ZüRICH. Grasshopper and Yverdon Sport draw 1-1. T. Ndenge scored the first goal (18′) for Grasshopper. B. Cespedes settled the score (58′). Yverdon Sport was truly superior in terms of ball possession (63%)
The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 4,056 spectators. The referee was Stefan Horisberger with the help of Jan Köbeli and Leroy Hartmann. The 4th official was . The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 4.52 degrees Celsius or 40.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 14 Total 18
- 4 On Target 5
- 6 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 7
- 123 Attack 113
- 70 Dangerous attack 47
- 50 Ball safe 46
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 6
Fouls
- 9 Total 4
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
Yverdon Sport was in firm control of the ball 63% while Grasshopper was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Grasshopper was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Grasshopper to win the match.
Grasshopper shot 14 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Yverdon Sport shot 18 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Grasshopper received 2 yellow cards (Kristers Tobers and Tim Meyer). Regarding the opposition, Yverdon Sport didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Grasshopper has 21 points like Yverdon Sport to sit in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Yverdon Sport will has 21 points like Grasshopper to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Grasshopper will play away against Young Boys on the 20th of January with a 32-19 head to head stats in favor of Young Boys (14 draws).
Yverdon Sport will host Luzern on the 20th of January with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Luzern (0 draws).
Grasshopper – Formation
Grasshopper
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63'
Grasshopper started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Bruno Berner decided to play with the following team: Justin Hammel , Maksim Paskotsi , Kristers Tobers , Ayumu Seko , Florian Hoxha , Tsiy Ndenge , Theo Corbeanu , Amir Abrashi , Giotto Morandi , Francis Momoh and Bradley Fink .
The home team had on the bench: Théo Ndicka Matam , Dion Kacuri, Manuel Kuttin, Robin Kalem, Samuel Marques, Tim Meyer , Lendrit Shala, Elvir Zukaj and Dorian Babunski .
Substitutions
Grasshopper made 3 changes: Francis Momoh for Théo Ndicka Matam (83′), Bradley Fink for Dorian Babunski (63′) and Theo Corbeanu for Tim Meyer (63′).
Player of the match: Amir Abrashi
The most impressive player for Grasshopper was Amir Abrashi.
His rating is with 37 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Yverdon Sport – Formation
Yverdon Sport
Yverdon Sport started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Alessandro Mangiarratti played with: Sebastian Breza , Anthony Sauthier , Dario Del Fabro , Mohamed Tijani , William Le Pogam , Liziero , Boris Cespedes , Dominic Corness , Christophe Lungoyi , Kevin Omoruyi and Varol Tasar .
These were the players on the bench: Mauro Rodrigues , Haithem Loucif , Ricardo Azevedo Alves, Nehemie Lusuena, Kevin Martin, Niklas Gunnarsson , Samuel Oum Gouet , Breston Malula and Mirco Mazzeo.
Substitutions
Yverdon Sport made 4 changes: Christophe Lungoyi for Mauro Rodrigues (63′), Liziero for Samuel Oum Gouet (74′), Dominic Corness for Haithem Loucif (81′) and William Le Pogam for Niklas Gunnarsson (81′).
Player of the match: Varol Tasar
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Yverdon Sport was Varol Tasar.
His rating is with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Stade Lausanne-Ouchy – Young Boys – 1-3
- St. Gallen – Zürich – 1-0
- Grasshopper – Yverdon Sport – 1-1
