On Saturday Oct 15th, Winterthur plays host to Grasshopper in a clash of these two closely matched Super League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 9th placed Winterthur, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Zürich. Neither Zürich nor Winterthur could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 3 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Winterthur looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Grasshopper, recorded a 4-4 draw against Sion. Tsiy William Ndenge struck first for Grasshopper in the 5th minute, then Guilherme Schettine added another in the 8th minute on a feed from Schmid. Grasshopper is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadion Letzigrund, Grasshopper won by a score of 3 to 0. struck first for Grasshopper in the 27th minute, then Tomás Ribeiro added another in the 60th minute on a feed from Pusic At the end of 90 a dissapointed Winterthur couldn’t manage to score, and Grasshopper took the shutout win.
For Grasshopper, their top scorers are Hayao Kawabe and Bendegúz Bolla, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Roman Buess has been the most effective weapon for Winterthur lately. The Swiss attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches.