In this week 1 match on Aug 10th, Luzern will host Grasshopper at Swissporarena in a clash of these two closely matched Super League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. Luzern sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Zürich. Zürich had 14 on net, and Luzern had 16, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Luzern looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Grasshopper is fresh off their 3-2 win against St. Gallen. Emmanuel Latte Lath struck first for St. Gallen in the 5th minute, then Fabian Schubert added another in the 12th minute on a feed from Julian Vonmoos Finally they completed the comback victory in the 69th minute on a goal by Tsiy William Ndenge to cap off a wild match. Grasshopper is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Luzern won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Both Hayao Kawabe and Tsiy William Ndenge have been the hottest scorers for Grasshopper in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Filip Ugrinic has been the most prolific scorer on Luzern in his last five matches with two goals.