In a weekend match in week 16, on Sat Nov 12th, Grasshopper hosts Basel in a meeting of these two Super League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Grasshopper is fresh off their 1-2 loss against St. Gallen. Jeremy Bruno Guillemenot struck first for St. Gallen in the 20th minute on a feed from Stefano Guidotti, then Herc got the equalizer for Grasshopper in the 48th minute on a feed from Ayumu Seko. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while basel sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Sion. Neither Basel nor Sion could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Basel is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sun Sep 11th, Basel was victorious by a score of 5 to 1 in front of just over 22000 jubilant fans. Dan Ndoye struck first for Basel in the 3rd minute on a feed from Arnau Comas Freixas, then Andi Zeqiri added another in the 17th minute on a feed from Dan Ndoye.
Both Comas Freixas and Bradley Fink have been the hottest scorers for Basel in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Herc has been the most prolific scorer on Grasshopper in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.