ZüRICH. Grasshopper was after all too much to handle for Winterthur with the goal of D. Kacuri (27′), T. Ribeiro (60′) and H. Kawabe (62′).
The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Nico Gianforte who had the assistance of Matthias Sbrissa and Mirco Bürgi. The 4th official was Alessandro Dudic. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.2 degrees Celsius or 79.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 8 Total 6
- 5 On Target 2
- 3 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 75 Attack 55
- 54 Dangerous attack 53
- 77 Ball safe 65
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 15
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Grasshopper was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Winterthur that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Grasshopper had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Grasshopper won the match.
Grasshopper shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Winterthur shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Grasshopper didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Winterthur received 2 yellow cards (S. Diaby and N. Manzambi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Grasshopper will have 12 points to hold in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Winterthur will stay with 2 points like Zürich to remain in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Grasshopper will host Zürich on the 1st of October with a 29-16 head to head in favor of Zürich (11 draws).
Winterthur will play away agasint Sion on the 2nd of October with a 0-0 head to head.
Grasshopper – Formation
Grasshopper
46'
60'
Grasshopper started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Giorgio Contini decided to play with the following team: André Moreira , Bendegúz Bolla , Georg Margreitter , Tomás Ribeiro , Dominik Schmid , Hayao Kawabe , Ayumu Seko , Giotto Morandi , Dion Kacuri , Renat Dadaşov and Guilherme Schettine .
The home team had on the bench: A. Abrashi, M. Shabani, Christián Herc , J. Hammel, Filipe de Carvalho Ferreira , Lei Li , Nadjack, Petar Pušić and Francis Momoh .
Substitutions
Grasshopper made 5 changes: B. Bolla for Li Lei (46′), G. Schettine for F. Momoh (58′), D. Kacuri for P. Pusic (59′), G. Morandi for F. De Carvalho (70′) and H. Kawabe for C. Herc (80′).
Best player: Tomás Ribeiro
The most impressive player for Grasshopper was Tomás Ribeiro.
His rating is with 1 goal, 56 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.
Winterthur – Formation
Winterthur
47'
Winterthur started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).
Bruno Berner played with: Timothy Fayulu , Yannick Schmid , Granit Lekaj , Tobias Schättin , Adrian Gantenbein , Samir Ramizi , Eris Abedini , Thibault Corbaz , Souleymane Diaby , Matteo Di Giusto and Florian Kamberi .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Stephan Seiler , M. Gonçalves, R. Arnold, Neftali Manzambi , Hekuran Kryeziu , Carmine Chiappetta , R. Gelmi, J. Pukaj and Roman Buess .
Substitutions
Winterthur made 5 changes: M. Di Giusto for N. Manzambi (63′), E. Abedini for S. Seiler (63′), S. Diaby for C. Chiappetta (70′), T. Corbaz for H. Kryeziu (78′) and F. Kamberi for R. Buess (78′).
Best player: Adrian Gantenbein
The most impressive player for Winterthur was Adrian Gantenbein.
His rating is with 27 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 7 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- St. Gallen – Young Boys – 2-1
- Grasshopper – Winterthur – 3-0
- Luzern – Servette – 0-2
