ZüRICH. Luzern conquers Grasshopper 1-0 after A. Jashari scored just 1 goal (63′). Luzern was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
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 5,535 spectators. The referee was Mirel Turkes with the collaboration of Jonas Erni and Mirco Bürgi. The 4th official was David Schärli. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.03 degrees Celsius or 42.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 14 Total 18
- 3 On Target 7
- 8 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 5
- 107 Attack 131
- 61 Dangerous attack 72
- 80 Ball safe 100
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 2
- 3 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 20 Total 5
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Luzern was in firm control of the ball 61% while Grasshopper was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Luzern was putting more pressure with 72 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Luzern won the encounter.
Grasshopper shot 14 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Luzern shot 18 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Grasshopper received 4 yellow cards (Liam Bollati, Dijon Kameri, Joshua Laws and Oliver Batista Meier). Regarding the opposition, Luzern received 3 yellow cards (Luca Jaquez, Thibault Klidjé and Martin Frydek).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Grasshopper stays with 28 points to remain in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Luzern will has 37 points to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
Grasshopper – Formation
Grasshopper
90'
46'
Grasshopper started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Bruno Berner decided to play with the following team: Justin Hammel , Maksim Paskotsi , Kristers Tobers , Joshua Laws , Liam Bollati , Ayumu Seko , Tim Meyer , Théo Ndicka Matam , Filipe de Carvalho , Bradley Fink and Francis Momoh .
The home team had on the bench: Tsiy Ndenge , Pascal Schürpf , Dijon Kameri , Samuel Marques, Elvir Zukaj, Oliver Batista Meier , Florian Hoxha, Steven Deana and Dorian Babunski .
Substitutions
Grasshopper made 5 changes: Ayumu Seko for Tsiy Ndenge (78′), Bradley Fink for Dorian Babunski (46′), Théo Ndicka Matam for Pascal Schürpf (46′), Tim Meyer for Dijon Kameri (57′) and Filipe de Carvalho for Oliver Batista Meier (68′).
Player of the match: Justin Hammel
The player that probably impressed the most for Grasshopper was the goalkeeper: Justin Hammel. His rating is 8.47. He performed 6 saves.
Luzern – Formation
Luzern
63'
Luzern started with a 4-1-2-1-2 line-up (4-1-2-1-2).
Mario Frick played with: Pascal Loretz , Severin Ottiger , Luca Jaquez , Jesper Löfgren , Martin Frydek , Pius Dorn , Levin Winkler , Ardon Jashari , Sofyan Chader , Max Meyer and Thibault Klidjé .
These were the players on the bench: Adrian Grbić , Teddy Okou , Jakub Kadak, Dario Ulrich, Mauricio Willimann, Lars Villiger, Nicolas Haas, Leny Meyer and Vaso Vasic.
Substitutions
Luzern made 2 changes: Sofyan Chader for Teddy Okou (84′) and Thibault Klidjé for Adrian Grbić (54′).
Player of the match: Sofyan Chader
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Luzern was Sofyan Chader even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 26 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- St. Gallen – Stade Lausanne-Ouchy – 1-0
- Yverdon Sport – Basel – 0-2
- Grasshopper – Luzern – 0-1
