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Grasshopper Club Zürich

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Grasshopper Club Zürich will be hoping to bounce back here after a 3-2 Super League losing effort in their last game against FC Yverdon-Sports.

In that game, Grasshopper Club Zürich managed 48% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Grasshopper Club Zürich was Pascal Schürpf (51', 62'). For their opponents, Yverdon-Sport got 17 shots on goal with 9 on target. Kevin Carlos (9'), Ricardo Alves (54') and Boris Céspedes (59') scored for FC Yverdon-Sports.

Grasshopper Club Zürich have really been misfiring in recent times. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 against opposing sides over their last 6 outings. In those meetings, Grasshopper Club Zürich have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 11.

Pre-game facts show that Grasshopper Club Zürich:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Lugano in their last 2 games.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 league matches.

Lugano

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In the game prior to this, Lugano drew 2-2 in the Super League tie with Winterthur.

In that match, Lugano managed 57% possession and 19 shots on goal with 7 on target. For Lugano, the goalscorers were Yanis Cimignani (48') and Jhon Espinoza (83'). At the other end, Winterthur got 13 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Randy Schneider (63') and Aldin Turkeš (84') scored for Winterthur.

In their previous half-dozen clashes, Lugano have bagged the sum of 13 goals. Lugano have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they’ve seen 5 goals go against them. Let’s find out if that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Their prior results show that Lugano:

• have not registered a win against Grasshopper Club Zürich in games played away from home for the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 24/07/2022 shows that Grasshopper Club Zürich have won 3 of these games and Lugano 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

A combined sum of 17 goals were scored between them in these games, with 8 for GCZ and 9 belonging to Lugano. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The last league meeting between these sides was Super League match day 21 on 31/01/2024 and the score finished Lugano 0-0 Grasshopper Club Zürich.

On that day, Lugano managed 68% possession and 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

For their opponents, Grasshopper Club Zürich had 4 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

The referee was Johannes von Mandach.

🗞️ Team News: Grasshopper Club Zürich

Dijon Kameri (unknown injury), Meritan Shabani (Cruciate ligament tear), Damian Nigg (unknown injury), Kristers Tobers (Muscle injury) and Michael Kempter (Cruciate ligament injury) aren’t available for Grasshopper Club Zürich manager Bruno Berner. Joshua Laws cannot play in this game through suspension.

📋 Team News: Lugano

Thanks to a mainly available group, there’s just the one fitness worry for the Lugano manager Mattia Croci-Torti to contend with. Kreshnik Hajrizi (unknown injury) won’t be in action. Albian Hajdari cannot play in this game through suspension.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Grasshopper Club Zürich might need a bit of good fortune to be putting a goal past this Lugano outfit who we think might end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore expecting a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 advantage for Lugano at the end of the 90.

Should be a close one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 15:07 13/04/2024