern on the 14th of May with a 21-19 head to head in favor of Luzern (21 draws).
Winterthur – Formation
Winterthur started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Bruno Berner decided to play with the following team: Markus Kuster , Tobias Schättin , Yannick Schmid , Granit Lekaj , Souleymane Diaby , Nishan Burkart , Hekuran Kryeziu , Eris Abedini , Sayfallah Ltaief , Matteo Di Giusto and Joaquín Ardaiz .
The home team had on the bench: Michael Goncalves, Francisco Jose Rodriguez, Roman Buess , Noe Holenstein, Samuel Ballet , Timothy Fayulu, Roy Gelmi, Remo Arnold and Neftali Manzambi.
Winterthur could not rely on the presence of Roman Buess (injured) and Francisco Rodríguez (injured).
Substitutions
Winterthur made 5 changes: Hekuran Kryeziu for Roman Buess (61′), Sayfallah Ltaief for Samuel Ballet (69′), Matteo Di Giusto for Shkelqim Demhasaj (70′), Nishan Burkart for Francisco Jose Rodriguez (79′) and Joaquín Ardaiz for Neftali Manzambi (79′).
Best player: Roman Buess
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Winterthur was Roman Buess.
His rating is with 1 goal, 3 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 3.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 61′.
Grasshopper – Formation
Grasshopper started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Giorgio Contini played with: André Moreira , Bendegúz Bolla , Ayumu Seko , Tomás Ribeiro , Dominik Schmid , Amir Abrashi , Tsiy William Ndenge , Christián Herc , Petar Pušić , Renat Dadaşov and Hayao Kawabe .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Giotto Morandi , Georg Margreitter, Dion Kacuri , Justin Hammel, Filipe De Carvalho Ferreira, Florian Hoxha, Teruki Hara, Shkelqim Demhasaj and Noah Loosli .
Grasshopper could not rely on the presence of Noah Loosli (injured).
Substitutions
Grasshopper made 3 changes: Tsiy William Ndenge for Noah Loosli (14′), Petar Pusic for Giotto Morandi (70′) and Christian Herc for Dion Kacuri (77′).
Best player: Hayao Kawabe
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Grasshopper was Hayao Kawabe even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 27 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Young Boys – Servette – 6-1
- Winterthur – Grasshopper – 1-2