Oct 20th features a match where Grasshopper will play host to Servette in a meeting of these two closely matched Super League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 6th placed Grasshopper, recorded a 0-1 loss against Winterthur. Ramizi struck first for Winterthur in the 51st minute on a feed from Souleymane Diaby, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Grasshopper was frustrated by Winterthur’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Winterthur ended the match with the shutout victory. Grasshopper is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Servette recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Basel. Neither Servette nor Basel could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Servette is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stade De Genève, Servette was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Yoan Severin scored the first goal for Grasshopper on an own goal in the 20th minute, then Alexis Antunes got the equalizer for Servette in the 44th minute on a feed from Ronny Rodelin Finally they completed the comback victory in the 79th minute on a goal by Stevanovic to cap off a wild match.
Servette’s top weapon lately has been Timothé Cognat, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. Grasshopper is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Hayao Kawabe and Bendegúz Bolla each having 2 goals in their last 5.