In this 4th week match, on Sat Aug 6th, Grasshopper and St. Gallen will play a match in Zürich in a meeting of these two Super League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Grasshopper recorded a 1-1 draw against Young Boys. Jean-Pierre Nsame struck first for Young Boys in the 31st minute on a feed from Cédric Itten, then Renat Dadaşov tied it up for Grasshopper in the 49th minute on a feed from Hayao Kawabe squeezing out at least the one point for Grasshopper. Grasshopper is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, St. Gallen recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Zürich. Julian Vonmoos scored the first goal for St. Gallen in the 20th minute, then Omeragic added another on an own goal in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time In the end, Zürich was frustrated by St. Gallen’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. St. Gallen ended the match with the shutout victory. St. Gallen is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Grasshopper won the head to head battle with 3 wins.
St. Gallen’s most prolific scorer has been Fabian Schubert. The Austrian attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Hayao Kawabe has been the most prolific scorer on Grasshopper in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.