Grasshopper Club Zürich vs BSC Young Boys Live Stream, Predictions

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Grasshopper Club Zürich

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Grasshopper Club Zürich, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-0 Super League triumph vs FC Basel 1893.

In that match, Grasshopper Club Zürich had 34% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Grasshopper Club Zürich was Renat Dadaşov (34'). Basel got 22 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Grasshopper Club Zürich haven’t conceded. In fact, Grasshopper Club Zürich have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 10 goals along the way. We shall soon see if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Going into this one, Grasshopper Club Zürich have not beaten BSC Young Boys in their last 13 matches in the league. That has got to hurt.

BSC Young Boys

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BSC Young Boys will come into the match following a 3-0 Super League win vs FC Luzern in their previous game.

In that game, BSC Young Boys managed 61% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 8 on target. For BSC Young Boys, the goals were scored by Christian Fassnacht (5'), Jean-Pierre Nsame (32') and Sandro Lauper (70'). Luzern got 9 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

Proving their appetite for high-scoring matches, goals have been seen as many as 20 times in the last six matches in which BSC Young Boys have sent out their troops, giving a mean average of 3.33 goals for each fixture. Opposition teams have managed 4 of this grand total.

Their previous form shows that BSC Young Boys:

• have left without a victory over Grasshopper Club Zürich in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated by Grasshopper Club Zürich when they have played them away from home in the previous 7 league matches. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.
• are undefeated in their previous 4 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head clashes going back to 16/05/2019 shows us that Grasshopper Club Zürich have won 0 of these & BSC Young Boys 2, with the number of drawn games being 4.

A sum of 18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 5 of them for GCZ and 13 coming from Young Boys. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Super League match day 3 on 31/07/2022 which ended up with the score at BSC Young Boys 1-1 Grasshopper Club Zürich.

That time, BSC Young Boys had 58% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Jean-Pierre Nsame (31').

On the other side, Grasshopper Club Zürich had 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Renat Dadaşov (49') scored.

The referee was Sandro Schärer.

🗞️ Team News: Grasshopper Club Zürich

Dion Kacuri (Ill), Francis Momoh (Knee Surgery) and Guilherme Schettine (Unknown Injury) will not be taking part for Grasshopper Club Zürich gaffer Giorgio Contini.

📰 Team News: BSC Young Boys

BSC Young Boys manager Raphaël Wicky has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Leandro Zbinden (Surgery), Yannick Toure (Unknown Injury), Mohamed Camara (Torn Meniscus) and David von Ballmoos (Unknown Injury) are those who can’t be considered.

✨ Prediction

We envisage that BSC Young Boys have it within them to see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

Conversely, Grasshopper Club Zürich could well struggle to get goals of their own, although we do see them converting at least once here, too.

Accordingly, we see a 1-3 win for BSC Young Boys by the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 01:47 17/01/2023