Grasshopper and St. Gallen draw 2-2 on Thursday

ZüRICH. Grasshopper finds the way to recover against St. Gallen with a goal on the E. Latte 27' and a goal on the L. Görtler 90'.

John Ross

May 26, 2023

ZüRICH. Grasshopper comes back against St. Gallen with a goal on the E. Latte 27′ and a goal on the L. Görtler 90′. St. Gallen was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)

Emmanuel Latte Lath squandered a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed St. Gallen to win the match.

Emmanuel Latte Lath squandered 1 penalty (90′ + 1′) for St. Gallen.

The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Thursday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Luca Piccolo with the collaboration of Alain Heiniger and Devis Dettamanti. The 4th official was Marijan Drmic. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.3 degrees Celsius or 61.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.

Match Statistics

Grasshopper

2 - 2

St. Gallen

44 Ball Possession 56

Shots

12 Total 26
7 On Target 7
6 Off Target 14
1 Shots blocked 8

68 Attack 93
54 Dangerous attack 79
89 Ball safe 82

0 Penalties 1
6 Corners 6
2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

18 Total 14
6 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

St. Gallen had a strong ball possession 56% while Grasshopper was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Gallen was putting more pressure with 79 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough St. Gallen to win the contest.

Grasshopper shot 12 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, St. Gallen shot 26 times, 7 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Grasshopper received 6 yellow cards (Noah Loosli, Renat Dadashov, Bendegúz Bolla, André Moreira , Tomás Ribeiro and Amir Abrashi). Regarding the opposition, St. Gallen received 4 yellow cards (Patrick Sutter , J. von Moos, Leonidas Stergiou and Lukas Görtler).

Match Timeline

17'

Patrick Sutter- Yellow

27'

30'

33'

Ayumu Seko- sub ->Hayao Kawabe

46'

Isaac Schmidt- sub ->Michael Kempter

Tsiy Ndenge- sub ->Christian Herc

46'

56'

Julian Von Moos- Yellow

63'

Grégory Karlen- sub ->Christian Witzig

63'

Chadrac Akolo- sub ->Jérémy Guillemenot

70'

72'

Willem Geubbels- sub ->J. von Moos

74'

Tsiy Ndenge(goal)Guilherme Schettine

81'

83'

86'

Noah Blasucci- sub ->Meritan Shabani

90'

Lukas Görtler - Yellow

90'

Lukas Görtler (goal)

90'

Amir Abrashi - Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Grasshopper will have 44 points like Basel and Zürich to hold in the 6th place. On the opposite side, St. Gallen will have 42 points to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Grasshopper will play away with Basel on the 29th of May with a 34-13 head to head statistic in favor of Basel (18 draws).

St. Gallen will host Sion on the 29th of May with a 28-20 head to head statistic in favor of St. Gallen (10 draws).

Grasshopper – Formation

Grasshopper

André Moreira 1.Portugal

6.7

90'

Dominik Schmid 31.Switzerland

7.1

Noah Loosli 41.Switzerland

7.1

Bendegúz Bolla 77.Hungary

7.1

86'

Tomás Ribeiro 14.Portugal

7.9

90'

Hayao Kawabe 40.Japan

6.6

46'

Christián Herc 28.Slovakia

6.7

46'

Meritan Shabani 23.Germany

7.4

90'

Amir Abrashi 6.Albania

7.1

90'

Shkelqim Demhasaj 9.Kosovo

7.1

70'

Renat Dadashov 27.Azerbaijan

7.4

90'

30'

Substitutes

Justin Hammel 71.Switzerland

Nadjack 25.Guinea-Bissau

Georg Margreitter 33.Austria

Teruki Hara 34.Japan

Ayumu Seko 15.Japan

6.8

46'

Tsiy Ndenge 7.Germany

8.0

46'

81'

Noah Blasucci 20.Switzerland

90'

Dion Kacuri 17.Switzerland

90'

Guilherme Schettine 95.Brazil

6.9

70'

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

The manager Giorgio Contini decided to play with the following team: André Moreira (6.7), Bendegúz Bolla (7.1), Noah Loosli (7.1), Tomás Ribeiro (7.9), Dominik Schmid (7.1), Christián Herc (6.7), Amir Abrashi (7.1), Hayao Kawabe (6.6), Meritan Shabani (7.4), Renat Dadaşov (7.4) and Shkelqim Demhasaj (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Tsiy William Ndenge (8.0), Justin Hammel, Noah Blasucci, Guilherme Schettine (6.9), Dion Kacuri, Nadjack, Georg Margreitter, Teruki Hara and Ayumu Seko (6.8).

Substitutions

Grasshopper made 4 changes: Hayao Kawabe for Ayumu Seko (46′), Christian Herc for Tsiy William Ndenge (46′), Shkelqim Demhasaj for Guilherme Schettine (70′) and Renat Dadashov for Dion Kacuri (90′).

Best player: Tsiy William Ndenge

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Grasshopper was Tsiy William Ndenge.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 5 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

St. Gallen – Formation

St. Gallen

Lawrence Ati Zigi 1.Ghana

6.7

Michael Kempter 24.Philippines

7.2

46'

Leonidas Stergiou 4.Switzerland

6.4

74'

Patrick Sutter 30.Switzerland

6.4

83'

17'

Basil Stillhart 6.Switzerland

6.8

Jordi Quintillà 8.Spain

7.7

Lukas Görtler 16.Germany

6.1

90'

Christian Witzig 37.Switzerland

6.5

63'

Jérémy Guillemenot 9.Switzerland

6.6

63'

Emmanuel Latte Lath 22.Ivory Coast

6.1

27'

Julian Von Moos 11.Switzerland

6.2

72'

56'

Substitutes

Lukas Watkowiak 25.Germany

Albert Vallci 20.Austria

Ricardo Alves 28.Switzerland

Grégory Karlen 23.Switzerland

7.4

63'

Isaac Schmidt 33.Switzerland

6.3

46'

Willem Geubbels 69.France

6.4

72'

N. Ndombasi 93.France

6.8

83'

Chadrac Akolo 10.DR Congo

6.2

63'

Fabian Schubert 7.Austria

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

Peter Zeidler played with: Lawrence Ati (6.7), Patrick Sutter (6.4), Leonidas Stergiou (6.4), Basil Stillhart (6.8), Michael Kempter (7.2), Lukas Görtler (6.1), Jordi Quintillà (7.7), Christian Witzig (6.5), Julian Von Moos (6.2), Emmanuel Latte Lath (6.1) and Jérémy Guillemenot (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Willem Geubbels (6.4), Noha Ndombasi Nlandu (6.8), Ricardo Azevedo Alves, Albert Vallci, Chadrac Akolo (6.2), Fabian Schubert, Gregory Karlen (7.4), Isaac Schmidt (6.3) and Lukas Watkowiak.

Substitutions

St. Gallen made 5 changes: Michael Kempter for I. Schmidt (46′), Christian Witzig for Gregory Karlen (63′), Jérémy Guillemenot for Chadrac Akolo (63′), J. von Moos for Willem Geubbels (72′) and Patrick Sutter for Noha Nlandu (83′).