Match Report
5th against 6th, but level on points: Grasshopper and Yverdon Sport both had 39. Yverdon Sport ranked just 22nd in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. In league terms the two rates read 1.13/1.39 for Grasshopper and 1.05/1.79 for Yverdon Sport (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.46.
Grasshopper had lost three in a row. Yverdon Sport had gone 7 games without a win.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Grasshopper, 2 draws and 2 for Yverdon Sport, at 2.86 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 71% of the meetings.
F. San officiated: 68 games logged, averaging 2.3 yellow cards each. Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich staged the fixture, a ground that holds 26,104. On the scoreboard, Grasshopper led 3-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 5-0.
Goal scorers
Grasshopper: Sonny Kittel (7'), Sonny Kittel (40'), Dirk Abels (45'), Leart Kabashi (79'), Nestory Irankunda (82')