ZüRICH. Grasshopper conquered Basel to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Grasshopper to strike first with a goal of Francis Momoh at the 29′. Then Giotto Morandi scored again for Grasshopper in the 36′ minute with a penalty. Eventually, Dominik Schmid reduced the distance for Basel (38′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Basel was truly superior in terms of ball possession (69%).
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 7,025 spectators. The referee was Alessandro Dudic who had the assistance of Pascal Hirzel and Linda Schmid. The 4th official was . The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.11 degrees Celsius or 50.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- ! 31 Ball Possession 69
Shots
- 9 Total 11
- 3 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 5
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 106 Attack 112
- 50 Dangerous attack 48
- 81 Ball safe 102
- 1 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 17 Total 14
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Basel had a superior ball possession 69% while Grasshopper was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Grasshopper was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Grasshopper won the match.
Grasshopper shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Basel shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Grasshopper received 4 yellow cards (Ayumu Seko, Giotto Morandi, Amir Abrashi and Dirk Abels). Talking about the opposition, Basel received 3 yellow cards (Anton Kade, Taulant Xhaka and Finn van Breemen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Grasshopper has 28 points like Basel to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Basel will stays with 28 points like Grasshopper to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
Grasshopper – Formation
Grasshopper started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Bruno Berner decided to play with the following team: Justin Hammel , Dirk Abels , Maksim Paskotsi , Kristers Tobers , Joshua Laws , Théo Ndicka Matam , Ayumu Seko , Amir Abrashi , Francis Momoh , Giotto Morandi and Bradley Fink .
The home team had on the bench: Pascal Schürpf , Dijon Kameri , Tim Meyer, Liam Bollati, Oliver Batista Meier, Florian Hoxha, Filipe de Carvalho , Steven Deana and Dorian Babunski.
Substitutions
Grasshopper made 4 changes: Giotto Morandi for Dijon Kameri (62′), Bradley Fink for Filipe de Carvalho (80′), Francis Momoh for Pascal Schürpf (89′) and Théo Ndicka Matam for Florian Hoxha (89′).
Player of the match: Giotto Morandi
The most impressive player for Grasshopper was Giotto Morandi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 15 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.
Basel – Formation
Basel started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Fabio Celestini played with: Marwin Hitz , Nicolas Vouilloz , Adrian Leon Barišić , Finn van Breemen , Dominik Schmid , Leon Avdullahu , Taulant Xhaka , Juan Carlos Gauto , Benjamin Kololli , Anton Kade and Thierno Barry .
They had on the bench: Mohamed Dräger , Jean-Kévin Augustin , Maurice Malone, Mirko Salvi, Gabriel Sigua, Albian Ajeti , Kevin Rüegg , Dion Kacuri and Romeo Beney.
Basel could not rely on the presence of Jean-Kévin Augustin (injured).
Substitutions
Basel made 5 changes: Benjamin Kololli for Jean-Kévin Augustin (51′), Taulant Xhaka for Dion Kacuri (62′), Juan Carlos Gauto for Mohamed Dräger (61′), Finn van Breemen for Kevin Rüegg (73′) and Anton Kade for Albian Ajeti (73′).
Player of the match: Dominik Schmid
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Basel was Dominik Schmid.
His rating is with 1 goal, 40 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 13 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Lausanne Sport – Yverdon Sport – 3-1
- St. Gallen – Winterthur – 2-2
- Grasshopper – Basel – 2-1