On Sunday Feb 19th, in week 21, Grasshopper and Zürich will play a match in Zürich in a meeting of these two Super League teams in the anticipated Zürich derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Grasshopper sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Servette. Chris Bedia struck first for Servette in the 30th minute on a feed from Patrick Pflücke, but Renat Dadaşov got the equalizer for Grasshopper in the 57th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 9th placed Zürich, recorded a 1-1 draw against Winterthur. Tosin Aiyegun struck first for Zürich in the 32nd minute on a feed from Stephan Seiler, but Samir Ramizi got the equalizer for Winterthur in the 39th minute earning Winterthur a comeback draw. Zürich is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 23rd of October, Zürich hosted Grasshopper at the Stadion Letzigrund in their last match together. Grasshopper won by a score of 4 to 1 in front of just over 15000 dissapointed fans. Guilherme Schettine scored the first goal for Grasshopper in the 30th minute, then Pusic added another in the 4th minute of the first half’s stoppage time.
Zürich is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Roko Šimić and Jonathan Okita each having 2 goals in their last five. Hayao Kawabe has been the most prolific scorer on Grasshopper in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.