WINTERTHUR. Winterthur defeats Grasshopper 1-0 after S. Ramizi scored just 1 goal (51′). Grasshopper was truly superior in terms of ball possession (63%).​

Winterthur remained with 10 players after S. Ramizi received a double yellow card in the 90′.

The match was played at the Stadion Schützenwiese stadium in Winterthur on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Luca Cibelli with the support of Mirco Bürgi and Bastien Lengacher. The 4th official was Maxime Odiet. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.7 degrees Celsius or 56.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Grasshopper had a superior ball possession 63% while Winterthur was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Grasshopper was more pushing with 87 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Winterthur was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Winterthur shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Grasshopper shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Winterthur received 5 yellow cards (M. Goncalves, S. Ramizi, R. Gelmi, T. Fayulu and A. Gantenbein). Talking about the opposition, Grasshopper received 4 yellow cards (A. Abrashi, G. Schettine, S. Jeong and P. Pusic).

S. Ramizi (Winterthur) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

Standings

After playing this match, Winterthur will have 9 points to hold in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Grasshopper will stay with 14 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Winterthur will host Servette on the 22nd of November with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Servette (0 draws).

Grasshopper will host Young Boys on the 21st of November with a 29-18 head to head statistic in favor of Young Boys (14 draws).

Winterthur – Formation

Winterthur started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Bruno Berner decided to play with the following team: Timothy Fayulu (6.8), Michael Gonçalves (7.2), Granit Lekaj (6.5), Roy Gelmi (7.0), Souleymane Diaby (7.8), Thibault Corbaz (6.2), Remo Arnold (6.9), Samir Ramizi (8.0), Matteo Di Giusto (6.4), Neftali Manzambi (6.4) and Roman Buess (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Hekuran Kryeziu (6.8), Stephan Seiler, Tobias Schättin, Yannick Schmid, Eris Abedini, Florian Kamberi (6.3), Jozef Pukaj, Nishan Burkart (6.7) and Adrian Gantenbein.

Substitutions

Winterthur made 5 changes: N. Manzambi for N. Burkart (46′), M. Di Giusto for F. Kamberi (62′), T. Corbaz for H. Kryeziu (69′), R. Arnold for E. Abedini (81′) and R. Buess for A. Gantenbein (81′).

Best player: Samir Ramizi​

The most impressive player for Winterthur was Samir Ramizi.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 32 passes (71% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.

Grasshopper – Formation

Grasshopper started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Giorgio Contini played with: Justin Hammel (6.4), Bendegúz Bolla (6.9), Georg Margreitter (7.5), Tomás Ribeiro (7.4), Dominik Schmid (7.3), Amir Abrashi (6.5), Tsiy William Ndenge (6.8), Hayao Kawabe (6.4), Christián Herc (6.6), Sangbin Jeong (6.2) and Guilherme Schettine (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Noah Loosli (6.2), Petar Pušić (6.4), Renat Dadaşov (6.2), Lei Li, Giotto Morandi (6.5), Manuel Kuttin, Shkelqim Demhasaj, Meritan Shabani and Francis Momoh (6.4).

Substitutions

Grasshopper made 5 changes: G. Schettine for R. Dadashov (46′), S. Jeong for G. Morandi (46′), A. Abrashi for P. Pusic (56′), C. Herc for F. Momoh (62′) and G. Margreitter for N. Loosli (79′).

Best player: Georg Margreitter​

The player that probably impressed the most for Grasshopper was Georg Margreitter.

His rating is (7.5) with 78 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​

• Winterthur – Grasshopper – 1-0
• Sion – Luzern – 2-0