Zurich vs Grasshoppers Prediction: Home team expected to get back to winning ways

The eighth-round match of the Swiss Super League will take place at Letzigrund, with Zurich playing host to Grasshoppers. The most recent league clash for the two teams resulted in a stalemate, with the home team drawing with Lausanne and the visitor Grasshoppers drawing with St. Gallen to halt a losing streak of three games.

In their previous Super League meeting, Zurich and Lausanne played to a scoreless draw, and they come into this match on that momentum. During that game, Zurich had 57% possession of the ball and 19 shots on goal, with four of them finding the back of the net. On the other hand, Lausanne had six shots at the net, with three of them actually hitting the target. According to their most recent findings, everything in the Zurich backline is proceeding as anticipated at this point. The last six matches that Zurich have participated in have resulted in a total of three goals being scored against them despite their resolute defensive play. According to the information gathered before the game, Zurich's last two league encounters against Grasshopper Zurich resulted in neither a loss nor a tie. In addition, the host team has not suffered a loss in any of their previous three league matches played at home.

In the match that came before this one, Grasshopper and St. Gallen battled to a 1-1 draw in the Super League. During that match, Grasshopper had 39% of the possession and 5 shots on goal, with 2 of them finding the back of the net. Tsiy-William Ndenge was the only player for Grasshopper to score their team's only goal in the 25th minute. St. Gallen, had 14 shots on goal, with only four of them hitting the target. The goal for St. Gallen was scored by Betim Fazliji in the 72nd minute of play. At least three goals have been scored in each of Grasshopper's last five matches (out of a total of six), so this team's recent record stands at five wins out of six. During that span of time, the total average number of goals scored in each match was 3.17, while the number of goals that Grasshopper scored on average was 1.5. Grasshopper had not been victorious away from their stadium in any of the previous six league matches before this one.

In the past 63 seasons, Zurich and Grasshopper have competed against one another 63 times, with Zurich claiming victory 33 times and Grasshopper claiming victory 18 times. There were a total of 12 games that ended in a tie. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Zurich scored 101 goals, while Grasshopper only managed to score 84 goals.

The previous three games that Zurich have played in the league have ended in draws, but Grasshoppers have played more sloppily. Additionally, the hosts have a solid record in recent head-to-head competition, and this positive trend is likely to continue with a victory.