Super League: Grasshopper and Sion draw a crazy match 4-4 on Saturday
ZüRICH. Grasshopper and Sion went through a rollercoaster before drawing 4-4.
ZüRICH. Grasshopper and Sion played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 4-4.
The match was played at the Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zürich on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Anojen Kanagasingam who had the assistance of Alain Heiniger and Bastien Lengacher. The 4th official was Stefan Horisberger. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 13.7 degrees Celsius or 56.64 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 86%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Grasshopper was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Sion that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Sion was more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Sion to win the contest.
Grasshopper shot 11 times, 8 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Sion shot 18 times, 5 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Grasshopper. On the other side, Sion received 3 yellow cards (N. Saintini, N. Lavanchy and F. Stojilkovic).
After playing this contest, Grasshopper will have 13 points to stay in the 5th place. On the other side, Sion will have 14 points to stay in the 4th place.
Match Events
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4'4'
N. Saintini
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5'5'
T. Ndenge
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8'8'
G. Schettine
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34'34'
F. Stojilkovic
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36'36'
B. Bolla
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46'46'
M. Balotelli
Itaitinga
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46'46'
J. Schmied
N. Saintini
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52'52'
N. Lavanchy
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59'59'
Dennis Iapichino
François Moubandje
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59'59'
G. Sio
Y. Chouaref
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59'59'
Luca Zuffi
Denis Will Poha
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63'63'
G. Morandi
S. Jeong
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70'70'
H. Kawabe
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70'70'
F. De Carvalho
A. Abrashi
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76'76'
L. Zuffi
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82'82'
M. Balotelli
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85'85'
G. Sio
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85'85'
Shkelqim Demhasaj
Hayao Kawabe
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85'85'
Petar Pusic
Christian Herc
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86'86'
M. Shabani
G. Schettine
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86'86'
F. Stojilkovic
Next match
In the upcoming Super League match, Grasshopper will play away with Winterthur on the 15th of October with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Grasshopper (0 draws).
Sion will host Luzern on the 15th of October with a 26-16 head to head statistic in favor of Sion (23 draws).
Grasshopper: Formation and Lineups
Grasshopper started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Giorgio Contini chose to play with the following team: Justin Hammel , Bendegúz Bolla , Noah Loosli , Tomás Ribeiro , Dominik Schmid , Amir Abrashi , Tsiy William Ndenge , Hayao Kawabe , Christián Herc , Sangbin Jeong and Guilherme Schettine .
Substitutes
Grasshopper made 5 changes: S. Jeong for G. Morandi (63′), A. Abrashi for F. De Carvalho (70′), C. Herc for P. Pusic (86′), H. Kawabe for S. Demhasaj (86′) and G. Schettine for M. Shabani (86′).
Top player: Christián Herc
Probably the most impressive player in Grasshopper was Christián Herc.
His rating is with 26 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.
Sion: Formation and Lineups
Sion started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the opposite side, Paolo Tramezzani played with: Heinz Lindner , Numa Lavanchy , Dimitri Cavaré , Nathanaël Saintini , François Moubandje , Musa Araz , Anto Grgić , Denis Will Poha , Itaitinga , Filip Stojilković and Ylyas Chouaref .
Substitutes
Sion made 5 changes: Itaitinga for M. Balotelli (46′), N. Saintini for J. Schmied (46′), D. Poha for L. Zuffi (59′), Y. Chouaref for G. Sio (59′) and F. Moubandje for D. Iapichino (59′).
Top player: Filip Stojilković
Probably the most impressive player in Sion was Filip Stojilković.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League
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