ZüRICH. Winterthur overcomes Grasshopper 1-0 after S. Ltaief scored just 1 goal (35′).
The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Luca Piccolo with the support of Vital Jobin and Sladan Josipovic. The 4th official was . The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 9.46 degrees Celsius or 49.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 11 Total 7
- 1 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 1
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 131 Attack 134
- 55 Dangerous attack 54
- 87 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
Fouls
- 18 Total 10
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Grasshopper was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Winterthur that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Grasshopper had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Winterthur succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Grasshopper shot 11 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Winterthur shot 7 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Grasshopper received 3 yellow cards (Liam Bollati, Amir Abrashi and Francis Momoh). On the opposite side, Winterthur received 2 yellow cards (Samir Ramizi and Sayfallah Ltaief).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Grasshopper stays with 25 points like Basel to sit in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Winterthur will has 29 points to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
Grasshopper – Formation
Grasshopper
78'
56'
Grasshopper started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Bruno Berner decided to play with the following team: Justin Hammel , Liam Bollati , Maksim Paskotsi , Kristers Tobers , Florian Hoxha , Filipe de Carvalho , Ayumu Seko , Amir Abrashi , Pascal Schürpf , Dorian Babunski and Asumah Abubakar .
The home team had on the bench: Joshua Laws, Giotto Morandi , Bradley Fink , Théo Ndicka Matam , Francis Momoh , Manuel Kuttin, Samuel Marques, Tim Meyer and Elvir Zukaj.
Substitutions
Grasshopper made 5 changes: Pascal Schürpf for Giotto Morandi (46′), Dorian Babunski for Francis Momoh (46′), Liam Bollati for Bradley Fink (78′), Ayumu Seko for Tim Meyer (59′) and Filipe de Carvalho for Théo Ndicka Matam (68′).
Player of the match: Kristers Tobers
The player that probably impressed the most for Grasshopper was Kristers Tobers.
His rating is with 75 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8.
Winterthur – Formation
Winterthur
35'
Winterthur started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Patrick Rahmen played with: Marvin Keller , Silvan Sidler , Remo Arnold , Loïc Lüthi , Souleymane Diaby , Alexandre Jankewitz , Luca Zuffi , Adrian Gantenbein , Basil Stillhart , Sayfallah Ltaief and Matteo Di Giusto .
They had on the bench: Tobias Schättin , Neftali Manzambi, Samir Ramizi , Thibault Corbaz , Michael Gonçalves, Yannick Schmid, Boubacar Fofana and Markus Kuster.
Substitutions
Winterthur made 4 changes: Adrian Gantenbein for Samir Ramizi (46′), Sayfallah Ltaief for Boubacar Fofana (79′), Souleymane Diaby for Tobias Schättin (86′) and Basil Stillhart for Thibault Corbaz (86′).
Player of the match: Basil Stillhart
The most impressive player for Winterthur was Basil Stillhart even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 45 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Lausanne Sport – Young Boys – 0-1
- Grasshopper – Winterthur – 0-1
- Basel – Lugano – 0-1
