In this week 17 match, on Saturday Jan 21st, Grasshopper will host Young Boys in a clash of these two mismatched Super League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only -3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 7th placed Grasshopper, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Basel. Renat Dadaşov scored the first goal for Grasshopper in the 34th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Basel couldn’t manage to score, and Grasshopper took the shutout win. Grasshopper is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Young Boys, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Luzern. Christian Fassnacht struck first for Young Boys in the 5th minute on a feed from Kastriot Imeri, then Jean-Pierre Nsame added another in the 32nd minute on a feed from Ulisses Garcia At the end of 90 a dissapointed Luzern couldn’t manage to score, and Young Boys took the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Young Boys should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Stade De Suisse Wankdorf Bern, Young Boys and Grasshopper battled to a 1-1 draw. Jean-Pierre Nsame struck first for Young Boys in the 31st minute, then in the 49th minute, Hayao Kawabe sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Renat Dadaşov earning Grasshopper a comeback draw.
Joel Almada Monteiro has been the most prolific scorer on Young Boys in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Herc and Renat Dadaşov are the top scorers for Grasshopper in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.