ZüRICH. Luzern defeats Grasshopper 1-0 after S. Chader scored just 1 goal (84′).

The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. In front of 5,528 spectators.​ The referee was Nico Gianforte who was helped by Bekim Zogaj and Claudio dos Santos. The 4th official was . The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 14.79 degrees Celsius or 58.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Grasshopper was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Luzern that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Luzern was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Luzern won the match.​

Grasshopper shot 22 times, 3 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Luzern shot 17 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Grasshopper received 3 yellow cards (Kristers Tobers, Florian Hoxha and Amir Abrashi). Talking about the opposition, Luzern received 1 yellow card (Jakub Kadak).

Standings

After playing this match, Grasshopper will stay with 4 points like Lausanne Sport to hold in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Luzern will have 8 points like Young Boys and St. Gallen to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Grasshopper will play away against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy on the 2nd of September with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (0 draws).

Luzern will play away agasint Lausanne Sport on the 8th of October with a 12-11 head to head record in favor of Luzern (6 draws).

Grasshopper – Formation

Grasshopper adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Bruno Berner decided to play with the following team: Justin Hammel (7.5), Dirk Abels (7.1), Kristers Tobers (7.5), Ayumu Seko (7.0), Michael Kempter (7.0), Tim Meyer (7.0), Amir Abrashi (7.3), Theo Corbeanu (8.1), Meritan Shabani (7.8), Francis Momoh (7.7) and Bradley Fink (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Pascal Schürpf , Dion Kacuri (6.4), Renat Dadashov, Manuel Kuttin, Robin Kalem, Elvir Zukaj, Florian Hoxha (6.4), Elmin Rastoder and Filipe de Carvalho (6.8).

Grasshopper could not rely on the presence of Dion Kacuri (injured).

Substitutions

Grasshopper made 5 changes: Bradley Fink for Filipe de Carvalho (64′), Michael Kempter for Florian Hoxha (64′), Meritan Shabani for Dion Kacuri (68′), Theo Corbeanu for Pascal Schürpf  (85′) and Francis Momoh for Renat Dadashov (85′).

Best player: Theo Corbeanu​

The player that probably impressed the most for Grasshopper was Theo Corbeanu.

His rating is (8.1) with 25 passes (76% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 19. He performed 7 crosses.

Luzern – Formation

Also Luzern adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mario Frick played with: Pascal Loretz (7.5), Pius Dorn (7.3), Denis Simani (7.0), Ismajl Beka (7.8), Martin Frydek (8.2), Nicky Beloko (7.5), Ardon Jashari (6.8), Teddy Okou (6.6), Max Meyer (7.5), Jakub Kadak (6.4) and Kemal Ademi (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Severin Ottiger (6.4), Luca Jaquez, Kevin Spadanuda, Dario Ulrich, Iwan Hegglin, Lars Villiger (6.8), Leny Meyer, Sofyan Chader (7.7) and Vaso Vasic.

Luzern could not rely on the presence of Lars Villiger (injured).

Substitutions

Luzern made 4 changes: Jakub Kadak for Sofyan Chader (46′), Teddy Okou for Severin Ottiger (46′), Kemal Ademi for Lars Villiger (60′) and Max Meyer for Kevin Spadanuda (80′).

Best player: Martin Frydek​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Luzern was Martin Frydek even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 35 passes (57% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 11 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Lausanne Sport – Winterthur – 2-5
• Grasshopper – Luzern – 0-1