In this 9th week match, on Sat Oct 1st, Grasshopper plays host to Zürich in a meeting of these two Super League teams in the ever popular Zürich derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. Grasshopper sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-5 loss against Basel. Dan Ndoye scored the first goal for Basel in the 3rd minute, then Andi Zeqiri added another in the 17th minute. Grasshopper is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Zürich is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Bodø / Glimt. Ole Selnaes struck first for Bodø / Glimt on an own goal in the 54th minute, then Hugo Vetlesen added another in the 58th minute on a feed from Ola Solbakken. Zürich looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Zürich won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 2 draws.
Both Mirlind Kryeziu and Jonathan Okita have been the hottest scorers for Zürich in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Grasshopper is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Renat Dadaşov and Tomás Ribeiro each having 2 goals in their last five.